morra

See also: Morra, and morrà

English

Etymology

From Italian morra; further etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɹə/, /ˈmɒɹə/

Noun

morra (uncountable)

2. A game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: morra f
• German: Mora f
• Italian: morra (it)
• Sicilian: murra f
• Spanish: morra f
• Venetan: mòra (vec) f

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Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} micatio

Further reading

• morra (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Armor, Marro, Morar, armor, maror

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian morra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmo.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmo.ra]

Noun

morra f (plural morres)

1. morra (game)

Further reading

• “morra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Verb

morra

1. inflection of morrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

Of unknown origin; akin to Venetan mòra, Sicilian murra, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔr.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔrra
• Hyphenation: mòr‧ra

Noun

morra f (plural morre)

1. the game of morra

Descendants

• → Catalan: morra
• → German: Mora
• → English: morra
• → Polish: mora
• → Spanish: morra

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ʁɐ/ [ˈmɔ.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ʁɐ/ [ˈmɔ.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ʁɐ/ [ˈmɔ.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ʁa/ [ˈmɔ.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ʁɐ/

Verb

morra

1. inflection of morrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmora/ [ˈmo.ra]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: mo‧rra

Etymology 1

Related to morro.

Noun

morra f (plural morras)

1. upper part of the head
2. (Mexico) chick; gal; missy; kiddo

Interjection

morra

1. used to call a cat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian morra.

Noun

morra f (plural morras)

1. morra (game)
2. (in a game of morra) a fist, which has the numeric value of zero

Further reading

• “morra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Verb

morra (present morrar, preterite morrade, supine morrat, imperative morra)

1. to growl, to snarl (of an animal, or more or less figuratively of a human)

Conjugation

Conjugation of morra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	morra		morras
Supine	morrat		morrats
Imperative	morra		—
Imper. plural1	morren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	morrar	morrade	morras	morrades
Ind. plural1	morra	morrade	morras	morrades
Subjunctive2	morre	morrade	morres	morrades
	Participles
Present participle	morrande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• morrhår (“whisker”)

References

• morra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• morra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• morra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)