# maori
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [məˈɔ.ɾi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [maˈɔ.ɾi]

### Adjective

maori m or f (masculine and feminine plural maoris)
* Maori

### Noun

maori m or f by sense (plural maoris)
* Maori person

### Noun

maori m (uncountable)
* Maori language

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Maori, from Maori māori.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑori/, [ˈmɑ̝o̞ri]
* Rhymes: -ɑori
* Syllabification: ma‧o‧ri

### Noun

maori
* A Maori (member of the indigenous people of New Zealand)
* The Maori language.
    Synonym: maorin kieli

#### Declension

Possessive forms of maori (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :

### Further reading

* “maori”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Raimo, aromi, omari, roima

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ɔ.ʁi/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

maori (feminine maorie, masculine plural maoris, feminine plural maories)
* (relational) Maori (relating to the Maori people or language)

### Noun

maori m (uncountable)
* the Maori language

### Further reading

* “maori”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Adjective

maori (invariable)
* Maori

### Noun

maori m or f by sense (invariable)
* Maori

### Anagrams

* Mario, amori, aromi, moria, omari, ormai, riamo, riamò

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

maori m (definite singular maorien, indefinite plural maorier, definite plural maoriene)
* a Maori (member of the native people of New Zealand)
* (uncountable) Maori (the language spoken by the Maori people)

#### Usage notes

Maori, not maorisk, is the correct Norwegian name for the Maori language, despite the article in Wikipedia.

#### Related terms

* maorisk (adjective)

### References

* “maori” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

maori m (definite singular maorien, indefinite plural maoriar, definite plural maoriane)
* a Maori (member of the native people of New Zealand)
* (uncountable) Maori (the language spoken by the Maori people)

#### Related terms

* maorisk (adjective)

### References

* “maori” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Maori Māori (“Maori”), from māori (“normal”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ma.ˈo.ɾi/

### Adjective

maori m or f (plural maoris)
* Maori (of, from, or pertaining to the Maori)
* Maori (of the Maori language)

### Noun

maori m or f by sense (plural maoris)
* Maori (native of New Zealand)
* (uncountable) Maori (language)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Maori.

### Noun

maori m (plural maori)
* Maori

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* maorier (for a member of the indigenous people)

### Noun

maori c
* a (male or female) Maori (member of the indigenous people of New Zealand)
* the Maori language

#### See also

* maorisk (“related to the Maori or the Maori language”)
* maoriska (“female Maori”)

### References

* maori in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* maori in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)