# moro
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmɔ.ɾu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmɔ.ɾo]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan moro, inherited from Latin maurus.

#### Noun

moro m (plural moros, feminine mora)
* Moor (a member of an Islamic people of Arab, Berber and Islamized/Arabized Iberian origin ruling the Iberian peninsula from the 8th to the 15th centuries)
* Muslim

##### Derived terms

* blat de moro
* meló de moro
* moresc

##### Related terms

* morú

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

moro
* first-person singular present indicative of morir

### References

* “moro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Further reading

* “moro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “moro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “moro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Danish
### Etymology

From the noun 'mod' meaning 'mood' and the noun 'ro' in the now obsolete meaning 'fun'. Compare Swedish rolig

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmoːʁo]

### Noun

moro c (singular definite moroen, not used in plural form)
* (slightly dated) fun, amusement
    Synonym: morskab

#### Declension
### References

* “moro” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmoro]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oro
* Hyphenation: mo‧ro

### Noun

moro (accusative singular moron, plural moroj, accusative plural morojn)
* custom, mores

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoro/, [ˈmo̞ro̞]
* Rhymes: -oro
* Hyphenation: mo‧ro

### Etymology 1

Likely from Swedish morgon, morron (compare Swedish god morgon).

#### Interjection

moro (colloquial)
* Hello, hi (used when meeting, sometimes when parting).

##### Usage notes

Used especially in Häme (Tavastia) region.

##### Derived terms

* morottaa

#### Further reading

* “2. moro”, 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 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

Probably a variant of muru.

#### Noun

moro
* (geology) gravel made of a coarse-grained rock, such as rapakivi

##### Declension

Possessive forms of moro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moroni
moroni
accusative
nom.
moroni
moroni
gen.
moroni
genitive
moroni
morojeni
partitive
moroani
morojani
inessive
morossani
moroissani
elative
morostani
moroistani
illative
morooni
moroihini
adessive
morollani
moroillani
ablative
moroltani
moroiltani
allative
morolleni
moroilleni
essive
moronani
moroinani
translative
morokseni
moroikseni
abessive
morottani
moroittani
instructive
comitative
—moroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
morosi
morosi
accusative
nom.
morosi
morosi
gen.
morosi
genitive
morosi
morojesi
partitive
moroasi
morojasi
inessive
morossasi
moroissasi
elative
morostasi
moroistasi
illative
moroosi
moroihisi
adessive
morollasi
moroillasi
ablative
moroltasi
moroiltasi
allative
morollesi
moroillesi
essive
moronasi
moroinasi
translative
moroksesi
moroiksesi
abessive
morottasi
moroittasi
instructive
comitative
—moroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moromme
moromme
accusative
nom.
moromme
moromme
gen.
moromme
genitive
moromme
morojemme
partitive
moroamme
morojamme
inessive
morossamme
moroissamme
elative
morostamme
moroistamme
illative
moroomme
moroihimme
adessive
morollamme
moroillamme
ablative
moroltamme
moroiltamme
allative
morollemme
moroillemme
essive
moronamme
moroinamme
translative
moroksemme
moroiksemme
abessive
morottamme
moroittamme
instructive
comitative
—moroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moronne
moronne
accusative
nom.
moronne
moronne
gen.
moronne
genitive
moronne
morojenne
partitive
moroanne
morojanne
inessive
morossanne
moroissanne
elative
morostanne
moroistanne
illative
moroonne
moroihinne
adessive
morollanne
moroillanne
ablative
moroltanne
moroiltanne
allative
morollenne
moroillenne
essive
moronanne
moroinanne
translative
moroksenne
moroiksenne
abessive
morottanne
moroittanne
instructive
comitative
—moroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moronsa
moronsa
accusative
nom.
moronsa
moronsa
gen.
moronsa
genitive
moronsa
morojensa
partitive
moroaan moroansa
morojaan morojansa
inessive
morossaan morossansa
moroissaan moroissansa
elative
morostaan morostansa
moroistaan moroistansa
illative
moroonsa
moroihinsa
adessive
morollaan morollansa
moroillaan moroillansa
ablative
moroltaan moroltansa
moroiltaan moroiltansa
allative
morolleen morollensa
moroilleen moroillensa
essive
moronaan moronansa
moroinaan moroinansa
translative
morokseen moroksensa
moroikseen moroiksensa
abessive
morottaan morottansa
moroittaan moroittansa
instructive
comitative
—moroineen moroinensa :

#### Further reading

* “1. moro”, 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 2023-07-01

## Galician
### Verb

moro
* first-person singular present indicative of morar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.ro/
* Rhymes: -ɔro
* Hyphenation: mò‧ro

### Etymology 1

From Latin mōrus (“black mulberry tree”), from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

#### Noun

moro m (plural mori)
* mulberry tree
    Synonym: gelso

##### Related terms

* mora (“mulberry”)

### Etymology 2

From Latin Maurus.

#### Noun

moro m (plural mori, feminine mora)
* Moor (dark-skinned person)

#### Adjective

moro (feminine mora, masculine plural mori, feminine plural more)
* Moorish
* dark-skinned

### References

* ↑ moro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* ormo, ormò

## Japanese
### Romanization

moro
* Rōmaji transcription of もろ

## Kari'na
### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *môrô. Compare Apalaí moro, Trió mërë, Wayana mëlë, Waiwai moro, Akawaio mörö, Macushi mîrîrî, Pemon mörö, Ye'kwana mödö.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [moːɺ̢o]

### Pronoun

moro
* the inanimate singular distal demonstrative pronoun; that

#### Derived terms

* morokon
* moroma

### References

* Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53–54, 319
* Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages‎, Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
* Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “moro”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 303; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 296

## Kuman
### Adjective

moro
* blue

#### Derived terms

* niglmoro

## Latin
### Noun

mōrō
* dative/ablative singular of mōrus

### References

* “moro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* moro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From mot (“mind”) +‎ ro (“pleasure, delight”).

### Noun

moro f or m (definite singular moroa or moroen, uncountable)
* amusement, fun

#### Derived terms

* moromann

### References

* “moro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From mot (“mind”) +‎ ro (“pleasure, delight”). Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muru/

### Noun

moro f (definite singular moroa, uncountable)
* amusement, fun

#### Derived terms

* moromann
* morosamt

### See also

* gaman

### References

* “moro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmoro]

### Noun

moro
* genitive singular of muir

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Portuguese
### Verb

moro
* first-person singular present indicative of morar

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

moro (Cyrillic spelling моро)
* vocative singular of mora

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoɾo/ [ˈmo.ɾo]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾo
* Syllabification: mo‧ro

### Etymology 1

From Latin Maurus. Doublet of Mauro.

#### Noun

moro m (plural moros, feminine mora, feminine plural moras)
* a Moor (North African Muslim)
* (colloquial) a Muslim or Arab, particularly Muslims in the southern Philippines
* Muslim
    Synonym: musulmán

##### Derived terms

* bajarse al moro
* busardo moro
* Matamoros
* moreno
* morisco
* moros y cristianos
* no hay moros en la costa
* o todos moros o todos cristianos
* oro y el moro
* tortuga mora

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

moro
* first-person singular present indicative of morar

### Further reading

* “moro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmo.ro/

### Adjective

moro
* more

#### Usage notes

Mowo is also used for the comparative form of an adjective.

## Venetan
### Etymology 1

Compare Italian moro.

#### Adjective

moro (feminine singular mora, masculine plural mori, feminine plural more)
* black, dark
* Moorish

#### Noun

moro m (plural mori)
* negro

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

moro m (plural mori)
* mulberry

## Zaghawa
### Noun

moro
* gazelle

### References

* Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad