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mora¹

  • /ˈmɔːɹə/

Rhymes with -ɔːɹə

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).

noun morae · moras

  1. A delay in bringing a claim.
  2. A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry. In the quantitative meters in Sanskrit a heavy syllable is considered to be equal to two morae and a light syllable equivalent to one mora.
  3. A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g., Japanese). Instead of syllables, Japanese is supported by mora. (Tokyo is To-o-kyo-o, a four-mora word.) The word Nihongo consists of four morae, ni-ho-n-go, pronounced with four rhythmical units of sound.

mora²

  • /ˈmɔːɹə/

Rhymes with -ɔːɹə

Where it comes from

From New Latin from a botanical name, from Tupi moira-tinga and/or Arawak mora.

noun moras

  1. Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees. At length, somewhere about the centre of the wood, she led me to an immense mora tree, growing almost isolated, covering with its shade a large space of ground entirely free from undergrowth.

mora³

  • /ˈmɔːɹə/

Rhymes with -ɔːɹə

noun moras

  1. The common mora (Mora moro).

    Similar: ribaldo, goodly-eyed cod, googly-eyed cod

mora⁴

  • /ˈmɔːɹə/

Rhymes with -ɔːɹə

noun

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of morra (“finger-counting game”).

mora⁵

  • /ˈmɔːɹə/

Rhymes with -ɔːɹə

noun morai

  1. historical An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.

mora⁶

  • /ˈmɔːɹə/

Rhymes with -ɔːɹə

noun moras

  1. India, alternative Alternative form of morah (“stool”).

Mora⁷

proper noun

  1. A female given name.
  2. A city, the county seat of Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States. Named after Mora, Sweden, see also Swedish Mora.
  3. A census-designated place, the county seat of Mora County, New Mexico, United States.
  4. A town and municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden.

Mora⁸

Where it comes from

From the surnames of the German inventors, Franz Morell and Erich Rasche.

proper noun

  1. bioresonance therapy

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: antepenultimate, delay, mura, sea, medina, moura, remeid, respite, multiplepoinding, sist, caveat, holdoff, stay, limitation, moratorium, suspension

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noun (poetry) unit to measure lines

DeutschMora, More
Русскиймора mora

noun (phonology) unit of syllable weight

Españolmora
日本語モラ, モーラ, 拍 haku
中文莫拉 mòlā
Françaismore
DeutschMora, More
Românămoră
Русскиймора mora

noun Mora moro

Españolmerluza canaria, mollera moranella

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@misc{mora_2026,
  title = {mora},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mora},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}