omorî

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omorî

/o.moˈrɨ/

Rhymes with -ɨ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оморити (omoriti), variant of оуморити (umoriti), from Proto-Slavic *umoriti. Compare Serbo-Croatian umoriti.

First attested in the 1500s, in the oldest Romanian texts.

verb a omorî 4th conjugation · omoară · omorât · omoare · a omorî · omorând

transitive to kill
Similar: ucide, răpune, mierli, face felul
excessive, figuratively, transitive to kill (cause to experience distress)
figuratively, informal, reflexive, in the negative to enthusiastically exert oneself Angajații la stat nu se omoară cu munca.
obsolete, transitive to mortify (practice discipline on oneself)
Similar: mortifica

In English

kill to put to death
slay to kill, murder
waste slang: to kill
butcher slaughter animals and prepare meat for market
slaughter to butcher animals, generally for food

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@misc{omori_2026,
  title = {omorî},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/omor%C3%AE},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}