What does "mora" mean?
A delay in bringing a claim.
Mora
/ˈmɔːɹə/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A delay in bringing a claim.
- Grammar: mora is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: accent, anapest, beat, cadence.
- Usage evidence: In terms of phonemic length, a mora is equivalent to the duration of a short vowel.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A delay in bringing a claim.
- 2 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."
- 3 The common mora (Mora moro).
- 4 Alternative form of morra (“finger-counting game”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- 5 An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites. historical
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- 6 Alternative form of morah (“stool”). India, alt-of, alternative
- 7 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."
- 8 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."
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name.
- 2 bioresonance therapy
- 3 A city, the county seat of Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States. Named after Mora, Sweden, see also Swedish Mora.
- 4 A census-designated place, the county seat of Mora County, New Mexico, United States.
- 5 A town and municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden.
Example
"In terms of phonemic length, a mora is equivalent to the duration of a short vowel."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "mora"?
Common synonyms include: accent, anapest, beat, cadence, caesura, colon.
How do you use "mora" in a sentence?
In terms of phonemic length, a mora is equivalent to the duration of a short vowel.
How do you pronounce "mora"?
Pronounced /ˈmɔːɹə/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).
Etymology 2
From New Latin from a botanical name, from Tupi moira-tinga and/or Arawak mora.
Etymology 3
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόρᾱ (mórā).
Etymology 4
From the surnames of the German inventors, Franz Morell and Erich Rasche.