Moorish

//ˈmʊɹ.ɪʃ//

Synonyms for "moorish" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)

Related words (7)

Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(3 words)

Related word relations

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Translations

28 translations across 20 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • moresc adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Czech

1 entries
  • maurský adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Danish

1 entries
  • maurisk adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Finnish

2 entries
  • maurilainen adj (of or pertaining to Moors)
  • maurilainen adj (of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain)

French

1 entries
  • mauresque adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Galician

2 entries
  • mourisco adj (of or pertaining to Moors)
  • mourisco adj (of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain)

German

2 entries
  • maurisch adj (of or pertaining to Moors)
  • maurisch adj (of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • mór adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Irish

2 entries
  • Múrach adj (of or pertaining to Moors)
  • Múrach adj (of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain)

Italian

1 entries
  • moresco adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • maurisk adj (of or pertaining to Moors)
  • maurisk adj (of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • maurisk adj (of or pertaining to Moors)
  • maurisk adj (of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain)

Polish

1 entries
  • mauryjski adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • mourisco adj (of or pertaining to Moors)
  • mouro adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Romanian

1 entries
  • mauresc adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Russian

2 entries
  • маврита́нский adj (of or pertaining to Moors)
  • маврита́нский adj (of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain)

Slovak

1 entries
  • maurský adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Spanish

1 entries
  • morisco adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Swedish

1 entries
  • morisk adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Welsh

1 entries
  • Mwraidd adj (of or pertaining to Moors)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Moorish influence is evident in the music and architecture of this land.

Source: tatoeba (2760163)

I joy to see you wear around your neck the holy relic I bestowed on you; — but what Moorish charmlet is that you wear beside it?

Source: wiktionary

Mar-a-Lago was quiet three days before Thanksgiving. Donald Trump’s Moorish palace seemed all but deserted late that morning, the seaside estate’s cavernous living room traversed intermittently by a junior staffer or silent aide.

Source: wiktionary

Make heauen to frowne and euery fixed ſtarre To ſucke vp poiſon from the Mooriſh Fens, And poure it in this glorious Tyrants throat.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.