morra

See also: Morra and morrà

English

Etymology

From Italian morra; further etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔːɹə/, /ˈmɒɹə/

Noun

morra (uncountable)

  1. A game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian morra.

Pronunciation

Noun

morra f (plural morres)

  1. morra (game)

Further reading

Galician

Verb

morra

  1. inflection of morrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

Of unknown origin; akin to Venetian mòra, Sicilian murra, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔr.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrra
  • Hyphenation: mòr‧ra

Noun

morra f (plural morre)

  1. the game of morra

Descendants

  • Catalan: morra
  • German: Mora
  • English: morra
  • Polish: mora
  • Spanish: morra

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ʁɐ/ [ˈmɔ.hɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ʁɐ/ [ˈmɔ.χɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ʁa/ [ˈmɔ.ha]

Verb

morra

  1. inflection of morrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmora/ [ˈmo.ra]
  • Rhymes: -ora
  • Syllabification: mo‧rra

Etymology 1

Related to morro.

Noun

morra f (plural morras)

  1. upper part of the head
  2. (Mexico) chick; gal; missy; kiddo

Interjection

morra

  1. used to call a cat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian morra.

Noun

morra f (plural morras)

  1. morra (game)
  2. (in a game of morra) a fist, which has the numeric value of zero

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

morra (present morrar, preterite morrade, supine morrat, imperative morra)

  1. to growl, to snarl (of an animal, or more or less figuratively of a human)

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