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mora.

moiré (a fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɔ.ra/[ˈmwɔ.ra][ˈmɔ.ra]

  1. moiré (a fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance)

    feminine

  2. moiré (a pattern that emerges when two grids are superimposed over one another, sometimes unintended or undesirable in many applications, such as in weaving, screenprinting, and halftoning)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English mohairbor. French moirebor. Polish mora Borrowed from French moire. First attested in 1677–1690.

noun/ˈmɔ.ra/[ˈmwɔ.ra][ˈmɔ.ra]

  1. morra (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)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian morra. First attested in 1677–1690.

noun/ˈmɔ.ra/[ˈmwɔ.ra][ˈmɔ.ra]

  1. alternative form of zmora

    alt-of · alternative · dialectal · feminine

  2. synonym of niecierpliwość

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Brückner rejects a relationship to mara (“mare, nightmare”). Variation of zmora. First attested in 1528.

noun/ˈmɔ.ra/[ˈmwɔ.ra][ˈmɔ.ra]

  1. mora (a unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry)

    feminine

  2. mora (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))

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- Proto-Indo-European *morh₂éh₂ Proto-Italic *morā Latin moralbor. Polish mora Learned borrowing from Latin mora. First attested in 1677–1690.

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