moro

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɔ.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmɔ.ɾo]

Inherited from Old Catalan moro, inherited from Latin maurus.

moro m (plural moros, feminine mora, feminine plural mores)

1. Moor (a member of an Islamic people of Arab, Berber and Islamized/Arabized Iberian origin ruling the Iberian peninsula from the 8th to the 15th centuries)
2. Muslim

• blat de moro
• meló de moro
• moresc

• morú

moro

1. first-person singular present indicative of morir

• “moro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• “moro”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “moro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “moro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

From the noun 'mod' meaning 'mood' and the noun 'ro' in the now obsolete meaning 'fun'. Compare Swedish rolig

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoːʁo]

moro c (singular definite moroen, not used in plural form)

1. (slightly dated) fun, amusement

   Synonym: morskab

• “moro” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoro/

• Audio 1:

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• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification: mo‧ro

moro (accusative singular moron, plural moroj, accusative plural morojn)

1. custom, mores

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoro/, [ˈmo̞ro̞]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification^(key): mo‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): mo‧ro

Likely from Swedish morgon, morron (compare Swedish god morgon).

moro (colloquial)

1. Hello, hi (used when meeting, sometimes when parting).

Used especially in Häme (Tavastia) region.

• “2. moro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Probably a variant of muru.

moro

1. (geology) gravel made of a coarse-grained rock, such as rapakivi

• “1. moro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

moro

1. first-person singular present indicative of morar

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ro/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: mò‧ro

From Latin mōrus (“black mulberry tree”), from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

moro m (plural mori)

1. mulberry tree

   Synonym: gelso

• mora (“mulberry”)

From Latin Maurus.

moro m (plural mori, feminine mora)

1. Moor (dark-skinned person)

moro (feminine mora, masculine plural mori, feminine plural more)

1. Moorish
2. dark-skinned

• ormo, ormò

moro

1. Rōmaji transcription of もろ

From Proto-Cariban *môrô. Compare Apalaí moro, Trió mërë, Wayana mëlë, Waiwai moro, Akawaio mörö, Macushi mîrîrî, Pemon mörö, Ye'kwana mödö.

• IPA^(key): [moːɺ̢o]

moro

1. the inanimate singular distal demonstrative pronoun; that

• morokon
• moroma

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[4], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53–54, 319
• Meira, Sérgio (2002), “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira, Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages‎^[5], Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “moro”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 303; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[6], Paris, 1956, page 296

moro

1. blue

• niglmoro

mōrō

1. dative/ablative singular of mōrus

• “moro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “moro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From mot (“mind”) +‎ ro (“pleasure, delight”).

moro f or m (definite singular moroa or moroen, uncountable)

1. amusement, fun

• moromann

• “moro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From mot (“mind”) +‎ ro (“pleasure, delight”). Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect.

• IPA^(key): /muru/

moro f (definite singular moroa, uncountable)

1. amusement, fun

• moromann
• morosamt

• gaman

• “moro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ɾo/

moro

1. genitive singular of muir

moro

1. first-person singular present indicative of morar

moro (Cyrillic spelling моро)

1. vocative singular of mora

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾo/ [ˈmo.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: mo‧ro

Inherited from Old Spanish moro, from Latin Maurus. Doublet of Mauro.

moro m (plural moros, feminine mora, feminine plural moras)

1. a Moor (North African Muslim)
2. (colloquial) a Muslim (in general)

   Synonym: musulmán

   1. (colloquial, by extension) an Arab
   2. (Philippines) one of the Moro Muslims of the Philippines (especially from the Bangsamoro region of Mindanao)

• Nowadays in Spain, the word can be used derogatorily to refer to Moroccans or (by extension) any Maghrebi or Muslim.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

moro

1. first-person singular present indicative of morar

• “moro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From English more. The added verbal aspect possibly results from the relexification of words meaning 'to exceed' used in Niger-Congo languages, such as Ewe [Term?], Twi Akan [Term?], and Yoruba [Term?], for comparative constructions.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /moɾo/, [mʊ̞ɾʊ̞], [mɔ̝ɾɔ̝]

moro

1. more

moro

1. to exceed, to be more than (Used to construct comparative phrases)

   Mi owru moro yu. ― I am older than you.

   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Wörterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[7] (in German), archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     dem gongossa morro dago

     [Den gongosa moro dagu.]

     They are more duplicitous than a dog.

Compare Italian moro.

moro (feminine singular mora, masculine plural mori, feminine plural more)

1. black, dark
2. Moorish

moro m (plural mori)

1. negro

moro m (plural mori)

1. mulberry

moro

1. gazelle

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad