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English
Etymology
From L. mora#Latin|mora (�duration of time�, �delay�).
Pronunciation
IPA|/'m�:ɹ�/, SAMPA|/"mO:r@/
Noun
mora (plural: morae or moras)
- (Scots law) A delay in bringing a claim.
- (poetics) A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
#*1918: Elcanon Isaacs, "The Metrical Basis of Hebrew Poetry", American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 35: 20-54
#*: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.
- linguistics A unit of sound used in phonology, by which stress or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
- botany A genus of large South American trees.
#*1904: W.H. Hudson, Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest
#*: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.
See also
common mora
goodly-eyed cod
googly-eyed cod
ribaldo
syllable
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Italian
Noun
it-noun|mor|f|a|e
- mulberry fruit
- blackberry {fruit)
- arrears
Derived terms
mora di rovo
Related terms
moro
Latin
Noun
mora
#Delay, or any duration of time.
category:Latin nouns
Scots
Etymology
From L.|sco.
Noun
sco-noun|morae
- (Scots law) A delay in bringing a claim.
Spanish
Noun
es-noun-f
- mulberry|Mulberry fruit
- mole|Mole (pathology)
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