mirra

Borrowed from Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmi.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmi.ra]

mirra f (uncountable)

1. myrrh

• mirris

• “mirra”, 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
• “mirra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “mirra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mirra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mirra

1. inflection of mirrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

mirra

1. inflection of mirrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmir.ra/
• Rhymes: -irra
• Hyphenation: mìr‧ra

mirra f (plural mirre)

1. myrrh

• mirra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

mirra

1. alternative form of mirre

Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

mirra f (genitive mirru, plural -)

1. myrrh

• mira (rare)

Learned borrowing from Latin myrrha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmir.ra/

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• Rhymes: -irra
• Syllabification: mir‧ra
• Homophone: Mirra

mirra f

1. myrrh (red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense, or medicine)

   Hypernym: kadzidło

• mirra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mirra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• mirra in PWN's encyclopedia

• myrra, mirrha (obsolete)
• myrrha (archaic)

• Hyphenation: mir‧ra

From Old Galician-Portuguese mirra, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

mirra f (usually uncountable, plural mirras)

1. myrrh (dried sap of the Commiphora myrrha tree)

Deverbal from mirrar (“to wither”).

mirra m or f by sense (plural mirras)

1. (dialectal) a skinny person

mirra f (plural mirras)

1. (obsolete) skeleton, mummy

• → Japanese: ミイラ (mīra)
  • → Korean: 미라 (mira)

mirra

1. inflection of mirrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmira/ [ˈmi.ra]
• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: mi‧rra

mirra f (uncountable)

1. myrrh

• “mirra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024