mur

Inherited from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

• IPA^(key): /mur/

mur m (plural muri)

1. wall

   Synonyms: greb, stizmã

• murisci

• mure

From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mus, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾ/ [ˈmuɾ]

mur m (plural mures)

1. mouse

   Synonyms: ratu, xurnia

From Middle Breton mur, from Old Breton mur, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉr, from Latin mūrus.

mur f

1. wall

Inherited from Old Catalan mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmur]

• Audio:

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mur m (plural murs)

1. wall

• Mur de les Lamentacions

• extramurs
• intramurs
• mural
• muralla

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

Probably ultimately from Latin morus; cf. Italian mora, moro.

mur f

1. blackberry

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

mur

1. sea

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːˀr/, [ˈmuˀɐ̯], [ˈmuɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -ur

From Old Norse múrr m, borrowed via Old English mūr or Old Saxon mūr from Latin mūrus. Compare also German Mauer f, Dutch muur m.

mur c (singular definite muren, plural indefinite mure)

1. wall (defence structure)
2. wall (a wall-like structure built by overlapping bricks or by stones)
3. (soccer) wall

• mure

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mur

1. imperative of mure

Inherited from Latin mūrus.

mur m (plural murs) (ORB, broad)

1. wall

• mur in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• mur in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Inherited from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

• IPA^(key): /myʁ/

• Audio; “un mur”:

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• Rhymes: -yʁ
• Homophones: mûr, murs, mûrs, mure, mûre, mures, mûres, murent

mur m (plural murs)

1. wall

• paroi

• “mur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowing from Arabic مُرّ (murr).

• IPA^(key): /mûr/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mʊ̂r]

mûr̃ m

1. myrrh

From Dutch moer, a shortening of moerschroef, from moer (“mother”) +‎ schroef (“bolt”).

• IPA^(key): /mur/

mur (plural mur-mur)

1. nut (fastener for a bolt)

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠəɾˠ/^[1]

mur

1. Ulster form of bhur

• muur

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مهر.

mur m (Hebrew spelling מור)^[1]

1. seal (sigil or seal ring)
2. postage stamp

   Vó a pozar un mur para la karta de korreo.

   I am going to put a stamp on the postcard.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

mur m (plural mures)

1. mouse

• AEDLL

• mu'r (Courland)

From Proto-Finnic *murëh. Cognate with Estonian mure, Finnish murhe.

mur

1. grief
2. sorrow

From Proto-Loloish *mraŋ² (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꃅ (mu), Burmese မြင်း (mrang:).

• IPA^(key): [mɤ²¹]

mur 

1. (Yao'an) horse

From Latin mūrus, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmyːr/ (Milanese)

mur m

1. wall

From Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

mur m (plural murs)

1. wall

• French: mur

• mur on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

mur or mür f

1. alternative form of mure

From Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).

mur m (plural murs)

1. (Guernsey) wall

• muthâle (Jersey)

From Old Norse múrr, from Latin murus.

mur m (definite singular muren, indefinite plural murer, definite plural murene)

1. a wall (a free-standing barrier, typically made of bricks, stone or concrete)

   En vegg av tre er mindre solid enn en mur av stein.

   A wall made of wood is less solid than a wall made of stone.

Norwegian uses two different words for "wall". One, "mur", refers to independent outdoor structures used to fortify and delineate. The other, "vegg", is used to refer to the walls of a building, regardless of its location and material composition. Both are occasionally used metaphorically, "mur" more so. "Mur" can also refer to the type of material such walls are typically made of, hence the possible construction "murvegg", meaning the wall of a house composed of brick or concrete.

• “mur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse múrr, from Latin murus.

• IPA^(key): /mʉːr/

mur m (definite singular muren, indefinite plural murar, definite plural murane)

1. a wall (of stone, concrete or similar material)

   Ein vegg av tre er mindre solid enn ein mur av stein.

   A wall made of wood is less solid than a wall made of stone.

• The words mur and vegg are both translated into English as wall. However, they are widely distinguished in the following manner: only mur is commonly used for freestanding walls. Only vegg is commonly used for the walls of a building, whether internal or external. Mur is restricted to stone or concrete walls, whereas vegg is used regardless of material. A wall made from brick or stone can be called a murvegg.

• “mur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• mura (Guardiol)

From Old Occitan mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).

• IPA^(key): /myr/

• Audio:

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mur m (plural murs)

1. wall

From Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, borrowed from Latin mūrus.

• IPA^(key): /muːr/

mūr m

1. a wall

   Synonym: weall

Weak:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “múr”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

From Latin mūrum, accusative singular of mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).

mur oblique singular, m (oblique plural murs, nominative singular murs, nominative plural mur)

1. wall

• Bourguignon: meur
• Middle French: mur
  • French: mur
• Norman: mur

From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾ/

mur m (plural murs)

1. A mouse or rat
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 326 (facsimile):

     oſ uiu iaz(er) com(o) iaz / o cõello aſcõdud ou o mur

     he saw them hiding like a cowering rabbit or a mouse.

• ⇒ Galician: murar
• ⇒ Portuguese: murar
• Portuguese: mure

From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mūs.

mur m

1. mouse
   • 1251, anonymous, Calila e Dimna 14, (ed. by Juan Manuel Cacho Blecua, María Jesús Lacarra, Madrid: Castalia, 1993):

     Et alçó los ojos contra las dos ramas et vio estar en las raízes dellas dos mures, el uno blanco et el otro negro, royendo sienpre, que non quedavan.

     And he raised his eyes towards the two branches [he was hanging on from], and saw that at the roots there were two mice, one white and the other black, constantly gnawing to the point there hardly remained any roots anymore.

From Latin mūrum, accusative singular of mūrus.

• IPA^(key): /myr/

mur m

1. wall

• muraja
• murèt

Borrowed from Middle High German mūre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmur/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: mur
• Homophone: mór

mur m inan (diminutive murek)

1. wall (defensive rampart)

   Synonym: wał

2. wall (structure built for defense surrounding an area)

   Synonym: wał

• → Belarusian: мур (mur)
• → Lithuanian: mūras
• → Slovak: múr
• → Ukrainian: мур (mur)

• mur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /mur/

Inherited from Latin mōrus, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

mur m (plural muri)

1. blackberry bush

• mură

Borrowed from Latin mūrus (19th century).^[1] Perhaps preserved as popular in its use as a rare regionalism from Maramureș and Ardeal.^[2]

mur m (plural muri)

1. (rare) wall

   Synonyms: perete, zid

mur

1. alternative form of mura

Inherited from Old Spanish mur, from Latin mūrem. Displaced by ratón, an augmentative form of rata (“rat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾ/ [ˈmuɾ]
• Rhymes: -uɾ
• Syllabification: mur

mur m (plural mures)

1. (archaic) mouse

   Synonym: ratón

• “mur”, 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

mur

1. romanization of 𒄯 (mur)

From Old Swedish mur, from Latin murus, possibly through an intermediate like Middle Low German mûre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʉːr/

• Audio (Gotland); “en mur”:

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• Rhymes: -ʉːr

mur c

1. a (usually free-standing) wall built of overlapping bricks or stones or cement or the like

   Berlinmuren

   the Berlin Wall

   kinesiska muren

   the Great Wall of China

   Hadrianus mur

   Hadrian's Wall

   1. a wall (defensive structure surrounding a city, castle, etc.)
2. (uncountable) the type of material such a wall is made of, usually brick (including when not making up a free-standing wall)

   Vi gjorde ett hål i rummets trävägg och såg att det var mur innanför

   We made a hole in the wooden wall of the room and saw that there was brick behind it

3. (soccer) a wall

An inner or outer wall of a building is a vägg. More rarely, mur might refer to a vägg made of brick or the like. Other terms for such a vägg is murvägg or murad vägg.

• murbruk (“mortar”)
• murgröna (“common ivy”)
• ringmur (“city wall”)
• stadsmur (“city wall”)
• tiga som muren

• murare
• mura

• → Finnish: muuri

• mura igen (“brick up”)
• mura in (“immure”)
• tegelsten (“brick”)
• vall

• mur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• rum

• amur

mur

1. Second-person dual pronoun: you two

From Middle Welsh mur, from Old Welsh mur, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉr, from Latin mūrus.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mɨːr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /miːr/
• Rhymes: -ɨːr
• Homophone: mŷr; mir (South Wales)

mur m (plural muriau)

1. wall

The most commonly used word for “wall” in Welsh is wal. The word mur is used most often when referring to large walls such as the defensive walls of a city or Mur Mawr Tsieina (“the Great Wall of China”). It is also used in compound words, for example murlun, rhagfur, cellfur, briwydd y mur. The word pared refers to an internal partition wall whereas magwyr is a literary word for an external wall, little used now but preserved in such things as place and plant names.