different between more vs new

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mô, IPA^(key): /?m??/
• (General American) enPR: môr, IPA^(key): /?m??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: m?r, IPA^(key): /?mo(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?mo?/
• (non-rhotic, dough-door merger, AAVE) IPA^(key): /?mo?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: moor, Moor, Moore (all three only in accents with the pour–poor merger); maw (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger); mow (non-rhotic accents with the dough-door merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English more, from Old English m?ra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?- (“many”).

Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Icelandic meiri, meira (“more”).

Alternative forms

• (informal or nonstandard) mo, mo'
• (Internet slang) moar

Determiner

more

1. comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
3. comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
4. Additional; further.

   If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard.

5. Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.

   He is more than the ten years he spent behind bars at our local prison, as he is a changed man and his past does not define him.

Antonyms

• fewer
• less

Derived terms

• more haste, less speed
• morefold
• moreness

Translations

Adverb

more (not comparable)

1. To a greater degree or extent. [from 10^thc.]
3. Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. [from 13^thc.]
4. (now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. [from 10^thc.]

   • Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more.

5. (now dialectal, humorous or proscribed) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. [from 13^thc.; standard until 18^thc.]

Derived terms

• more or less
• more so

Translations

Pronoun

more

1. A greater number or quantity (of something).

   We're running out of napkins. I should have bought more.

   There isn't enough salt in this. You need to add more.

2. An extra or additional quantity (of something).

   There aren't many people here yet, but more should be arriving soon.

Derived terms

See also

• most

Etymology 2

From Middle English more, moore (“carrot, parsnip”) from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic *morh?, from Proto-Germanic *murh? (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“edible herb, tuber”).

Akin to Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German morha, moraha (“root of a plant or tree”) (German Möhre (“carrot”), Morchel (“mushroom, morel”)). More at morel.

Alternative forms

• moor (dialectal)

Noun

more (plural mores)

1. (obsolete) A carrot; a parsnip.
2. (dialectal) A root; stock.
3. A plant; flower; shrub.

Etymology 3

From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.

Verb

more (third-person singular simple present mores, present participle moring, simple past and past participle mored)

1. (transitive) To root up.

Anagrams

• Mero, Omer, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, mero, mero-, moer, omer

Afrikaans

Adverb

more

1. Alternative form of môre

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mor, ore

Etymology

According to Orel from the aoristic form of marr without a clear sense development. It could also be a remnant of a grammatical structure of a lost substrate language. It is the source of same interjection found in all Balkan languages.

Interjection

more

1. vocative particle used in a call to a man.

Usage notes

Can be placed before or after the noun, whereas bre can only be placed after.

Descendants

• ? Ottoman Turkish: ????? (more)

Related terms

• moj

References

Basque

Noun

more inan

1. purple

See also

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mor?]

Noun

more

1. vocative singular of mor

Danish

Etymology

Derived from moro (“fun”), which may be a compound of mod, from Old Norse móðr (“mind”) and ro, from ró (“rest”).

Verb

more (imperative mor, infinitive at more, present tense morer, past tense morede, perfect tense har moret)

1. To amuse, entertain

Derived terms

• morskab c
• morsom
• morsomhed c

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin mora.

Pronunciation

Noun

more m or f (plural moren, diminutive moretje n)

1. The unit of length (short or long) in poetic metre

Anagrams

• moer, roem, Rome

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/
• Homophones: maure, maures, mores, mort, morts

Noun

more f (plural mores)

1. (phonology) mora

Adjective

more (plural mores)

1. (dated) Alternative spelling of maure

Related terms

• More m

Anagrams

• orme
• Rome

Further reading

• “more” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?re

Noun

more f

1. plural of mora

Verb

more

1. (slang) third-person singular indicative present of morire

Synonyms

• muore

Anagrams

• mero
• orme
• remo, Remo, remò
• Rome

Latin

Noun

m?re

1. ablative singular of m?s

References

• more in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Latvian

Noun

more f (5 declension, masculine form: moris)

1. (archaic) black woman, blackamoor, black moor

Declension

Maori

Noun

more

1. taproot

Synonyms

• t?more

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mare

Etymology

From Old English m?ra.

Determiner

more

1. more

Descendants

• English: more
• Scots: mair

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

more (present tense morer, past tense mora or moret, past participle mora or moret)

1. amuse, entertain

Old English

Alternative forms

• m?ru

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *morh?, from Proto-Germanic *murh? (“carrot”). Cognate with Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German moraha (German Möhre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?.re/

Noun

m?re f

1. carrot
2. parsnip

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: more
  • English: more
• ? Welsh: moron

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?m?.?i/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?m?.?e/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?m?.??/

Verb

more

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of morar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of morar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of morar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of morar

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mô?re/
• Hyphenation: mo?re

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mo?e, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

m?re n (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. sea
2. (by extension, preceded by preposition na) seaside or shore (any area or place near the sea where the sea is seen as the defining feature)

3. (figuratively) a vast expanse or quantity of something, usually detrimental or unwelcome

Declension

Synonyms

• (Croatia, archaic) morje

Derived terms

• mòrsk?

See also

• Category:sh:Seas

Etymology 2

From Greek ???? (moré).

Interjection

m?re (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (Croatia, Kajkavian, colloquial) Alternative form of može
2. (Serbia) when spoken sharply, asserts that the speaker is stronger or older or more powerful than the addressee, sometimes expressing contempt or superiority
   • 1824, recorded by Vuk Stefanovi? Karadži?, Narodne srpske pjesme:

     »More, Marko, ne ori drumova!« / »More, Turci, ne gaz’te oranja!«

     »More, Marko, don’t plow up our roads!« / »More, Turks, don’t walk on my plowing!«

3. (Serbia) when not spoken sharply, functions as a term of endearment or generic intensifier, cf. bre

Usage notes

More is most often used in addressing a single male, more rarely when addressing groups of males, and more rarely still when addressing females.

Related terms

• bre

References

• Tomislav Mareti?, editor (1911-1916) , “m?re 1”, in Rje?nik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 7, Zagreb: JAZU, page 4

Noun

more (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. inflection of mora:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

more (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person plural present of moriti

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mo?e, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?r?/

Noun

more n (genitive singular mora, nominative plural moria, genitive plural morí, declension pattern of srdce)

1. A body of salt water, sea.
2. (colloquial) A huge amount, plenty (+genitive)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• more in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?e/, [?mo.?e]

Verb

more

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of morar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of morar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of morar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of morar.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /?m?r?/
  • (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /?m?ra/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?mo?r?/, /?m?r?/

Noun

more

1. Nasal mutation of bore (“morning”).

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Middle English newe, from Old English n?ewe, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”), from *néwos.

Compare also Old English n? (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo and novuss.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nju?/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /n(j)u/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /nj??/
• Homophones: gnu, knew, nu
• Rhymes: -u?

Adjective

new (comparative newer, superlative newest)

1. Recently made, or created.

2. Additional; recently discovered.

3. Current or later, as opposed to former.

4. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.

5. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.

6. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.

7. Newborn.

8. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.

9. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.

10. Recently arrived or appeared.

11. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.

12. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.

Synonyms

• (recently made, created, or appeared): brand new, recent
• (additional, recently discovered): recent
• (current or later): current
• (in original condition, pristine): brand new, brand spanking new, mint, pristine
• (refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed): born-again, reformed, refreshed, reinvigorated, revived
• (newborn): newborn, young
• (of recent origin): fresh
• (strange, unfamiliar): strange, unfamiliar
• (recently arrived or appeared): novel, singular
• (inexperienced, unaccustomed): brand new, green
• See also Thesaurus:new

Antonyms

• (recently made, created, or appeared): ancient, dated, old
• (additional, recently discovered): dated, old
• (current or later): former, old
• (distinguishing something established more recently): old
• (in original condition, pristine): old, used, worn
• (refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed): old
• (young): old
• (of recent origin): original, previous
• (strange, unfamiliar): familiar, old
• (recently arrived or appeared): established
• (inexperienced, unaccustomed): accustomed, experienced, expert

Hyponyms

• brand new

Derived terms

Translations

See new/translations § Adjective.

Adverb

new (comparative more new, superlative most new)

1. Newly (especially in composition).

   new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown

2. As new; from scratch.

   They are scraping the site clean to build new.

Related terms

• new-

Noun

new (usually uncountable, plural news)

1. Things that are new.

   Out with the old, in with the new.

2. (Australia) A kind of light beer.
3. (Britain, naval slang) A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
   • 1956, Naval Review (London) (volume 44, page 286)

     In the Britannia "news" were worms, to be trodden on […]

Verb

new (third-person singular simple present news, present participle newing, simple past and past participle newed)

1. (programming) Synonym of new up
2. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew.

Derived terms

• benew
• new up
• renew

References

• new on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Wen, wen

German

Adjective

new (comparative newer, superlative am newesten or am newsten)

1. Obsolete spelling of neu
   • 1552, Hans Gerle, Ein Newes sehr künstlichs Lautenbuch (printed in Nürnberg)
   • 1581, Ein new Kochbuch / Das ist Ein grundtliche beschreibung […] (printed in Frankfurt am Main)
   • 1629, Johann Deucer, Ein Newes, Schönes, sehr Nützliches Betbuch (printed in Leipzig)
   • 1653, Ein newes Lied: Welches bey der Römischen Königlichen Crönung Ferdinandi deß Vierten in Regenspürg den 18. Junij 1653 ist musiciert worden
   • 1706, Moritz Pfleyer, Gedeonische Wunder-Fakel auff ein newes entzündt in dem glorwürdigen heiligen Blut-Zeugen Christi Leontio

Declension

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English new. Doublet of ??? (ny?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??????]

Noun

new(???) • (ny?) 

1. new

See also

• ?(??) (shin-)
• ?(??) (n?-)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nye·wi (“four”).

Numeral

new

1. four

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa. Related to Persian ??? (noh).

Numeral

new

1. nine