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English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (múax, “sea mussel”), from ??? (mûs).

Noun

murex (plural murexes or murices)

1. Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
   • 1991, John Montroll, Robert J. Lang, Origami Sea Life, page 56:

     The murexes (family Muricidae) are one of the most beautiful and sought-after families by shell collectors.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• muxer, rumex

French

Etymology

From Latin

Noun

murex m (plural murex)

1. Murex

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rumex

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (múax, “sea mussel”), from ??? (mûs) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.reks/, [?mu???ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.reks/, [?mu???ks]

Noun

m?rex m (genitive m?ricis); third declension

1. A shellfish used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple; the purple-fish
2. The purple dye so produced.
3. A sharp murex shell used as a bridle bit.
4. A pointed rock or stone.
5. A caltrop.
6. An iron spike.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?ric?tus
• m?riculus
• m?ricul?tus

Descendants

• English: muriciform, muricite, muricoid
• Irish: maorach
• Catalan: múrex
• Italian: murice
• Portuguese: múrice
• Spanish: múrice
• Translingual: Murex

References

• murex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• murex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murex in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

From Old French murer (“to close by a wall”), from Latin murus (“wall”). Related to German Mauer (“wall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mj??(?)/

Noun

mure (plural mures)

1. (obsolete) wall
2. (obsolete) husks of fruit from which the juice has been squeezed. Perhaps an old spelling of myrrh

Adjective

mure (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) mural (as a postmodifier)

Verb

mure (third-person singular simple present mures, present participle muring, simple past and past participle mured)

1. (obsolete) to wall in or fortify
2. (obsolete) To enclose or imprison within walls.
   • a. 1765, Bible, Joshua 10 (heading)

     The five kings are mured in a cave.

References

• Meaning "Husks of fruit": 1949, John Dover Wilson (compiler), Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose, Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes. From Wright's Dialect Dict.

Anagrams

• Meru

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu?r?/, [?mu??]
• Homophone: murer

Etymology 1

From Old Norse múra, derived from the noun. Compare German mauern.

Verb

mure (imperative mur, infinitive at mure, present tense murer, past tense murede, perfect tense er/har muret)

1. to build a wall, to lay bricks

Inflection

Derived terms

• murer
• muret
• mure inde

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

mure c

1. indefinite plural of mur

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mureh.

Noun

mure (genitive mure, partitive muret)

1. sorrow, woe, grief
2. care, concern
3. anxiety, distress

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my?/
• Homophones: mur, mûr, murs, mûrs, mûre, mures, mûres, murent

Verb

mure

1. first-person singular present indicative of murer
2. third-person singular present indicative of murer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of murer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of murer
5. second-person singular imperative of murer

Adjective

mure

1. Alternative spelling of mûre

Anagrams

• muer

Ingrian

Noun

mure

1. grief

Interlingua

Noun

mure (plural mures)

1. mouse

   Synonym: mus

Latin

Noun

m?re

1. ablative singular of m?s
2. vocative singular of m?rus

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• mur, mür

Etymology

From Old Saxon m?ra, from Latin m?rus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?r?/, /my?r?/

Noun

mûre or mü?re f

1. wall

Usage notes

The form with /y?/ and the form with /u?/ existed next to each other.

Declension

Descendants

• Dutch Low Saxon: mure
• ? Estonian: müür

References

• "mûre" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse múra.

Verb

mure (present tense murer, past tense mura or murte, supine and past participle mura or murt)

1. to mason

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mura, from Proto-Germanic *murh?.

Noun

mure f or m (definite singular mura or muren, indefinite plural murer, definite plural murene)

1. (botany) any plant of the potentilla family

   Synonym: potentilla

References

• “mure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse múra.

Alternative forms

• mura (a-infinitive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²m??.r?/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

mure (present tense murar, past tense mura, past participle mura, passive infinitive murast, present participle murande, imperative mur)

1. to mason

Derived terms

• murar

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mura, from Proto-Germanic *murh?. Akin to German Möhre (“carrot”).

Noun

mure f (definite singular mura, indefinite plural murer, definite plural murene)

1. (botany) any plant of the potentilla family

   Synonym: potentilla

References

• “mure” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?mu.??/
• Hyphenation: mu?re

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese mur, from Latin m?rem, accusative singular of mus, from Proto-Indo-European *muh?s. Cognate with Spanish mur and Romansh mieur.

Alternative forms

• muro

Noun

mure m (plural mures)

1. (archaic, dialectal) mouse

   Synonym: rato

Derived terms

• murar

Related terms

• morcego
• murganho
• musaranho
• músculo

Etymology 2

Verb

mure

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

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• muri (campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin m?rem, accusative of m?s. Compare Italian mure, Romansch mieur, Portuguese mure/muro, Spanish mur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mure/

Noun

mure m (plural mures)

1. mouse

   Synonym: sorighe

Spanish

Verb

mure

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