different between murre vs murr

English

Etymology

Unknown, possibly imitative of the birds' call.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: murr, myrrh

Noun

murre (plural murres)

1. Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks).
   • 1997, Robert Wayne Campbell, Neil K. Dawe, The Birds of British Columbia, Volume 2: Nonpasserines: Diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers, page 296,

     About 2,800 pairs of Common Murres breed in the province, most of which are in the Scott Islands off northwestern Vancouver Island.

   • 2000, Susan Allport, The Primal Feast: Food, Sex, Foraging, and Love, 2003, paperback, page 52,

     Staking out a spot involves not only the appropriate level of murre aggression (some murres are so aggressive that they throw their mates off the ledge) but, even more fundamentally, the ability to find food efficiently.

Synonyms

• (any bird of genus Uria): guillemot

Derived terms

• thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia)
• common murre (Uria aalge)

Translations

See also

• merganser
• razorbill (relative)

Anagrams

• Rumer

Estonian

Noun

murre (genitive murde, partitive murret)

1. dialect

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• murre in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Finnish

(index mu)

Etymology 1

murtaa +? -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mur?e?/, [?mur?e?(?)]
• Rhymes: -ur?e
• Syllabification: mur?re

Noun

murre

1. dialect

Declension

Compounds

Etymology 2

Probably from the verb murista (“to growl”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mur?e/, [?mur?e?]
• Rhymes: -ur?e
• Syllabification: mur?re

Noun

murre

1. (dialectal) dog, pooch

Declension

German

Pronunciation

Verb

murre

1. inflection of murren:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Ingrian

Noun

murre

1. dialect

Middle English

Noun

murre

1. Alternative form of mirre

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: mûr, IPA^(key): /m??/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [m??(?)]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [m?]
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: murre, myrrh

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Perhaps imitative.

Noun

murr (plural murrs)

1. (obsolete) A catarrh. [from 15th–18th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.12:

     With them a Phthysique or consumption of the lungs is but an ordinary cough: A dysentery or bloody flux but a distemper of the stomacke; A pleurisie but a cold or murre; and as they gently name them so they easily endure them.

   • 1523, John Skelton, Garlande of Laurell

     The woodhack that singeth 'chur', / Hoarsely, as he had the murr [...]

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Noun

murr (plural murrs)

1. (onomatopoeia, colloquial, furry fandom) A purr (produced by any animal).
   • 2003 March 30, "NallTWD" (username), FUR: "Boston Blues" (M/F- Lions), in fur.stories.erotica, Usenet:

     Raion let out a contented murr, […]

   • 2004, "Claudia" (username), STORY: The Three Sisters, part 8 ( Transform, Girl into Horse ), in alt.sex.stories, Usenet:

     Cathy rroww'ed like a cat in heat as her tom mated her, her breasts pressed deeply into the mattress, orgasming with a contented murr as the tom fertilized her […]

   • 2007, Teiran, The Hero, page 150:

     The hyena let out a soft murr as the fox's paw gently rubbing in small circles across his forehead and down his neck. The gentle scratching felt good, so the hyena leaned into the paw.

Verb

murr (third-person singular simple present murrs, present participle murring, simple past and past participle murred)

1. (onomatopoeia, colloquial, of a person or animal, especially furry fandom) To purr.
   • 1989, Dawn Borrelli, Kate, page 101:

     The cat murred and purred and tried to lick his face and David was filled with such happiness. All the doubts and misgivings of the past few hours fled and all that he knew was that Kate, his love and his life, was back with him.

   • 1995 January 5, "Anne-Lise Pasch" (username), STORY: Retribution, in alt.fan.furry, Usenet:

     She murred in satisfaction.

   • 2002, September 2, "sahd_ryoken" (username), *murrs* no shirt, jean shorts, and one hot dragon, in alt.fan.dragons, Usenet

Adjective

murr

1. (slang, of a person or animal, furry fandom) Having sexual appeal, sexy.
   • 2002 November 14, "Khaki Wolf" (username), FUR Genengineering Tank (M/ Direwolf) - garmtank_work.jpg (1/1), in fur.artwork.erotica, Usenet:

     Nice picture. I love the details on everything, and the shading is wonderful. He's very murr.

   • 2002 November 3, "Lukos", in FuRe: Jay (Male/Tame/Fanart), in fur.artwork.erotica, Usenet:

     Yew rox0rs....p.b. and Jay are murr. DO P.B.!

     Lukos

     "Darkan" […] wrote in message […]

     > A little fanart of Jay from Daria McGrain's 'Genus Male' comic. I like P.B.

     > better tho, and will draw him soon.

   • 2003 October 12, "Darkone" (username), Fur: Teeming with Vermin(m/2 pics/not really tame), in fur.artwork.erotica, Usenet:

     Great pics, very murr :)

German

Pronunciation

Verb

murr

1. singular imperative of murren
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of murren