different between murre vs murrey

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

Etymology

From Middle English murrey, murreye, from Middle French moré, morée, from Latin moratum, morata, from neuter and feminine respectively of moratus (“mulberry-colored”), from morum (“mulberry”) + -atus (“-ate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??i/
• Homophones: Moray, Murray
• Rhymes: -??i

Noun

murrey (countable and uncountable, plural murreys)

1. The mulberry fruit.
2. (heraldry) A tincture, the colour of mulberries, between gules (red) and purpure (purple).

Translations

Adjective

murrey (not comparable)

1. Of a mulberry colour.

Translations

Anagrams

• Rumery

Middle English

Alternative forms

• murreye, murre, morre, morrey, murray, morry, murry, murrei?

Etymology

From Middle French moré, from Latin moratum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mur?i?/, /?mure?/

Noun

murrey (uncountable)

1. purple-red, magenta (colour)
2. magenta fabric
3. A dish containing mulberries for flavour

Descendants

• English: murrey

References

• “murrei, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
• “murrei, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

murrey

1. purple-red, magenta

Descendants

• English: murrey

References

• “murrei, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also