"Maurice" meaning in French

See Maurice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /mɔ.ʁis/, /mo.ʁis/ Audio: Fr-Maurice.ogg
Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|f}} Maurice f
  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Countries in Africa
    Sense id: en-Maurice-fr-name-WfmPxkMh Categories (other): Mauritius
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places in Mauritius
    Sense id: en-Maurice-fr-name-5fsf9V30 Categories (other): Islands, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 28 29 8 19 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 30 6 29 13 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 48
  3. a male given name, Maurice, equivalent to English Morris Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Maurice-fr-name-a3MZb~gH Categories (other): French given names, French male given names, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 28 29 8 19 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 30 6 29 13 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 48
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "lang_code": "mfe",
      "word": "Moris"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Maurice"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Morris"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "moris",
      "word": "موریس"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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          "langcode": "fr",
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        },
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        [
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          "Madagascar"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "Morris",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/mɔ.ʁis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.ʁis/"
    },
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      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "lang_code": "mfe",
      "word": "Moris"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fa",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/mɔ.ʁis/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/mo.ʁis/"
    },
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