"morra" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔr.ra/ Forms: morre [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔrra Etymology: Of unknown origin; possibly from Arabic [script needed] (mora), [script needed] (muraḥ), or of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *meur (“finger”) (see mér). This game was inherited from the Romans, who called it micātiō, from the phrase micāre digitīs (“to flash one’s fingers”). Akin to Venetan mòra, Sicilian murra, etc. Etymology templates: {{unk|it|nocap=1}} unknown, {{der|it|ar|tr=mora}} Arabic [script needed] (mora), {{der|it|cel|-}} Celtic, {{der|it|cel-gau|*meur|t=finger}} Gaulish *meur (“finger”), {{cog|vec|mòra}} Venetan mòra, {{cog|scn|murra}} Sicilian murra Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} morra f (plural morre)
  1. the game of morra Tags: feminine Derived forms: morra cinese
    Sense id: en-morra-it-noun-Xo5LNVow Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Games

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "morra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Mora"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "morra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "mora"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "morra"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ar",
        "tr": "mora"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic [script needed] (mora)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "it",
        "2": "cel-gau",
        "3": "*meur",
        "t": "finger"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish *meur (“finger”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vec",
        "2": "mòra"
      },
      "expansion": "Venetan mòra",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "murra"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian murra",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of unknown origin; possibly from Arabic [script needed] (mora), [script needed] (muraḥ), or of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *meur (“finger”) (see mér). This game was inherited from the Romans, who called it micātiō, from the phrase micāre digitīs (“to flash one’s fingers”). Akin to Venetan mòra, Sicilian murra, etc.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "morra f (plural morre)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mòr‧ra"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mòr‧ra"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        }
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        {
          "word": "morra cinese"
        }
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        "the game of morra"
      ],
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          "morra",
          "morra#English"
        ]
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔr.ra/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔrra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "morra"
}
{
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    {
      "word": "morra cinese"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "morra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Mora"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "morra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "mora"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "morra"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ar",
        "tr": "mora"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "cel-gau",
        "3": "*meur",
        "t": "finger"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish *meur (“finger”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vec",
        "2": "mòra"
      },
      "expansion": "Venetan mòra",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "murra"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian murra",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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    "mòr‧ra"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "mòr‧ra"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian feminine nouns",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms derived from Arabic",
        "Italian terms derived from Celtic languages",
        "Italian terms derived from Gaulish",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for native script for Arabic terms",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔrra",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔrra/2 syllables",
        "it:Games"
      ],
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        "the game of morra"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "morra",
          "morra#English"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔr.ra/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔrra"
    }
  ],
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}

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