moor
Signification (Anglais)
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- An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- A game preserve consisting of moorland.
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Synonymes
tie on
quag
stick on
stick to the pan
come to anchor
come alongside
secure from
tie to
moorman
swampy ground
moss-land
turf swamp
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/moː/
Étymologie (Anglais)
From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Welsh môr, Old Irish muir (from Proto-Celtic *mori); Scots muir, Dutch moer, Old Saxon mōr, Old Saxon mūr, German Moor and perhaps also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei). See mere.
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