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mora

Pronunciation: /ˈmɔ.ra/

“mora” is a Polish word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. moiré (a fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance)
  2. moiré (a pattern that emerges when two grids are superimposed over one another, sometimes unintended or undesirable in many applications, such as in weaving, screenprinting, and halftoning)
  3. morra (a game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown)
  4. mora (a unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry)
  5. mora (a unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g., Japanese))
  6. synonym of niecierpliwość

Etymology

Borrowed from French moire. First attested in 1677–1690.

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