murre

English

Common murre or common guillemot

Etymology

Unknown, possibly imitative of the birds' call.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɜː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /mɝ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
• Homophones: murr, myrrh

Noun

murre (plural murres)

1. Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks).
   • 1990, David G. Ainley, Seabirds of the Farallon Islands: Ecology, Dynamics, and Structure of an Upwelling-System Community‎^[2], page 252:

     It may be that in one year alone, the Farallon murre population was reduced to the level at which it stood during the mid-1990s

   • 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

• common murre (Uria aalge)
• murrelet
• thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia)

Translations

seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family

• Asturian: aráu (ast), calón (ast), pitorru (ast)
• Chukchi: ӄэруӄэр (qėruqėr), ӄэрут pl (qėrut)
• Czech: alkoun
• Faroese: lomvigi m, lomviga f
• Finnish: kiisla (fi)
• Hungarian: lumma (hu)
• Inuktitut: ᐊᒃᐸ (akpa)
• Korean: 바다오리 (ko) (badaori)
• Norman: âne dé mé m, dgillemot m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lomvi m

• Polish: nurzyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: airo (pt)
• Russian: ка́йра (ru) f (kájra)

See also

• merganser
• razorbill (relative)

Anagrams

• Rumer

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse murra, likely from Middle Low German murren. Cognate with Swedish morra.

Verb

murre (imperative mur, infinitive at murre, present tense murrer, past tense murrede, perfect tense har murret)

1. to mutter, grumble, murmur

   Synonyms: knurre, mukke

2. to ache

   Coordinate term: værke

Conjugation

Conjugation of murre

active passive present murrer — past murrede — infinitive murre — imperative mur — participle present murrende past murret (auxiliary verb have) gerund murren

References

• “murre” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Etymology

From murdma (“to break”) +‎ -e, most likely influenced by Finnish murre.

Noun

murre (genitive murde, partitive murret)

1. dialect

Declension

Declension of murre (ÕS type 6/mõte, rd-rr gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		murre	murded
accusative	nom.
	gen.	murde
genitive			murrete
partitive		murret	murdeid
illative		murdesse	murretesse murdeisse
inessive		murdes	murretes murdeis
elative		murdest	murretest murdeist
allative		murdele	murretele murdeile
adessive		murdel	murretel murdeil
ablative		murdelt	murretelt murdeilt
translative		murdeks	murreteks murdeiks
terminative		murdeni	murreteni
essive		murdena	murretena
abessive		murdeta	murreteta
comitative		murdega	murretega

Related terms

• murrak

Further reading

• “murre”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Etymology 1

murtaa (“to break (into pieces)”) +‎ -e. First attested in 1644 in the sense “break, breakage, breaking point”. In 1819, Jaakko Juteini used the word to refer to a nonstandard usage of language; one year later, in 1820, Finnish linguist and author Reinhold von Becker became the first to use it to mean “dialect”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmurːeˣ/, [ˈmurːe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -urːe
• Syllabification^(key): mur‧re
• Hyphenation^(key): mur‧re

Noun

murre

1. dialect

Declension

Inflection of murre (Kotus type 48*K/hame, rt-rr gradation)
nominative		murre	murteet
genitive		murteen	murteiden murteitten
partitive		murretta	murteita
illative		murteeseen	murteisiin murteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		murre	murteet
accusative	nom.	murre	murteet
	gen.	murteen
genitive		murteen	murteiden murteitten
partitive		murretta	murteita
inessive		murteessa	murteissa
elative		murteesta	murteista
illative		murteeseen	murteisiin murteihin
adessive		murteella	murteilla
ablative		murteelta	murteilta
allative		murteelle	murteille
essive		murteena	murteina
translative		murteeksi	murteiksi
abessive		murteetta	murteitta
instructive		—	murtein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of murre (Kotus type 48*K/hame, rt-rr gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative murteeni murteeni accusative nom. murteeni murteeni gen. murteeni genitive murteeni murteideni murteitteni partitive murrettani murteitani inessive murteessani murteissani elative murteestani murteistani illative murteeseeni murteisiini murteihini adessive murteellani murteillani ablative murteeltani murteiltani allative murteelleni murteilleni essive murteenani murteinani translative murteekseni murteikseni abessive murteettani murteittani instructive — — comitative — murteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative murteesi murteesi accusative nom. murteesi murteesi gen. murteesi genitive murteesi murteidesi murteittesi partitive murrettasi murteitasi inessive murteessasi murteissasi elative murteestasi murteistasi illative murteeseesi murteisiisi murteihisi adessive murteellasi murteillasi ablative murteeltasi murteiltasi allative murteellesi murteillesi essive murteenasi murteinasi translative murteeksesi murteiksesi abessive murteettasi murteittasi instructive — — comitative — murteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative murteemme murteemme accusative nom. murteemme murteemme gen. murteemme genitive murteemme murteidemme murteittemme partitive murrettamme murteitamme inessive murteessamme murteissamme elative murteestamme murteistamme illative murteeseemme murteisiimme murteihimme adessive murteellamme murteillamme ablative murteeltamme murteiltamme allative murteellemme murteillemme essive murteenamme murteinamme translative murteeksemme murteiksemme abessive murteettamme murteittamme instructive — — comitative — murteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative murteenne murteenne accusative nom. murteenne murteenne gen. murteenne genitive murteenne murteidenne murteittenne partitive murrettanne murteitanne inessive murteessanne murteissanne elative murteestanne murteistanne illative murteeseenne murteisiinne murteihinne adessive murteellanne murteillanne ablative murteeltanne murteiltanne allative murteellenne murteillenne essive murteenanne murteinanne translative murteeksenne murteiksenne abessive murteettanne murteittanne instructive — — comitative — murteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative murteensa murteensa accusative nom. murteensa murteensa gen. murteensa genitive murteensa murteidensa murteittensa partitive murrettaan murrettansa murteitaan murteitansa inessive murteessaan murteessansa murteissaan murteissansa elative murteestaan murteestansa murteistaan murteistansa illative murteeseensa murteisiinsa murteihinsa adessive murteellaan murteellansa murteillaan murteillansa ablative murteeltaan murteeltansa murteiltaan murteiltansa allative murteelleen murteellensa murteilleen murteillensa essive murteenaan murteenansa murteinaan murteinansa translative murteekseen murteeksensa murteikseen murteiksensa abessive murteettaan murteettansa murteittaan murteittansa instructive — — comitative — murteineen murteinensa

Derived terms

• murteellinen
• murteisto
• murteittain

compounds

• aluemurre
• etelämurre
• hämäläismurteet
• inkeroismurre
• itämurre
• itämurteinen
• kaakkoismurteet
• kansanmurre
• keskimurre
• kotimurre
• lounaismurre
• lyydiläismurre
• lyydiläismurteet
• länsimurre
• murreaineisto
• murreaines
• murrealue
• murreasu
• murrehavainto
• murreilmaus
• murrejatkumo
• murrekartta
• murrekirjailija
• murrekirjallisuus
• murremaantiede
• murreoppi
• murrepakina
• murreraja
• murreryhmä
• murresana
• murresanakirja
• murretutkija
• murretutkimus
• murrevaihtelu
• murteenpuhuja
• murteentutkija
• murteentutkimus
• näköismurre
• paikallismurre
• pohjalaismurre
• pohjoismurre
• savakkomurre
• savolaismurre
• silmämurre
• yksilömurre
• äyrämöismurre

Further reading

• “murre”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Probably from the verb murista (“to growl”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmurːe/, [ˈmurːe̞]
• Rhymes: -urːe
• Syllabification^(key): mur‧re
• Hyphenation^(key): mur‧re

Noun

murre (dialectal)

1. dog, pooch

Declension

Inflection of murre (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		murre	murret
genitive		murren	murrejen
partitive		murrea	murreja
illative		murreen	murreihin
		singular	plural
nominative		murre	murret
accusative	nom.	murre	murret
	gen.	murren
genitive		murren	murrejen murrein rare
partitive		murrea	murreja
inessive		murressa	murreissa
elative		murresta	murreista
illative		murreen	murreihin
adessive		murrella	murreilla
ablative		murrelta	murreilta
allative		murrelle	murreille
essive		murrena	murreina
translative		murreksi	murreiksi
abessive		murretta	murreitta
instructive		—	murrein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of murre (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative murreni murreni accusative nom. murreni murreni gen. murreni genitive murreni murrejeni murreini rare partitive murreani murrejani inessive murressani murreissani elative murrestani murreistani illative murreeni murreihini adessive murrellani murreillani ablative murreltani murreiltani allative murrelleni murreilleni essive murrenani murreinani translative murrekseni murreikseni abessive murrettani murreittani instructive — — comitative — murreineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative murresi murresi accusative nom. murresi murresi gen. murresi genitive murresi murrejesi murreisi rare partitive murreasi murrejasi inessive murressasi murreissasi elative murrestasi murreistasi illative murreesi murreihisi adessive murrellasi murreillasi ablative murreltasi murreiltasi allative murrellesi murreillesi essive murrenasi murreinasi translative murreksesi murreiksesi abessive murrettasi murreittasi instructive — — comitative — murreinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative murremme murremme accusative nom. murremme murremme gen. murremme genitive murremme murrejemme murreimme rare partitive murreamme murrejamme inessive murressamme murreissamme elative murrestamme murreistamme illative murreemme murreihimme adessive murrellamme murreillamme ablative murreltamme murreiltamme allative murrellemme murreillemme essive murrenamme murreinamme translative murreksemme murreiksemme abessive murrettamme murreittamme instructive — — comitative — murreinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative murrenne murrenne accusative nom. murrenne murrenne gen. murrenne genitive murrenne murrejenne murreinne rare partitive murreanne murrejanne inessive murressanne murreissanne elative murrestanne murreistanne illative murreenne murreihinne adessive murrellanne murreillanne ablative murreltanne murreiltanne allative murrellenne murreillenne essive murrenanne murreinanne translative murreksenne murreiksenne abessive murrettanne murreittanne instructive — — comitative — murreinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative murrensa murrensa accusative nom. murrensa murrensa gen. murrensa genitive murrensa murrejensa murreinsa rare partitive murreaan murreansa murrejaan murrejansa inessive murressaan murressansa murreissaan murreissansa elative murrestaan murrestansa murreistaan murreistansa illative murreensa murreihinsa adessive murrellaan murrellansa murreillaan murreillansa ablative murreltaan murreltansa murreiltaan murreiltansa allative murrelleen murrellensa murreilleen murreillensa essive murrenaan murrenansa murreinaan murreinansa translative murrekseen murreksensa murreikseen murreiksensa abessive murrettaan murrettansa murreittaan murreittansa instructive — — comitative — murreineen murreinensa

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

murre

1. inflection of murren:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Middle English

Noun

murre

1. alternative form of mirre

Swedish

Etymology 1

Possibly a hypocoristic formation from morian (“dark-skinned person”).

Noun

murre c

1. (colloquial, chiefly in compounds) a chimney sweep

Etymology 2

From murra (“to grumble, murmur”)

Noun

murre c

1. (colloquial) a cat

Declension

Declension of murre

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	murre	murres
	definite	murren	murrens
plural	indefinite	murrar	murrars
	definite	murrarna	murrarnas

Derived terms

• kissemurre
• sotarmurre

References

• “murre”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “murre”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “murre”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)