mûre

See also: mure, Mure, muré, murè, and La Mure

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /myʁ/
Audio (CA) (file)
Rhymes: -yʁ

Etymology 1

From an alteration of Old French meure, from Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

Noun

mûre f (plural mûres)

mulberry
(by analogy) blackberry
Synonym: mûre sauvage
(heraldry) murrey (dark red color as used in heraldry)
(Louisiana) berry

Etymology 2

See mûr.

Adjective

mûre

feminine singular of mûr

Anagrams

muer

Further reading

“mûre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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