moresc

Catalan

Etymology

From moro (“Moor”) +‎ -esc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈɾɛsk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈɾəsk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈɾesk]

Adjective

moresc (feminine moresca, masculine plural morescs or morescos, feminine plural moresques)

1. Moorish

Noun

moresc m (plural morescs or morescos)

1. corn, maize

   Synonyms: blat de moro, dacsa, milloc

Derived terms

• morescar

Further reading

• “moresc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “moresc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “moresc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “moresc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French moresque.

Adjective

moresc m or n (feminine singular morească, plural morești)

1. Moorish

Declension

Declension of moresc

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	moresc		morească		morești	morești
	definite	morescul		moreasca		moreștii	moreștile
genitive- dative	indefinite	moresc		morești		morești	morești
	definite	morescului		moreștii		moreștilor	moreștilor