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more

French, noun

more is spelled M-O-R-E (4 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). More is a French feminine noun meaning “mora” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, More is a different word: “alternative spelling of Maure; Moor”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte…”.

What does more mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemora

adjective

  1. 1

    datedalternative spelling of maure

noun

as More
  1. 1

    masculinealternative spelling of Maure; Moor

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyelle longue deux mores.

noun: 1. Écorce interne de l’Hibiscus tiliaceus.

noun: 1. Division de l’armée lacédémonienne (équivalent d’un régiment).

adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de maure.

noun: 1. Langue voltaïque parlée au Burkina Faso par les Mossi.

noun: 1. Langue chapakura parlée en Bolivie par les Moré.

adjective: 1. Relatif à la culture des Mossi. 2. Relatif à la culture des Moré.

noun: 1. Variante de Maure.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of more

  • mores plural
  • Mores plural
  • mooré

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to more

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is more in French?

more appears 9.8 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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