Maurice

English

Etymology

From Middle English Maurice, from Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus (“Moor; dark, swarthy”). Popularized by a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyr.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈɹis/, /mɔˈɹis/

• Audio (General American):

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈɹiːs/, /ˈmɒɹɪs/
• Rhymes: -iːs, (Received Pronunciation) -ɒɹɪs

Proper noun

Maurice

1. A male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Morris.
   • 1951, Graham Greene, The End of the Affair, Viking Press, page 5:

     For some reason I am a man known by his surname; I might never have been christened for all the use my friends make of the rather affected Maurice my literary parents gave me.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Morris.

Derived terms

• Maurice River
• Moe
• Plympton St Maurice
• Saint-Maurice

 

Related terms

• Morris

Translations

male given name

• Catalan: Maurici (ca) m
• Coptic: ⲙⲱⲣⲓⲥ (mōris)
• Czech: Moric
• Danish: Mourits
• Dutch: Maurits (nl)
• Emilian: Mavrési
• Esperanto: Maŭrico
• Finnish: Mauri (fi)
• French: Maurice (fr)
• German: Moritz (de)
• Greek: Μαυρίκιος (el) (Mavríkios)
• Hungarian: Móric (hu), Mór (hu)
• Irish: Muiris m
• Italian: Maurizio (it)
• Latvian: Māris m
• Occitan: Maurici m, Maurise m
• Polish: Maurycy (pl)
• Portuguese: Maurício (pt)
• Russian: Маври́кий (ru) (Mavríkij)
• Spanish: Mauricio (es)
• Swedish: Mauritz (sv)
• Walloon: Meurice (wa) m
• Welsh: Morus m

Anagrams

• Mauceri, uraemic, uræmic

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ʁis/, /mo.ʁis/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Maurice f

1. Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
2. Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)
3. a male given name, Maurice, equivalent to English Morris

Descendants

• English: Maurice
• English: Morris

Middle English

Etymology

From Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus (“Moor; dark, swarthy”). Popularized by a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyr.

Proper noun

Maurice

1. a male given name

Descendants

• English: Maurice
• Yola: Mureesh

References

• “Maurice”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.