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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAUROIS

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAUROIS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAUROIS

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maurois is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAUROIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Maurois in the English dictionary

The definition of Maurois in the dictionary is André, pen name of Émile Herzog. 1885–1967, French writer, best known for his biographies, such as those of Shelley, Byron, and Proust.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAUROIS

Maupassant
Maupertuis
Maupertuis principle
Mauretania
Mauretanian
mauri
Mauriac
Maurice
Maurist
Mauritania
Mauritanian
Mauritian
Mauritius
Maurras
Maury
Maurya
Mauser

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAUROIS

Artois
avoirdupois
barachois
bavarois
Beninois
Blois
bourgeois
chamois
Dubois
Illinois
Iroquois
Laois
Levallois
patois
petits pois
putois
Seychellois
tous-les-mois
Valois
Vaudois

Synonyms and antonyms of Maurois in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Maurois» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAUROIS

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莫洛亚
1,325 millions of speakers

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Maurois
570 millions of speakers

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Maurois
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Maurois
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

موروا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Моруа
278 millions of speakers

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Maurois
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Maurois
260 millions of speakers

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Maurois
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Maurois
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モロワ
130 millions of speakers

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Maurois
85 millions of speakers

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Maurois
85 millions of speakers
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Maurois
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Maurois
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Maurois
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Maurois
70 millions of speakers

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Maurois
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Maurois
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Моруа
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Maurois
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Maurois
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Maurois
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Maurois
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Maurois
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Maurois

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUROIS»

The term «Maurois» is regularly used and occupies the 104.749 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUROIS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Maurois» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Maurois» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Maurois

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAUROIS»

Discover the use of Maurois in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Maurois and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Art of Living
This inspirational book contains sound advice on the art of living by the late historian, biographer, and philosopher, Andre Maurois, one of the most celebrated and prolific French writers of the 20th century. (Philosophy)
Andre Maurois, 2007
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The Worlds of André Maurois
Jacques Suffel: André Maurois (Paris: Flammarion, 1963), p. 43. 23. AM, Portrait d'un ami qui s'appelait moi, p. 78. 24. Chaigne, "André Maurois," p. 160. 25. AM, in a personal interview with me, at the Chateau d'Essendieras on August 9, 1964  ...
Jack Kolbert, 1985
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Climates
This magnificently written novel about a double conjugal failure is imbued with subtle yet profound psychological insights of a caliber that arguably rivals Tolstoy's.
Andre Maurois, 2012
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André Maurois
In 191 8, under the pen name of "Andre Maurois," he published Les Silences du Colonel Bramble. The book was of rather a light nature, comprising short stories, anecdotes, pieces of dialogue, simply but cleverly and humorously woven ...
Georges Édouard Lemaître, 1939
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Ariel: The Life of Shelley
A biography of famous English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, husband of Mary Shelley.
André Maurois, 2009
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Disraeli: A Picture of the Victorian Age
A picture of the Victorian Age. This work is a biographical account of Benjamin Disraeli. Disraeli was the 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, a politician and author.
André Maurois, 2003
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France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History : a ...
André Maurois was born in Elbeuf, Normandy. His family had moved there from Alsace following the Franco-Prussian War and owned a woolen mill. He was educated at the lycée in Rouen, where he was strongly influenced by the philosopher ...
Bill Marshall, 2005
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Les Miserables
NORMAN DENNY was educated at Radley College, and in Vienna and Paris. He has writtena great manyshort stories under differentnames and several novels. Among hismany translations arePrometheus: A Life of Balzac by André Maurois,  ...
Victor Hugo, 2003
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Fattypuffs and Thinifers
Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
André Maurois, 2013
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To an Unknown Lady
Short, witty essays on the relations between the sexes.
André Maurois, 1957

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAUROIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Maurois is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Living to be 100 has its secrets'
Andre Maurois summed up one of mamas secret of gracefulness in age, when he wrote: “Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the ... «The Nation Newspaper, Jul 15»
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Elizabeth Berg admits she doesn't read historical novels
I also really liked “Lelia” by her French biographer, André Maurois. BOOKS: What is the last book that knocked you out? BERG: “Family Life” by ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
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A Tangled Legacy: 1000 years of French Jewry in words and music
Sarah Bernhardt, Leon Blum, Emile Durkheim, Claude Levy-Strauss, André Maurois, Marcel Marceau, Pierre Mendes, Marcel Proust, James Mayer de ... «Jvhri, Apr 15»
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The French paradox and the Jews
Indeed, Pétain had helped the Jewish novelist André Maurois (real name Emile Herzog) become a member of the Académie française in 1938. «The Commentator, Apr 15»
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The witty children's Illustrator Fritz Wegner who upset Nazis in …
But his forte was children's books, including the 1968 edition of André Maurois's Fattypuffs and Thinifers (1968), subsequently reprinted with ... «Ham&High, Apr 15»
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Fritz Wegner, illustrator - obituary
... beautifully crafted drawings enlivened several works by Allan Ahlberg and (among others) a 1968 edition of André Maurois's pacifist fable, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
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100 best children's books ever
André Maurois (1930). The French classic (there known as Patapoufs et Filifers) is about a fat brother and a thin brother – and the battle that ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
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Fattypuffs and Thinifers
In André Maurois's 1930 children's novel Patapoufs et Filifers (translated by Rosemary Benét as Fattypuffs and Thinifers in 1940), Terry and ... «London Review of Books, Feb 15»
9
Albert Camus: Past and Present
He never knew his father, Lucien, who was killed in World War I. His mother was of Spanish descent; André Maurois felt “there was a good bit of ... «Truthdig, Feb 15»
10
Saint Valentine, God, and Godiva
As French writer Andre Maurois once noted, “An unsatisfied woman requires luxury, but a woman who is in love with a man will lie on a board.”. «Onislam.net, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Maurois [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/maurois>. May 2024 ».
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