morn
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English morn, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko, from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”).
See also West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon; also Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरीचि (márīci, “ray of light”), Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”). Doublet of morrow and morgen. See also morning.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɔːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn]
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
- Homophones: mourn (with horse-hoarse merger), mourne, morne
- (without the horse–hoarse merger)
Noun edit
morn (countable and uncountable, plural morns)
- (now poetic) Morning.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], lines 165-168:
- But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, / Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. / Break we our watch up, and by my advice, / Let us impart what we have seen tonight
Synonyms edit
- morning, morrow; see also Thesaurus:morning
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Anagrams edit
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
See moorn (“tomorrow”)
Adverb edit
morn
Middle English edit
Noun edit
morn
Compare West Frisian moarn.
- Alternative form of morwe
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
morn
- colloquial variant of god morgen
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
morn
- colloquial variant of god morgon
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “morn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English morn, variant of morwe, from Old English morgen.
Noun edit
morn (plural morns)
Swedish edit
Interjection edit
morn
- Colloquial variant of god morgon