morne
See also: morné
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (US) IPA(key): /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn]
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɔːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
- Homophones: morn, mourn (with horse-hoarse merger), mourne
- (without the horse–hoarse merger)
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
morne (plural mornes)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
morne (countable and uncountable, plural mornes)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
morne (countable and uncountable, plural mornes)
Verb edit
morne (third-person singular simple present mornes, present participle morning, simple past and past participle morned)
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French morne, from Old French morne, murne, (compare Old French morner (“to mourn”)), from Frankish *murn, from Proto-Germanic *murnaz. Cognate with English mourn, Old Norse morna (“to pine away”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌽 (maurnan).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
morne (plural mornes)
- gloomy, glum, dismal, dreary
- 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 2, scene 2:
- Dirai-je au Dictateur dont l’ordre ici m’envoie / Que vous le recevez avec si peu de joie ? / Ce morne et froid accueil me surprend à mon tour.
- Shall I tell the Dictator whose order sends me here / That you received it [the news] with so little joy? / This glum and cold welcome surprises me too.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “morne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.