See also: Morse and morsë

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɔːs/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːs

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (bite; clasp), from mordere (to bite).

Noun edit

morse (plural morses)

  1. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. [from 15th c.]

Etymology 2 edit

Uncertain. Compare Russian морж (morž, walrus), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later).

Noun edit

morse (plural morses)

  1. (now rare) A walrus. [from 15th c.]
    • 1829, [Robert Pearse Gillies], “The Voyage. (Continued.)”, in Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean. [] (Second Series), volume III, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, page 66:
      The morse is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...]
    • 1880, Clements R Markham, editor, The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622, published 1881:
      Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.

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Adverb edit

morse

  1. never

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morse

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of morsen

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Russian морж (morž), from Northern Sami.

Noun edit

morse m (plural morses)

  1. walrus
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

morse m (uncountable)

  1. Morse code

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Etymology 1 edit

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morse f

  1. plural of morsa

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morse

  1. third-person singular past historic of mordere

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Participle edit

morse f pl

  1. feminine plural of morso

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Participle edit

morse

  1. vocative masculine singular of morsus

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From English Morse, after the American inventor Samuel Morse.

Noun edit

morse m (definite singular morsen) (uncountable)

  1. Morse or Morse code
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Verb edit

morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)

  1. (sende morse) to transmit Morse code

Etymology 2 edit

From mors (corpse).

Verb edit

morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)

  1. to die
Usage notes edit

Using morse to signify die instead of the more common is a special usage found among health workers. The use of the term in this way is unknown in the general population.

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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Etymology edit

From English Morse, named after Samuel Morse (1791–1872).

Noun edit

morse m (definite singular morsen, uncountable)

  1. Morse code

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Verb edit

morse (present tense morsar, past tense morsa, past participle morsa, passive infinitive morsast, present participle morsande, imperative morse/mors)

  1. to transmit Morse code

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French morse.

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morse n (uncountable)

  1. Morse code

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish morghons. From morgon + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare the development of afse (from afton).

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morse

  1. adverbial genitive form of morgon; a past morning

Usage notes edit

  • Only found in the expression i morse (the morning of today), and related expressions, e.g. i går morse (”yesterday morning”), i måndags morse (”last Monday morning”).

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