morning

See also: Morning

English

Etymology

From Middle English morwenyng, from morwen +‎ -ing. By surface analysis, morn +‎ ing. See also morrow (Middle English morwe).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
Audio (UK); [ˈmoːnɪŋ]: (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/
Audio (US); [ˈmõ̞ɹ̃nɪ̃ŋ]: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪŋ
(Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɹnɪŋ/
- (Dublin) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɹnən/, /ˈmɑːɹnəŋ/
Hyphenation: morn‧ing
Homophone: mourning (horse–hoarse merger)
(without the horse–hoarse merger)
- (rhotic) IPA^(key): /mɔːɹnɪŋ/
- (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /mɔːnɪŋ/

Noun

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morning (plural mornings)

The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon. [from 13th c.]
I'll see you tomorrow morning.

I'm working in the morning, so let's meet in the afternoon.
- 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, volume 1, pages 284–5:
  Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
- 1988 October 11, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
  Sheesh, it's two in the morning. Why do kids always have to feel sick at two in the morning?
(figurative) The early part of anything. [from 16th c.]
(obsolete) That part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon). [18th–19th c.]
- 1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 101:
  Celestina […] retired to her own room, leaving her friend to the pleasing and important occupation of the toilet, in which half of what is now called morning, was usually passed by Matilda.
- 1813, Jane Austen, letter, 26 October:
  We breakfasted before nine, and do not dine till half-past six on the occasion, so I hope we three shall have a long morning enough.
(chiefly Scotland) The first alcoholic drink of the day; a morning draught. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

(time from dawn to noon): forenoon; yeender (dialect); see also Thesaurus:morning
(time from midnight to noon): a.m.; forenoon; yeender (dialect)

Coordinate terms

afternoon; evening; night

Derived terms

Related terms

morn

Translations

part of the day between dawn and midday

Aari: zémma
Afrikaans: oggend (af), môre (af)
Akan: anɔpa
Albanian: mëngjes (sq) m
Aleut: qilax̂
American Sign Language: FlatB@NearShoulder-PalmBack-FlatB@BaseInForearm-PalmBack FlatB@SideAbdomenhigh-PalmUp-FlatB@BaseInForearm-PalmBack
Amis: dafak
Arabic: صَبَاح (ar) m (ṣabāḥ), غُدْوة f (ḡudwa)
Hijazi Arabic: صباح m (ṣabāḥ), صُبُح m (ṣubuḥ)

Moroccan Arabic: صباح m (ṣbāḥ)
Aragonese: maitín
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ f (qaydāmtā), ܨܲܦܪܵܐ m (ṣaprā)

Hebrew: צַפְרָא m (ṣap̄rā)

Syriac: ܨܦܪܐ m (ṣap̄rā)
Armenian: առավոտ (hy) (aṙavot)
Aromanian: dimineatsã f, tahina f, sãbai
Assamese: ৰাতিপুৱা (ratipua), পুৱা (pua), বিহান (bihan), ভোৰ (bhür)
Asturian: mañana (ast) f
Azerbaijani: sabah (az), səhər (az)
Bashkir: иртәнсәк (irtənsək), иртә (irtə)
Basque: goiz
Belarusian: ра́ніца f (ránica)
Bengali: সকাল (bn) (śokal)
Bikol Central: aga (bcl)
Breton: beure (br)
Bulgarian: су́трин (bg) m (sútrin), у́тро (bg) n (útro), предо́бед m (predóbed)
Burmese: နံနက် (my) (namnak)
Carpathian Rusyn: ра́но n (ráno)
Catalan: matí (ca) m
Cebuano: buntag
Central Dusun: doungosuab
Chechen: ӏуьйре (ˀüüre)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 上晝 / 上昼 (soeng⁶ zau³), 朝頭早 / 朝头早 (ziu¹ tau⁴ zou²)

Hokkien: 早起 (zh-min-nan) (chá-khí)

Mandarin: 上午 (zh) (shàngwǔ), 早上 (zh) (zǎoshang), 午前 (zh) (wǔqián)
Chukchi: митив (mitiv)
Chuvash: ир (ir)
Crimean Tatar: saba
Czech: ráno (cs) n, dopoledne (cs) n
Danish: morgen (da) c, formiddag (da)
Dutch: ochtend (nl) m, morgen (nl) m, voormiddag (nl) m
Egyptian:

(dwꜣw)
Esperanto: mateno (eo)
Estonian: hommik (et)
Faroese: morgun (fo) m
Finnish: aamu (fi), aamupäivä (fi), huomen (fi) (poetic)
French: matin (fr) m, matinée (fr) f; avant-midi (fr) m (Canada)
Galician: mañá (gl) f
Georgian: დილა (ka) (dila), ცისკარი (cisḳari) (poetic), აისი (aisi) (poetic), ალიონი (alioni) (poetic)
German: Morgen (de) m, Vormittag (de) m
Bavarian: Murg'n m (Austrian), Morgn (Wienerisch)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 m (maurgins)
Greek: πρωί (el) n (proḯ), πρωινό (el) n (proïnó)
Ancient: πρωΐα f (prōḯa), ἠώς f (ēṓs)
Guaraní: pyhareve
Gujarati: સવારે (savāre)
Haitian Creole: maten
Hawaiian: kakahiaka
Hebrew: בֹּקֶר / בוקר (he) m (bóker), שַׁחֲרִית (he) f (shaharít) (talmudic)
Hindi: सुबह (hi) f (subah), तड़का (hi) m (taṛkā), सवेरा (hi) m (saverā), प्रभात (hi) m (prabhāt), प्रभातकाल m (prabhātkāl), सकाल (hi) m (sakāl), पौ (hi) m (pau), प्रातः (hi) m (prātaḥ), प्रात (hi) m (prāt), प्रातःकाल (hi) m (prātaḥkāl), फजर (hi) m (phajar)
Hungarian: hajnal (hu) (approx. 3—6, from dawn), reggel (hu) (approx. 6—9), délelőtt (hu) (approx. 9—12)
Hunsrik: Meuend m
Icelandic: morgunn (is) m, árdegi (is), fyrirmiðdagur
Ilocano: bigat
Indonesian: pagi (id)
Ingrian: hoomus, hoomnikko, aamu (dialectal)
Ingush: ӏуйре (ˀujre)
Irish: maidin (ga) f
Istro-Romanian: domaręca
Italian: mattino (it) m, mattina (it) f, mattinata (it) f, mane (it) f (poetic)
Japanese: 朝 (ja) (あさ, asa), 午前 (ja) (ごぜん, gozen)
Javanese: esuk (jv)
Kannada: ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ (kn) (beḷigge), ಪ್ರಾತಃಕಾಲ (kn) (prātaḥkāla)
Kapampangan: abak
Kazakh: таң (tañ), таңертең (kk) (tañerteñ), ерте (erte)
Khanty:
Eastern Khanty: аԓәӈ (ałəṇ)

Northern Khanty: аԓәӈ (ałəṇ)
Khiamniungan Naga: āhūm
Khmer: បច្ចូស (km) (paccouh)
Korean: 아침 (ko) (achim)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەیانی (beyanî)

Laki: بِێان (biÿan), شەوەکی (şewekî)

Northern Kurdish: sibe (ku) f

Southern Kurdish: بِێان (biÿan), شەوەکی (şewekî)
Kyrgyz: эртең (ky) (erteŋ)
Ladino:
Roman: demanyana f
Lao: ຕອນເຊົ້າ (lo) (tǭn sao), ເຊົ້າ (sao)
Latin: māne (la) n, mātūtīnum n
Latvian: rīts (lv) m
Laz: ჭუმანი (ç̌umani)
Lithuanian: rytas (lt) m
Livonian: ūomõg
Low German: Moärgen (Paderbornisch), Muargen (Paderbornisch), Muärn (Paderbornisch: Hövelhof), Muargen (Sauerländisch), Muorgen (Münsterländisch), Moargen (Münsterländisch; less common), Muaren (Osnabrückisch), Mörgen (East Frisian), Morg'n (Dithmarsisch), mòàrgen m (South Westphalian: Hemer; scientific spelling)
Lü: ᦋᧁᧉ (tsaw²)
Luxembourgish: Mueren m, Muorgen
Macedonian: утро n (utro), претпладне n (pretpladne)
Malagasy: maraina (mg)
Malay: pagi (ms)
Malayalam: രാവിലെ (ml) (rāvile), പുലരി (ml) (pulari), പ്രഭാതം (ml) (prabhātaṁ)
Maltese: għodwa f
Manx: maddin f, madjin f, moghrey m
Maore Comorian: asuɓuhi
Maori: ata (mi)
Marathi: प्रभात f (prabhāt), सकाळ (sakāḷ)
Mazanderani: تلاونگ (telavang), سباهی (sebahi)
Middle English: morwe
Mòcheno: vria f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:өглөө (mn) (öglöö)

Mongolian:ᠥᠷᠯᠦᠭᠡ (örlüge)
Neapolitan: matina f
Nepali: बिहान (bihana)
Nivkh: тʼатӈ (tʼatŋ)
Northern Kankanay: wakgat
Norwegian:
Bokmål: morgen (no) m, formiddag (no) m

Nynorsk: morgon (nn) m, formiddag m
Occitan: matin (oc) m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: оутро n (utro)
Old English: morgen m
Old Swedish: morghon
Old Tupi: koema
Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰺𐰣 (y¹r¹n¹ /⁠yarïn⁠/)
Oromo: barii, ganama
Ottoman Turkish: صباح (sabah)
Pannonian Rusyn: рано n (rano)
Papiamentu: mainta
Pashto: ګهيځ (gahiź)
Pennsylvania German: Mariye m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: صُبْح (fa) (sobh), بامْداد (fa) (bâmdâd), بام (fa) (bâm), سَحَر (fa) (sahar)
Plautdietsch: Morjen m
Polish: ranek (pl) m, rano (pl) n
Portuguese: manhã (pt)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਸਵੇਰ (pa) f (saver)
Quechua: paqarin, wara
Romanian: dimineață (ro) f
Russian: у́тро (ru) n (útro), вре́мя до полу́дня n (vrémja do polúdnja), дополу́денное вре́мя n (dopolúdennoje vrémja)
Sanskrit: see Thesaurus:प्रभात
Scots: forenuin
Scottish Gaelic: madainn
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: препо́дне m, ју̏тро n

Roman: prepódne m, jȕtro (sh) n
Slovak: ráno n
Slovene: jutro (sl) n
Somali: aroor (so), subax
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zajtšo n
Southern Altai: эртен (erten), таҥ (taŋ)
Spanish: mañana (es) f, matina (es) f (Southern Cone)
Sranan Tongo: m'manten
Svan: ჰამ (ham)
Swahili: asubuhi (sw)
Swedish: morgon (sv) c, förmiddag (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠛꠤꠀꠘ (bian), ꠡꠇꠣꠟ (śoxal)
Tagalog: umaga (tl)
Tajik: субҳ (tg) (subh), бомдод (bomdod)
Tamil: காலை (ta) (kālai)
Tatar: иртә (tt) (irtä)
Telugu: తెల్లవారి (tellavāri), ప్రాతఃకాలము (te) (prātaḥkālamu)
Tetum: dadeer
Thai: ตอนเช้า (th) (dtɔɔn-cháao), เช้า (th) (cháao)
Tibetan: ཞོགས་པ (zhogs pa)
Turkish: sabah (tr)
Turkmen: ertir, säher, irden
Ukrainian: ра́нок (uk) m (ránok)
Urdu: صُبْح f (subh), بامْداد m (bāmdād), سَحَر f (sahar)
Uyghur: ئەتىگەن (etigen)
Uzbek: erta (uz), ertalab (uz), ertalabki (uz)
Vietnamese: buổi sáng (vi)
Vilamovian: miügia m
Walloon: matinêye (wa) f, divant-nonne (wa) m or f, divant-l'-dinner (wa) m, åmatén (wa) m
Welsh: bore (cy) m
Yami: dagdag
Yiddish: מאָרגן (yi) m (morgn)
Zazaki: sefaqi ser, sewdır n
Zhuang: daengznaw

the part of the day after midnight and before midday

Afar: saaku
Ainu: クンネイワ (kunneiwa)
Albanian: mëngjes (sq)
American Sign Language: FlatB@NearShoulder-PalmBack-FlatB@BaseInForearm-PalmBack FlatB@SideAbdomenhigh-PalmUp-FlatB@BaseInForearm-PalmBack
Arabic: صَبَاح (ar) m (ṣabāḥ), شُرُوق (ar) m (šurūq)
Moroccan Arabic: صباح m (ṣbāḥ)
Armenian: առավոտ (hy) (aṙavot), ցերեկ (hy) (cʻerek)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܲܦܪܵܐ m (ṣaprā)
Asturian: mañana (ast) f
Aymara: arumanthi
Azerbaijani: səhər (az), sabah (az)
Bakhtiari: صحو (sohw)
Bambara: sɔgɔma
Belarusian: ра́ніца (ránica)
Breton: mintin (br) m, beure (br) m
Bulgarian: су́трин (bg) m (sútrin), у́тро (bg) n (útro)
Burmese: နံနက် (my) (namnak)
Catalan: matinada (ca) f, matí (ca) m
Cebuano: kadlawon (after around 3 o'clock until dawn)
Cherokee: ᏑᎾᎵ (sunali)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 早晨 (zh), 上午 (zh) (shàngwǔ), 早上 (zh) (zǎoshang)
Chuvash: ир (ir)
Czech: ráno (cs) n (shortly after sunrise), dopoledne (cs) n
Dalmatian: desmun m
Danish: morgen (da) c
Dutch: ochtend (nl) m, morgen (nl) m
Emilian: matèina f
Eshtehardi: سیبی (seybi)
Esperanto: mateno (eo)
Estonian: hommik (et)
Ewe: ŋdi
Faroese: morgun (fo) m
Fijian: mataka (fj)
Finnish: aamu (fi)
French: matin (fr) m, matinée (fr) f
Galician: mañá (gl) f, madrugada (gl) f
Georgian: დილა (ka) (dila)
German: Morgen (de) m
Greek: πρωί (el) n (proḯ), πρωινό (el) n (proïnó)
Hausa: asuba
Hawaiian: kakahiaka n
Hebrew: בֹּקֶר (he) m (bóker)
Hindi: सवेरा (hi) m (saverā), सुबह (hi) f (subah), तड़का (hi) (taṛkā), प्रभात (hi) (prabhāt), उषा (hi) (uṣā), उदय (hi) m (uday), सकाल (hi) m (sakāl)
Hungarian: (no term for this 12-hour period)
Hunsrik: Meuend m
Icelandic: morgunn (is) m
Ido: matino (io)
Inari Sami: iiđeed
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} pagi (id), subuh (id)
Interlingua: matino (ia)
Irish: maidin (ga) f
Istriot: mittin
Italian: mattina (it) f, mattino (it) m, mattinata (it) f, mane (it) f (poetic)
Japanese: 午前 (ja) (ごぜん, gozen)
Javanese: ésuk
Karachay-Balkar: эртден (ertden), эртдембла (ertdembla)
Kazakh: таңертең (kk) (tañerteñ), ерте (erte), таң (tañ)
Khakas: иртен (irten), иртенгізі (irtengìzì)
Khmer: ព្រឹក (km) (prɨk)
Korean: 아침 (ko) (achim), 오전(午前) (ko) (ojeon)
Kumyk: эртен (erten)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەیانی (beyanî)
Kyrgyz: эртең (ky) (erteŋ)
Ladino:
Roman: demanyana f
Lao: ມື້ເຊົ້າ (mư̄ sao)
Latgalian: reits m
Latin: mane (la) n, matutina tempora n pl, matutina tempora n pl, crepusculum n, matutinum n
Latvian: rīts (lv) m
Lithuanian: rytas (lt) m
Livonian: ūomõg
Luxembourgish: Mueren m
Macedonian: утро n (utro)
Malay: pagi (ms)
Malayalam: പ്രഭാതം (ml) (prabhātaṁ)
Maltese: għodwa f, filgħodu (in the morning)
Manx: maddin f, madjin f, moghrey m
Marathi: सकाळ (sakāḷ)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:өглөө (mn) (öglöö)

Mongolian:ᠥᠷᠯᠦᠭᠡ (örlüge)
Nanticoke: weschpa
Navajo: abíní
Norman: matin m (Guernsey, continental Normandy), matîn (Jersey), matinaïe f (Guernsey)
Northern Sami: iđit
Norwegian:
Bokmål: morgen (no) m

Nynorsk: morgon (nn) m
Nottoway-Meherrin: suntetung
Nuosu: ꏜ (ry)
Pannonian Rusyn: рано n (rano), предполаднє n (predpoladnje), дополаднє n (dopoladnje)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: صُبْح (fa) (sobh), بامْداد (fa) (bâmdâd), بام (fa) (bâm)
Polish: rano (pl) n, ranek (pl) m inan
Portuguese: manhã (pt) f, madrugada (pt) f
Powhatan: papasowh
Romanian: dimineață (ro) f
Russian: у́тро (ru) n (útro), ночь (ru) f (nočʹ) (no distinct time border between them)
Rwanda-Rundi: igitondo
Scottish Gaelic: madainn f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ју̏тро n, са̀ба̄х m (regional)

Roman: jȕtro (sh) n, sàbāh (sh) m (regional)
Shona: mangwana
Sinhalese: උදේ (udē)
Skolt Sami: ee ́đääldõž
Slovak: ráno n
Slovene: jutro (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zajtšo n
Sotho: hoseng (st)
Southern Altai: таҥ (taŋ), эртен (erten)
Spanish: madrugada (es) f (until dawn), mañana (es) f, AM, antelucano (before dawn)
Swahili: asubuhi (sw) class 9/10
Swedish: morgon (sv) c
Tagalog: umaga (tl)
Tamil: பகல் (ta) (pakal)
Tatar: irtä
Telugu: ఉదయం (te) (udayaṁ), పొద్దు (te) (poddu), వేకువ (te) (vēkuva)
Thai: เช้า (th) (cháao)
Turkish: sabah (tr)
Turkmen: ertir, säher
Tutelo: kanahampuai
Tuvan: эртен (erten)
Ukrainian: ра́нок (uk) m (ránok)
- Urdu: صُبْح f (subh), سَویرا m (saverā), پَرَبھات m (parabhāt), تَڑْکا m (taṛkā), اُشا f (uśā)
Uzbek: erta (uz), ertalab (uz)
Vietnamese: buổi sáng (vi)
Volapük: göd (vo)
Walloon: å matén (wa) (as qualifier of hours)
Welsh: bore (cy) m
West Frisian: moarntiid (fy), moarn (fy) c
Yakut: сарсыарда (sarsıarda)
Zazaki: şefaq (diq)
ǃXóõ: khúbe

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Lao: ^{(please verify)} ຕອນເຊົ້າ (lo) (tǭn sao), ^{(please verify)} ເຊົ້າ (sao)

Interjection

morning

Ellipsis of good morning.
- 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Excess Express:
  Hey, ‘morning, Mario. Have you been to the dining car yet today?

Anagrams

norming

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

morning m (definite singular morningen, indefinite plural morninger, definite plural morningene)

alternative spelling of morgning

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²moː.ɳɪŋ/

Noun

morning m (definite singular morningen, indefinite plural morningar, definite plural morningane)

alternative spelling of morgning