morse
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).
Noun edit
morse (plural morses)
- A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. [from 15th c.]
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
- The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.
Etymology 2 edit
Uncertain. Compare Russian морж (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later).
Noun edit
morse (plural morses)
- (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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morse
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morse
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Russian морж (morž), from Northern Sami.
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morse m (plural morses)
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Etymology 2 edit
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morse m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “morse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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morse f
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morse
- third-person singular past historic of mordere
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morse f pl
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morse
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From English Morse, after the American inventor Samuel Morse.
Noun edit
morse m (definite singular morsen) (uncountable)
- Morse or Morse code
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Verb edit
morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)
- (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)
- to die
Usage notes edit
Using morse to signify die instead of the more common dø is a special usage found among health workers. The use of the term in this way is unknown in the general population.
References edit
- “morse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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- morsa (a infinitive)
Etymology edit
From English Morse, named after Samuel Morse (1791–1872).
Noun edit
morse m (definite singular morsen, uncountable)
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morse (present tense morsar, past tense morsa, past participle morsa, passive infinitive morsast, present participle morsande, imperative morse/mors)
- to transmit Morse code
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- “morse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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morse n (uncountable)
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Etymology edit
From Old Swedish morghons. From morgon + -s (“adverbial suffix”). Compare the development of afse (from afton).
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morse
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- 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”).