morne

See also: morné

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɔːn/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /mɔːɹn/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /mɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
• Homophones: morn; mourn, mourne (horse–hoarse merger)

Etymology 1

From Old French morne, morné, etc.

Noun

morne (plural mornes)

1. The blunt head of a jousting-lance.
2. A small, rounded hill.

Adjective

morne (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Alternative form of morné

Etymology 2

Noun

morne (countable and uncountable, plural mornes)

1. Obsolete spelling of morn.

Etymology 3

Noun

morne (countable and uncountable, plural mornes)

1. Obsolete spelling of mourn.

Verb

morne (third-person singular simple present mornes, present participle morning, simple past and past participle morned)

1. Obsolete spelling of mourn.

Anagrams

• Menor, enorm, meron, moner, more'n

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁn

Adjective

morne (plural mornes)

1. 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

• morné

Further reading

• “morne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• norme, renom