morse

See also Morse, and morsë

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /mɔːs/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

morse (plural morses)

1. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. [from 15th c.]
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:

     The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Compare Russian морж (morž, “walrus”), Saami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later).

Noun

morse (plural morses)

1. (now rare) A walrus. [from 15th c.]
   • 1880-1881: Clements R Markham (editor), The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622:

     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.

Anagrams

• mores, omers, s'more, somer

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Breton

Adverb

morse

1. never

Synonyms

• nepred

Related terms

• biken

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Dutch

Verb

morse

1. singular present subjunctive of morsen

Anagrams

• smore

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɔʁs/, X-SAMPA: /mORs/

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Etymology 1

From Russian морж, from Northern Sami.

Noun

morse m (plural morses)

1. walrus

See also

• otarie f
• phoque m

Etymology 2

Noun

morse m (uncountable)

1. Morse code

Anagrams

• mores

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Italian

Noun

morse f

1. Plural form of morsa

Verb

morse

1. third-person singular past historic of mordere

morse f

1. Plural of morso

Anagrams

• merso

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Latin

Participle

morse

1. vocative masculine singular of morsus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

morse (uncountable) (definite singular morsen; definite singular possessive morsens)

1. Morse code

Verb

morse (present tense morser; past tense and past participle morsa or morset)

1. transmit Morse code
2. die

Usage notes

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.

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Swedish

Adverb

morse

1. (following i + possibly further specifications) a past morning

Usage notes

The word is never used on its own, but in various constructions which all begins by the preposition i. Without further specifications, it is taken to mean "the (already past) morning of today". Specifying the day gives following options:

• i morse = the morning of today
• i går morse = yesterday morning
• i förrgår morse = (on) the morning of the day before yesterday
• i måndags morse = (on) the morning of last Monday

And so on for Tuesday - Sunday. Note that the days of the weeks are always in genitive case.

A synonymous construction, which however is not restricted to past mornings, is to use på ... morgon(en):

• på måndag morgon = (on) Monday morning (note: only in the future)
• på måndagsmorgonen (on) the Monday morning (past or future)
• But there is one exception: "tomorrow morning" is usually i morgon bitti (or less common i morgon på morgonen)