mourn

English

Alternative forms

• morne (14th - 15th centuries)

Etymology

Old English murnan, cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: mô(r)n, IPA: /mɔː(r)n/, X-SAMPA: /mO:(r)n/
• Homophones: morn, morne, mourne
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

Verb

mourn (third-person singular simple present mourns, present participle mourning, simple past and past participle mourned)

1. To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

Related terms

• mourner
• mournful
• mourning

Translations

express sadness for, grieve over

• Arabic: ندب (ar) (nádaba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哀悼 (cmn) (āidào), 悲悼 (cmn) (bēidào), 悼念 (cmn) (dàoniàn)

• Czech: truchlit (cs)
• Danish: sørge (da)
• Dutch: treuren (nl), rouwen (nl)
• Faroese: syrgja (fo)
• Finnish: surra (fi)
• French: déplorer (fr)
• German: trauern (de)
• Hungarian: gyászol (hu)
• Icelandic: syrgja (is)

• Irish: caoin (ga)
• Italian: rimpiangere, essere (in) lutto
• Japanese: 悲しむ (ja) (かなしむ, kanashimu), 悼む (ja) (いたむ, itamu)
• Korean: 슬퍼하다 (ko) (seulpeo-hada)
• Portuguese: lamentar (pt), estar de luto (pt)
• Russian: горевать (ru) (gorevátʹ), скорбеть (ru) (skorbétʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: caoidh, caoin, dèan bròn
• Spanish: lamentar, estar de luto
• Swedish: sörja (sv)
• West Frisian: rouje
• Yiddish: טרויערן (yi) (troyern)

Noun

mourn (plural mourns)

1. (now literary) Sorrow, grief.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book II:

     Sire ryght now com rydynge thys way a knyght makynge grete morne, for what cause I can not telle [...].

2. A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

See also

• sorrow
• grieve
• lament

Anagrams

• Munro