morass

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈɹæs/
• Rhymes: -æs

Noun

morass (plural morasses)

1. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
2. (figurative) Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.

Translations

tract of soft, wet ground

• Dutch: moeras (nl)
• Finnish: suo (fi), hetteikkö
• French: marais (fr), marécage (fr)
• Irish: bar m
• Italian: pantano (it) m
• Latin: palūs f
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• Romanian: mlaștină (ro)
• Russian: боло́то (ru) n (bolóto), тряси́на (ru) f (trjasína)
• Sanskrit: पङ्क (sa) m (paṅka)
• Scottish Gaelic: boglach f
• Serbo-Croatian: blato (sh) n
• Spanish: pantano (es) m
• Swedish: moras (sv)

anything that entraps or makes progress difficult

• Finnish: suo (fi)
• Italian: pantano (it) m
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• Russian: тряси́на (ru) f (trjasína)
• Swedish: moras (sv), moras (sv)

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