morena

See also: Morena and moréna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sotho morena, Northern Sotho morena, Tswana morena, from mo- (personal class prefix) + rena (“to be rich, to be a leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈɹenə/, /məˈɹenə/
• IPA^(key): /məˈɹeɪnə/

Noun

morena (plural morenas)

1. (South Africa) Someone in authority, a master or leader, especially among Sotho-speakers. (Chiefly as a form of address.) [from 19th c.]
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 93:

     ‘Morena,’ said the old priest, ‘don't be angry with the boy.’

Anagrams

• Anmore, Armeno-, Mareno, Morane, Ramone, anomer, enamor, maenor, marone, menora, moaner, monera

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish morena, feminine singular form of moreno.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na

Adjective

morena

1. feminine of moreno.

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Italian

Noun

morena f (plural morene)

1. (geology) moraine, glacial till, drift

Anagrams

• armeno, nomare, nomerà, remano, romane, romena

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Polish

Noun

morena f

1. (geology) moraine (accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier)

Declension

Declension of morena

	singular	plural
nominative	morena	moreny
genitive	moreny	moren
dative	morenie	morenom
accusative	morenę	moreny
instrumental	moreną	morenami
locative	morenie	morenach
vocative	moreno	moreny

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French moraine.

Noun

morena f (plural morenas)

1. (geology) moraine, debris (large rock fragments left by a melting glacier)

Synonyms

• (fragments left by a glacier): moreia

Etymology 2

From moreno.

Noun

morena f (plural morenas)

1. brunette (a girl or woman with brown or black hair)

Adjective

morena

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective moreno.

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Sotho

Noun

morena class 1/6 (plural marena)

1. lord, chief, master, king

Descendants

• → Phuthi: murena

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo̞ˈɾe̞.na̠]
• See also: morrena, armenio.

Etymology 1

See moreno. Ultimately related to English Moor.

Noun

morena f (plural morenas, masculine moreno, masculine plural morenos)

1. dark-skinned female, brunette

Adjective

morena

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective moreno.

Etymology 2

from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).

Noun

morena f (plural morenas)

1. (zoology) moray

Anagrams

• monera

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish morena.

Adjective

morena (masculine moreno)

1. (of a woman) dark-skinned

Noun

morena (masculine moreno)

1. a dark-skinned woman
2. A female Filipino beauty standard, typically described as a beautiful young woman with physical traits native or indigenous to the Philippines.

Related terms

• mestisa
• tsinita
• moreno
• mestiso
• tsinito

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Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈrɛna/

Noun

morêna class 1 (plural barena)

1. lord, chief, master King