morene

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmoːˈreː.nə/

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• Hyphenation: mo‧re‧ne
• Rhymes: -eːnə

Noun

morene f (plural morenen or morenes)

1. moraine, deposit of rocks formed by a glacier
2. glacially formed landscape

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Italian

Noun

morene f

1. plural of morena

Anagrams

• enorme
• menerò
• romene

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena

Noun

morene m (definite singular morenen, indefinite plural morener, definite plural morenene)

1. moraine

Derived terms

• endemorene

References

• “morene” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “morene” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena

Noun

morene m (definite singular morenen, indefinite plural morenar, definite plural morenane)

1. moraine

Derived terms

• endemorene

References

• “morene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.