morn

English

Etymology

From Middle English mōrn, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz (compare West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (compare Welsh bore (“morning”), Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरीचि (márīci, “ray of light”)), from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”) (compare ). See also morrow, morning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːn/
• IPA^(key): /mɔɹn/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
• Homophones: mourn, mourne, morne

Noun

morn (countable and uncountable, plural morns)

1. (now poetic) Morning.
   • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, lines 165-168,

     But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, / Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. / Break we our watch up, and by my advice, / Let us impart what we have seen tonight

Related terms

• morning
• morrow

Anagrams

• NORM, Norm, norm

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔɳ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɳ

Interjection

morn

1. colloquial variant of god morgen

References

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Interjection

morn

1. colloquial variant of god morgon

References

• “morn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Scots

Etymology

Old English morgen.

Noun

morn (plural morns)

1. morning
2. (definite singular) tomorrow

   A'll gae for ma messages the morn. I'll go shopping tomorrow.

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Swedish

Interjection

morn

1. Colloquial variant of god morgon

Anagrams

• norm