morne

See also: morné

English

Etymology 1

Noun

morne (countable and uncountable, plural mornes)

1. Obsolete spelling of mourn.
2. Obsolete spelling of morn.

Verb

morne

1. Obsolete spelling of mourn.

Etymology 2

Noun

morne (plural mornes)

1. The blunt head of a jousting-lance.
2. A small, rounded hill.

Anagrams

• Menor, enorm, meron, moner, more'n

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French

Etymology

From Middle French morne, from Old French morne, murne, (compare Old French morner (“to mourn”)), from Frankish *murn, from Proto-Germanic *murnaz. Cognate with English mourn, Old Norse morna (“to pine away”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌽 (maurnan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁn/

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Adjective

morne (plural mornes)

1. gloomy, glum, dismal, dreary

Related terms

• morné

Further reading

• “morne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• norme, renom