morning

See also: Morning

English

Etymology

From Middle English morwening, from Old English morgen , from Proto-Germanic *murginaz; equivalent to morn +‎ -ing. See also morrow, Middle English morwe.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪŋ
• Hyphenation: morn‧ing
• Homophone: mourning (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)

Noun

morning (plural mornings)

1. The part of the day from dawn to noon.

   I'll see you tomorrow morning.

   • 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pp.284-5

     Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

2. The part of the day between midnight and noon.

   one o'clock in the morning (1 am)

3. (figuratively) The early part of anything.
4. The first alcoholic drink of the day; a morning draught.

Synonyms

• (time from dawn to noon): forenoon; yeender (dialect); see also Thesaurus:morning
• (time from midnight to noon): a.m.; forenoon; yeender (dialect)

Coordinate terms

• afternoon; evening; night

Derived terms

• coffee morning
• morning after
• morning-after pill
• morning call
• morning coat
• morning draught
• morning dress
• morning glory
• morning person
• Morning Prayer
• morning room
• morning sickness
• morning star
• morning suit
• morning tea
• top of the morning

 

Related terms

• morn

 

Translations

part of the day between dawn and midday

• Aari: zémma
• Afrikaans: oggend (af)
• Albanian: mëngjes (sq) m
• American Sign Language: FlatB@NearShoulder-PalmBack-FlatB@BaseInForearm-PalmBack FlatB@SideAbdomenhigh-PalmUp-FlatB@BaseInForearm-PalmBack
• Arabic: صَبَاح‎ (ar) m (ṣabāḥ), غُدْوة‎‎ f (ḡudwa)

  Moroccan Arabic: صباح‎ m (ṣbāḥ)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: צַפְרָא‎ m (ṣap̄rā)

  Syriac: ܨܦܪܐ‎ m (ṣap̄rā)

• Armenian: առավոտ (hy) (aṙavot)
• Aromanian: dimineatsã f, tahina f, sãbai
• Assamese: ৰাতিপুৱা (ratipua), পুৱা (pua), বিহান (bihan), ভোৰ (bhür)
• Asturian: mañana f
• Azerbaijani: sabah (az), səhər (az)
• Bashkir: иртәнсәк (irtänsäk), иртә (irtä)
• Basque: goiz
• Belarusian: ра́ніца f (ránica)
• Bengali: সকাল (sôkal)
• Bikol Central: aga (bcl)
• Breton: beure (br)
• Bulgarian: су́трин (bg) m (sútrin), у́тро (bg) n (útro), предиобед m (prediobed)
• Burmese: နံနက် (my) (namnak)
• Catalan: matí (ca) m
• Cebuano: buntag
• Central Dusun: doungosuab
• Chechen: ӏуьйре (ʿüjre)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 上晝, 上昼 (soeng⁶ zau³), 朝頭早, 朝头早 (ziu¹ tau⁴ zou²)

  Mandarin: 上午 (zh) (shàngwǔ), 早上 (zh) (zǎoshang), 午前 (zh) (wǔqián)

• Chukchi: митив (mitiv)
• Chuvash: ир (ir)
• Crimean Tatar: saba
• Czech: ráno (cs) n, dopoledne (cs) n
• Danish: morgen (da) c, formiddag (da)
• Dutch: ochtend (nl) m, morgen (nl) m, voormiddag (nl)
• Egyptian: (dwꜣw)
• Esperanto: mateno (eo)
• Estonian: hommik (et)
• Faroese: morgun (fo) m
• Finnish: aamu (fi), aamupäivä (fi), huomen (fi) (poetic)
• French: matin (fr) m, matinée (fr) f; avant-midi (fr) m (Canada)
• Galician: mañá (gl) f
• Georgian: დილა (ka) (dila), ცისკარი (cisḳari) (poetic), აისი (aisi) (poetic), ალიონი (alioni) (poetic)
• German: Morgen (de) m, Vormittag (de) m

  Bavarian: Murg'n m (Austrian), Morgn (Wienerisch)

• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 m (maurgins)
• Greek: πρωί (el) n (proí), πρωινό (el) n (proinó)

  Ancient: πρωΐα f (prōḯa), ἠώς f (ēṓs)

• Gujarati: સવારે (savāre)
• Hawaiian: kakahiaka
• Hebrew: בֹּקֶר / בוקר‎ (he) m (bóker), שַׁחֲרִית‎ (he) f (shaharít) (talmudic)
• Hindi: सुबह (hi) f (subah), तड़का (hi) m (taṛkā), सवेरा (hi) m (saverā)
• Hungarian: hajnal (hu) (approx. 3—6, from dawn), reggel (hu) (approx. 6—9), délelőtt (hu) (approx. 9—12)
• Hunsrik: Meuend m
• Icelandic: morgunn (is) m, árdegi (is), fyrirmiðdagur
• Ilocano: bigat
• Indonesian: pagi (id)
• Ingush: ӏуйре (ʿujre)
• Irish: maidin (ga) f
• Istro-Romanian: domaręca
• Italian: mattino (it) m, mattina (it) f
• Japanese: 朝 (ja) (あさ, asa), 午前 (ja) (ごぜん, gozen)
• Javanese: esuk (jv)
• Kannada: ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ (kn) (beḷigge), ಪ್ರಾತಃಕಾಲ (kn) (prātaḥkāla)
• Kazakh: таң (kk) (tañ), таңертең (kk) (tañerteñ), ерте (kk) (erte)
• Khmer: បច្ចូស (km) (paccouh)
• Korean: 아침 (ko) (achim)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بەیانی‎ (beyanî)

  Laki: بِێان‎ (biÿan), شەوەکی‎ (şewekî)

  Northern Kurdish: sibe (ku) f

  Southern Kurdish: بِێان‎ (biÿan), شەوەکی‎ (şewekî)

• Kyrgyz: эртең (ky) (erteñ)

• Ladino:

  Roman: demanyana f

• Lao: ຕອນເຊົ້າ (lo) (tǭn sao), ເຊົ້າ (sao)
• Latin: māne (la) n
• Latvian: rīts (lv) m
• Laz: ჭუმანი (č̣umani)
• Lithuanian: rytas (lt) m
• Livonian: ūomõg
• Low German: Moärgen (Paderbornisch), Muargen (Paderbornisch), Muärn (Paderbornisch: Hövelhof), Muargen (Sauerländisch), Muorgen (Münsterländisch), Moargen (Münsterländisch; less common), Muaren (Osnabrückisch), Mörgen (East Frisian), Morg'n (Dithmarsisch), mòàrgen m (South Westphalian: Hemer; scientific spelling)
• Luxembourgish: Mueren m, Muorgen
• Lü: ᦋᧁᧉ (tsaw²)
• Macedonian: утро n (utro), претпладне n (pretpladne)
• Malay: pagi (ms)
• Malayalam: പുലരി (ml) (pulari), പ്രഭാതം (ml) (prabhātaṃ)
• Maltese: għodwa f
• Manx: maddin f, madjin f, moghrey m
• Maore Comorian: asuɓuhi
• Marathi: प्रभात f (prabhāt), सकाळ (sakāḷ)
• Mazanderani: تلاونگ‎ (telavang), سباهی‎ (sebahi)
• Mongolian: өглөө (mn) (öglöö)
• Mòcheno: vria f
• Northern Kankanay: wakgat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: morgen (no) m, formiddag (no) m

  Nynorsk: morgon (nn) m, formiddag m

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: оутро n (utro)

• Old English: morgen m
• Old Tupi: koema
• Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰺𐰣‎ (y¹r¹n¹ /yarïn/)
• Pashto: ګهيځ‎ (gahiź)
• Pennsylvania German: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: صبح‎ (fa) (sobh), بامداد‎ (fa) (bāmdād), بام‎ (fa) (bâm)
• Polish: ranek (pl) m, rano (pl) n
• Portuguese: manhã (pt)
• Punjabi: ਸਵੇਰ (pa) f (saver)
• Quechua: paqarin, wara
• Russian: у́тро (ru) n (útro), вре́мя до полу́дня n (vrémja do polúdnja), дополу́денное вре́мя n (dopolúdennoje vrémja)
• Rusyn: ра́но n (ráno)
• Sanskrit: प्रात (sa) m (prāta)
• Scots: forenuin
• Scottish Gaelic: madainn
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: преподне m, јутро n

  Roman: prepodne m, jutro (sh) n

• Slovak: ráno n
• Slovene: jutro (sl) n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: zajtšo n

• Southern Altai: эртеҥ (erteŋ), таҥ (taŋ)
• Spanish: mañana (es) f
• Svan: ჰამ (ham)
• Swahili: asubuhi (sw)
• Swedish: morgon (sv) c, förmiddag (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠛꠤꠀꠘ (bian), ꠡꠇꠣꠟ (śoxal)
• Tajik: субҳ (tg) (subh), бомдод (bomdod)
• Tamil: காலை (ta) (kālai)
• Tatar: иртә (tt) (irtä)
• Telugu: తెల్లవారి (tellavāri), ప్రాతఃకాలము (te) (prātaḥkālamu)
• Thai: ตอนเช้า (dtɔɔn-cháao), เช้า (th) (cháao)
• Tibetan: ཞོགས་པ (zhogs pa)
• Turkish: sabah (tr)
• Turkmen: ertir, säher, irden
• Ukrainian: ра́нок (uk) m (ránok)
• Urdu: صبح‎ m (subah)
• Uyghur: ئەتىگەن‎ (etigen)
• Uzbek: erta (uz), ertalab (uz), ertalabki (uz)
• Vietnamese: buổi sáng
• Vilamovian: miügia m
• Walloon: matinêye (wa) f, divant-nonne (wa) m or f, divant-l'-dinner (wa) m, åmatén (wa) m
• Welsh: bore (cy) m
• Yiddish: מאָרגן‎ (yi) m (morgn)
• Zazaki: sefaqi ser
• Zhuang: daengznaw

the part of the day after midnight and before midday

• Afar: saaku
• Ainu: クンネイワ (kunneiwa)
• Albanian: mëngjes (sq)
• American Sign Language: FlatB@NearShoulder-PalmBack-FlatB@BaseInForearm-PalmBack FlatB@SideAbdomenhigh-PalmUp-FlatB@BaseInForearm-PalmBack
• Arabic: صَبَاح‎ (ar) m (ṣabāḥ)

  Moroccan Arabic: صباح‎ m (ṣbāḥ)

• Armenian: առավոտ (hy) (aṙavot), ցերեկ (hy) (cʿerek)
• Asturian: mañana f
• Aymara: arumanthi
• Azerbaijani: səhər (az), sabah (az)
• Bakhtiari: صحو‎ (sohw)
• Bambara: sɔgɔma
• Belarusian: ра́ніца (ránica)
• Breton: mintin (br) m, beure (br) m
• Bulgarian: су́трин (bg) m (sútrin), у́тро (bg) n (útro)
• Burmese: နံနက် (my) (namnak)
• Catalan: matinada (ca) f, matí (ca) m
• Cebuano: kadlawon (after around 3 o'clock until dawn)
• Cherokee: ᏑᎾᎵ (sunali)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 早晨 (zh) (zǎochén), 上午 (zh) (shàngwǔ), 早上 (zh) (zǎoshàng)

• Chuvash: ир (ir)
• Czech: ráno (cs) n (shortly after sunrise), dopoledne (cs) n
• Dalmatian: desmun m
• Danish: morgen (da) c
• Dutch: ochtend (nl), morgen (nl)
• Emilian: matèina f
• Eshtehardi: سیبی‎ (seybi)
• Esperanto: mateno (eo)
• Estonian: hommik (et)
• Ewe: ŋdi
• Faroese: morgun (fo) m
• Fijian: mataka (fj)
• Finnish: aamu (fi)
• French: matin (fr) m, matinée (fr) f
• Galician: mañá (gl) f, madrugada (gl) f
• Georgian: დილა (ka) (dila)
• German: Morgen (de) m
• Greek: πρωί (el) n (proí), πρωινό (el) n (proinó)
• Hausa: asuba
• Hawaiian: kakahiaka n
• Hebrew: בֹּקֶר, בוקר‎ (he) m (bóker)
• Hindi: सवेरा (hi) m (saverā), सुबह (hi) f (subah), तड़का (hi) (taṛkā), प्रभात (hi) (prabhāt), उषा (hi) (uṣā)
• Hungarian: (no term for this 12-hour period)
• Hunsrik: Meuend m
• Icelandic: morgunn (is) m
• Ido: matino (io)
• Inari Sami: iiđeed
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} pagi (id), ^{(please verify)} subuh? (id)
• Interlingua: matino (ia)
• Irish: maidin (ga) f
• Istriot: mittin
• Italian: mattina (it) f, mattino (it) m
• Japanese: 午前 (ja) (ごぜん, gozen)
• Javanese: ésuk
• Karachay-Balkar: эртден (ertden), эртдембла (ertdembla)
• Kazakh: таңертең (kk) (tañerteñ), ерте (kk) (erte), таң (kk) (tañ)
• Khakas: иртен (irten), иртенгізі (irtengízí)
• Khmer: ព្រឹក (km) (prɨk)
• Korean: 아침 (ko) (achim), 오전 (ko) (ojeon) (午前 (ko))
• Kumyk: эртен (erten)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بەیانی‎ (ku) (beyanî)

• Kyrgyz: эртең (ky) (erteñ)
• Ladino:

  Roman: demanyana f

• Lao: ມື້ເຊົ້າ (mư̄ sao)

• Latgalian: reits m
• Latin: mane (la) n, matutina tempora n pl, matutina tempora n pl, crepusculum n, matutinum n
• Latvian: rīts (lv) m
• Lithuanian: rytas (lt) m
• Livonian: ūomõg
• Luxembourgish: Mueren m
• Macedonian: утро n (utro)
• Malay: pagi (ms)
• Malayalam: പ്രഭാതം (ml) (prabhātaṃ)
• Maltese: għodwa f, filgħodu (in the morning)
• Manx: maddin f, madjin f, moghrey m
• Marathi: सकाळ (sakāḷ)
• Mongolian: өглөө (mn) (öglöö)
• Nanticoke: weschpa
• Navajo: abíní
• Norman: matin m (Guernsey, continental Normandy), matîn (Jersey), matinaïe f (Guernsey)
• Northern Sami: iđit
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: morgen (no) m

  Nynorsk: morgon (nn) m

• Nottoway-Meherrin: suntetung
• Novial: matine
• Persian: صبح‎ (fa) (sobh), بامداد‎ (fa) (bāmdād), بام‎ (fa) (bâm)
• Polish: rano (pl) n, ranek (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: manhã (pt) f, madrugada (pt) f
• Powhatan: papasowh
• Romanian: dimineață (ro) f
• Russian: у́тро (ru) n (útro), ночь (ru) f (nočʹ) (no distinct time border between them)
• Rwanda-Rundi: igitondo
• Scottish Gaelic: madainn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јутро n, сабах m

  Roman: jutro (sh) n, sabah (sh) m

• Shona: mangwana
• Sichuan Yi: ꏜ (ry)
• Sinhalese: උදේ (udē)
• Skolt Sami: ee ́đääldõž
• Slovak: ráno n
• Slovene: jutro (sl) n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: zajtšo n

• Sotho: hoseng (st)
• Southern Altai: таҥ (taŋ)
• Spanish: madrugada (es) f, mañana (es) f, AM
• Swahili: asubuhi (sw) class 9/10
• Swedish: morgon (sv) c
• Tagalog: umaga (tl)
• Tatar: irtä
• Telugu: ఉదయం (te) (udayaṃ), పొద్దు (te) (poddu), వేకువ (te) (vēkuva)
• Thai: เช้า (th) (cháao)
• Turkish: sabah (tr)
• Turkmen: ertir, säher
• Tutelo: kanahampuai
• Tuvan: эртен (ärtän)
• Ukrainian: ра́нок (uk) m (ránok)
• Urdu: صبح‎ f (subah), سویرا‎ m (saverā), پربهات‎ (prabhāt), تڑکا‎ (taṛkā), اشا‎ (uṣā)
• Uzbek: erta (uz), ertalab (uz)
• Vietnamese: buổi sáng
• Volapük: göd (vo)
• Walloon: å matén (as qualifier of hours)
• Welsh: bore (cy) m
• West Frisian: moarntiid (fy), moarn (fy) c
• Yakut: сарсыарда (sarsıarda)
• Zazaki: şefaq
• ǃXóõ: khúbe

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Lao: ^{(please verify)} ຕອນເຊົ້າ (lo) (tǭn sao), ^{(please verify)} ເຊົ້າ (sao)

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight ^{(Category: en:Times of day)}

Interjection

morning

1. A greeting said in the morning; shortening of good morning

Anagrams

• norming