morning

See also: Morning

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English morwenyng, from morwen +‎ -ing; equivalent to morn +‎ -ing. See also morrow (Middle English morwe).

Pronunciation[edit]

(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[edit]

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morning (plural mornings)

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.
The part of the day between midnight and noon.
One/three o'clock in the morning (1/3 am)
(figuratively) The early part of anything.
The first alcoholic drink of the day; a morning draught.

Synonyms[edit]

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

Coordinate terms[edit]

afternoon; evening; night

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

morn

Translations[edit]

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 (śôkal)
Bikol Central: aga
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)
Guaraní: pyhareve
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), प्रभात (hi) m (prabhāt), प्रभातकाल m (prabhātkāl), सकाल (hi) m (sakāl), पौ (hi) m (pau), प्रातः (hi) m (prātaḥ), प्रात (hi) m (prāt), प्रातःकाल (hi) m (prātaḥkāl), फजर (hi) m (phajar)
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)
Kapampangan: abak
Kazakh: таң (kk) (tañ), таңертең (kk) (tañerteñ), ерте (kk) (erte)
Khmer: បច្ចូស (km) (paccouh)
Korean: 아침 (ko) (achim)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەیانی‎ (ku) (beyanî)

Laki: بِێان‎ (ku) (biÿan), شەوەکی‎ (ku) (şewekî)

Northern Kurdish: sibe (ku) f

Southern Kurdish: بِێان‎ (ku) (biÿan), شەوەکی‎ (ku) (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)
Middle English: morwe
Mongolian: өглөө (mn) (öglöö)
Mòcheno: vria f
Northern Kankanay: wakgat
Norwegian:
Bokmål: morgen (no) m, formiddag (no) m

Nynorsk: morgon (nn) m, formiddag m
Occitan: matin (oc) 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)
Plautdietsch: Morjen m
Polish: ranek (pl) m, rano (pl) n
Portuguese: manhã (pt)
Punjabi: ਸਵੇਰ (pa) f (savēr)
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), उदय (hi) m (uday), सकाल (hi) m (sakāl)
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:
Central Kurdish: 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) 9 or 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 (erten)
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.

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

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