morrow

See also: Morrow

English

Etymology

From Middle English morwe, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz; compare Dutch morgen and German Morgen. Doublet of morn. Both forms continue earlier Middle English morwen (morn through early contraction, morrow through regular reduction of -en).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒɹ.əʊ/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹ.oʊ/, /ˈmɑɹ.oʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ

Noun

morrow (plural morrows)

1. (archaic or poetic) The next or following day.
2. (archaic) Morning.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:morrow.

Synonyms

• (next day): tomorrow
• (morning): morn, morning; see also Thesaurus:morning

Derived terms

• good morrow
• morrow-mass
• overmorrow
• tomorrow
• yester-morrow

 

Translations

the next or following day

• Catalan: l'endemà
• Estonian: homne (päev); järgnev päev
• Finnish: huomen (fi)
• French: lendemain (fr) m
• German: morgen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 m (afardags)
• Portuguese: amanhã (pt)
• Russian: следующий день m (sledujuščij denʹ), завтрашний день m (zavtrašnij denʹ)

morning

• Bulgarian: у́тро (bg) n (útro)
• Czech: ráno (cs) n
• Estonian: hommik (et)
• Finnish: huomen (fi)
• French: matin (fr) m
• German: Morgen (de) m
• Norwegian: morgen (no) m
• Portuguese: manhã (pt)
• Russian: у́тро (ru) n (útro)
• Spanish: mañana (es) f
• Swedish: morgon (sv) c
• Tagalog: umaga (tl)
• Turkish: sabah (tr)
• Ukrainian: ранок (uk) (ranok)

Verb

morrow (third-person singular simple present morrows, present participle morrowing, simple past and past participle morrowed)

1. (intransitive) To dawn
   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp:

     […] he did her bidding but hardly touched food; after which he lay at full length on his bed all the night through in cogitation deep until morning morrowed.