morse

See also: Morse and morsë

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːs/

Etymology 1

From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).

Noun

morse (plural morses)

1. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. [from 15th c.]
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:

     The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Compare Russian морж (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later).

Noun

morse (plural morses)

1. (now rare) A walrus. [from 15th c.]
   • 1880-1881: Clements R Markham (editor), The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622:

     Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.

Anagrams

• Moser, Romes, meros, mesor, moers, mores, omers, s'more, smore, somer

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Breton

Adverb

morse

1. never

Synonyms

• nepred

Related terms

• biken

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

morse

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of morsen

Anagrams

• smore

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁs/

• Audio (Paris):

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Etymology 1

From Russian морж (morž), from Northern Sami.

Noun

morse m (plural morses)

1. walrus

See also

• otarie f
• phoque m

Etymology 2

Noun

morse m (uncountable)

1. Morse code

Anagrams

• mores

Further reading

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

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Italian

Noun

morse f

1. plural of morsa

Verb

morse

1. third-person singular past historic of mordere

morse f

1. plural of morso

Anagrams

• merso

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) morse

1. vocative masculine singular of morsus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English Morse, after the American inventor Samuel Morse.

Noun

morse m (definite singular morsen) (uncountable)

1. Morse or Morse code

Synonyms

• morsealfabet

Derived terms

• morsenøkkel

Verb

morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)

1. (sende morse) to transmit Morse code
2. to die

Usage notes

Using morse to signify die instead of the more common dø is a special usage found among health workers. The use of the term in this way is unknown in the general population.

References

• “morse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish morghons. From morgon + -s (“adverbial suffix”). Compare the development of afse (from afton).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mɔrse/

Adverb

morse

1. adverbial genitive form of morgon; a past morning

Usage notes

• Only found in the expression i morse (“the morning of today”), and related expressions, e.g. i går morse (”yesterday morning”), i måndags morse (”last Monday morning”).

See also

• afse