morse
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).
Noun
morse (plural morses)
- 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.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain. Compare Russian морж (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later).
Noun
morse (plural morses)
- (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.
- 1880-1881: Clements R Markham (editor), The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622:
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Breton
Adverb
morse
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
morse
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Russian морж (morž), from Northern Sami.
Noun
morse m (plural morses)
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
morse m (uncountable)
Anagrams
Further reading
- “morse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
morse f
Verb
morse
- third-person singular past historic of mordere
morse f
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Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) morse
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English Morse, after the American inventor Samuel Morse.
Noun
morse m (definite singular morsen) (uncountable)
- Morse or Morse code
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)
- (sende morse) to transmit Morse code
- 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.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish morghons. From morgon + -s (“adverbial suffix”). Compare the development of afse (from afton).
Pronunciation
Adverb
morse
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”).
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