morne

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn] (UK) IPA(key): /mɔːn/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /mɔːɹn/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /mɔːn/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n Homophones: morn; mourn, mourne (horse–hoarse merger) === Etymology 1 === From Old French morne, morné, etc. ==== Noun ==== morne (plural mornes) The blunt head of a jousting-lance. A small, rounded hill. ==== Adjective ==== morne (not comparable) (heraldry) Alternative form of morné. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== morne (countable and uncountable, plural mornes) Obsolete spelling of morn. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== morne (countable and uncountable, plural mornes) Obsolete spelling of mourn. ==== Verb ==== morne (third-person singular simple present mornes, present participle morning, simple past and past participle morned) Obsolete spelling of mourn. === Anagrams === Menor, enorm, meron, moner, more'n == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French morne, from Old French morne, murne, (compare Old French morner (“to mourn”)), from Frankish *murn, from Proto-Germanic *murnaz. Cognate with English mourn, Old Norse morna (“to pine away”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌽 (maurnan). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɔʁn/ Rhymes: -ɔʁn === Adjective === morne (plural mornes) gloomy, glum, dismal, dreary ==== Related terms ==== morné === Further reading === “morne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === norme, renom == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== morne (especially Late Middle English) alternative form of morwen === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== morne alternative form of mornen