morena

Borrowed from Sotho morena, Northern Sotho morena, Tswana morena, from mo- (personal class prefix) + rena (“to be rich, to be a leader”).

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /mɔˈɹenə/, /məˈɹenə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹeɪnə/

morena (plural morenas or marena)

1. (South Africa, chiefly as a form of address) Someone in authority, a master or leader, especially among Sotho-speakers. [from 19th c.]
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 93:

     ‘Morena,’ said the old priest, ‘don't be angry with the boy.’

• Moeran, Armeno-, Morane, Mareno, enamor, oarmen, Ramone, Naorem, monera, moaner, menora, anomer, Anmore, marone, maenor

• (moraine): morrena

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈɾɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈɾə.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈɾe.na]

Inherited from Latin muraena.

morena f (plural morenes)

1. a moray eel, especially the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)
2. (Valencia) mushroom of the genus Agaricus

Inherited from Vulgar Latin morena, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs). Doublet of hemorroide, a learned borrowing.

morena f (plural morenes)

1. haemorrhoid

   Synonym: hemorroide

Borrowed from French moraine.

morena f (plural morenes)

1. (geomorphology) moraine

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

morena

1. feminine singular of morè
2. feminine singular of moreno

• “morena”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “morena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “morena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Borrowed from Spanish morena, feminine singular form of moreno.

• Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na

morena

1. feminine of moreno

morena

1. feminine singular of moreno

• IPA^(key): /moˈrɛ.na/, /moˈre.na/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
• Hyphenation: mo‧rè‧na, mo‧ré‧na

morena f (plural morene)

1. (geology) moraine, glacial till, drift

• Merano, Romena, armeno, marone, nomare, nomerà, remano, romane, romena

Borrowed from French moraine, from Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre, from Vulgar Latin *murrum.

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈrɛ.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: mo‧re‧na

morena f

1. (geology) moraine (accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier)

• morena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• morena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French moraine.

morena f (plural morenas)

1. (geology) moraine, debris (large rock fragments left by a melting glacier)

   Synonym: moreia

From moreno.

morena f (plural morenas)

1. brunette (a girl or woman with brown or black hair)
2. a tanned girl or woman

morena

1. feminine singular of moreno

Borrowed from French moraine.

• IPA^(key): /morěːna/
• Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na

moréna f (Cyrillic spelling море́на)

1. moraine

morena (Cyrillic spelling морена)

1. inflection of moriti:
   1. feminine singular passive past participle
   2. neuter plural passive past participle

morena class 1/6 (plural marena)

1. lord, chief, master, king

• → Phuthi: murena

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾena/ [moˈɾe.na]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: mo‧re‧na

See moreno. Ultimately related to English Moor.

morena f (plural morenas)

1. female equivalent of moreno

morena

1. feminine singular of moreno

from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).

morena f (plural morenas)

1. (zoology) moray

• “morena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• monera

Borrowed from Spanish morena.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /moˈɾena/ [moˈɾɛː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: mo‧re‧na

morena (masculine moreno, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ)

1. tanned; brown-skinned (of a woman)

morena (masculine moreno, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ)

1. tanned woman; brown-skinned woman
2. female Filipino beauty standard, typically described as a beautiful young woman with physical traits native or indigenous to the Philippines

• “morena”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “morena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• menora

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈrɛna/

morêna class 1 (plural barena)

1. lord, chief, master King