morn
English
Etymology
From Middle English morn, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko, from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”).
See also West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon; also Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरीचि (márīci, “ray of light”), Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”). Doublet of morrow and morgen. See also morning.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɔːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn]
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
- Homophones: mourn, mourne, morne (horse–hoarse merger)
- (without the horse–hoarse merger)
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /mɔːɹn/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /mɔːn/
Noun
morn (countable and uncountable, plural morns)
- (now poetic) Morning.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], lines 165-168:
- But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, / Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. / Break we our watch up, and by my advice, / Let us impart what we have seen tonight
Synonyms
- morning, morrow; see also Thesaurus:morning
Derived terms
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Etymology
See moorn (“tomorrow”)
Adverb
morn
Middle English
Noun
morn
- alternative form of morwe
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔɳ/
- Rhymes: -ɔɳ
Interjection
morn
- colloquial variant of god morgen
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔɳ/
Interjection
morn
- colloquial variant of god morgon
Derived terms
References
- “morn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English morn, variant of morwe, from Old English morgen.
Noun
morn (plural morns)
- morning
- (definite singular) tomorrow
- A'll gae for ma messages the morn. ― I'll go shopping tomorrow.
Swedish
Interjection
morn
- Colloquial variant of god morgon