morn

English

Etymology

From Middle English morn, 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):

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• (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)

1. (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

• after-morn
• good morn

Anagrams

• NORM, Norm, Norm., norm, norm.

Alemannic German

Etymology

See moorn (“tomorrow”)

Adverb

morn

1. tomorrow

Middle English

Noun

morn

Compare West Frisian moarn.

1. Alternative form of morwe

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔɳ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɳ

Interjection

morn

1. colloquial variant of god morgen

References

• “morn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “morn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔɳ/

Interjection

morn

1. colloquial variant of god morgon

Derived terms

• morna

References

• “morn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English morn, variant of morwe, from Old English morgen.

Noun

morn (plural morns)

1. morning
2. (definite singular) tomorrow

   A'll gae for ma messages the morn. I'll go shopping tomorrow.

Swedish

Interjection

morn

1. Colloquial variant of god morgon

Anagrams

• norm