morne
See also: morné
English
Noun
morne (countable and uncountable, plural mornes)
French
Etymology
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/
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Further reading
- “morne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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