morgan
See also: Morgan
English
Etymology
Named for Thomas Hunt Morgan.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹɡən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːɡən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡən
- Hyphenation: mor‧gan
Noun
morgan (plural morgans)
- (medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
Derived terms
- centimorgan
Anagrams
- Garmon, Gorman, garmon, mongra
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *morgin. Cognate with Old English morgen.
Noun
morgan m
- morning
Derived terms
- morganstern
Descendants
- Middle High German: morgen
- Alemannic German: moorn, moore; mooru, moore
- Alsatian: Müggen
- Swabian: Morga, Moriga
- Walser: morge
- Bavarian: Morgen, Muagn, Muang
- Cimbrian: mòrng, morgan, mòrgont
- Mòcheno: morng
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Meuend
- Luxembourgish: Mueren, Moien
- German: Morgen
- → English: morgen
- → Polish: morga, mórg
- Hessian: Mojje
- Vilamovian: miügia
- Yiddish: מאָרגן (morgn)
- Alemannic German: moorn, moore; mooru, moore
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *morgin.
Noun
morgan m
- morning
Descendants
- Middle Low German: morgen
- German Low German: Mörgen
- German Low German: Morgen, Morrn
- Dutch Low Saxon: morgen, morren