morné

morné

See also: morne

English

Etymology

French morné

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɔːneɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /moɹ.neɪ/, [mo̞ɹ.neɪ]
• (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /mɔː(ɹ)neɪ/

Adjective

morné (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Without teeth, tongue, or claws; said of a lion represented heraldically.

Further reading

• morné in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Menor, enorm, meron, moner, more'n

---

French

Etymology

From Middle French morné, from Old French morné, from Old French morner, from Old Dutch *mornon, from Frankish *murnōn, from Proto-Germanic *murnōną, *murnaną (“to mourn”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to ponder, remember”). Cognate with English mourn.

Adjective

morné (feminine mornée, masculine plural mornés, feminine plural mornées)

1. morné

Further reading

• “morné”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.