Phrase guide

good morning

intj · noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
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  • US: /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/
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1

intj

Meaning 1

Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The teacher welcomed the kids to school with "Good morning, boys and girls."

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: good morrow

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

A parting in the morning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

Qualifier: more formal

Examples

  • Thank you for coming everyone and I hope to see you again next year. Good morning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

intj

Meaning 3

Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, humorous

Examples

  • Up at the crack of dusk! Good morning!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

intj

Meaning 4

Said to someone who has come to a belated realization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, informal

Examples

  • You're just realizing that now? Good morning!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A greeting consisting of the interjection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An exercise performed by bending forward at the waist and then returning to a standing posture, while bearing a barbell or resistance band across the shoulders.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:good morning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

Alternative form of good-morning (“to say good morning (to someone)”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a conventional expression of greeting or farewell

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: morning

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farewell, word of farewell, greeting, salutation

History

Etymology

From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.

Across languages

Translations

238 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: уа, шьыжьы бзиа (wa, šəžə bzja) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Afrikaans: goeie môre — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Agutaynen: mo-yang damaldamal — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Ainu: イランカラㇷ゚テ (irankarapte) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Akan: Mema wo akye. — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Albanian: mirëmëngjes — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Aleut: qilachxizax — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Ambonese Malay: pagi — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Amharic: እንደምን አደርክ (ʾəndämn ʾädärk) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Amharic: እንደምን አደርሽ (ʾəndämn ʾädärš) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Western Apache: hon dah — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Arabic: صَبَاح الْخَيْر (ṣabāḥ al-ḵayr) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Arabic: صَبَاح النُّور (ṣabāḥ an-nūr) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Arabic: صباح الخير (ṣabāḥ il-ḵēr) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Arabic: صباح الخير (ṣbāḥ el-ḵīr, ṣbāḥ el-ḵayr) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Aramaic: צַפְרָא טָבָא (ṣap̄rā ṭāḇā) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (qaydāmtā ṭāḇtā) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܲܦܪܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ṣaprā ṭāḇā) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ (qaydāmtōḵ brīḵtā) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ (qaydāmtāḵ brīḵtā) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ (qaydāmtāwḵōn brīḵtā) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Aramaic: ܒܪܝܺܟ ܨܰܦܪܳܐ (brikh safro) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Armenian: բարի լույս (bari luys) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Asturian: bonos díes — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Avar: радал лъикӏ (radal lsikʼ) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Azerbaijani: sabahın xeyir — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Azerbaijani: sabahınız xeyir — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Basque: egun on — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Belarusian: до́брай ра́ніцы (dóbraj ránicy) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Bengali: শুভ সকাল (śubho śokal) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Bengali: সুপ্রভাত (śuprobhat) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Bengali: খোশবিয়ান (khōśbiẏan) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Central Bikol: marhay na aga — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Breton: demat — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Bulgarian: добро́ у́тро (dobró útro) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Burmese: ကောင်းသောနံနက်ခင်း (kaung:sau:namnakhkang:) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Catalan: bon dia — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Cebuano: maayong buntag — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Chechen: ӏуьйре дика йойла (ˀüüre dika jojla) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Chichewa: mwadzuka bwanji? — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Chichewa: ndadzuka bwino — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Chinese Cantonese: 早晨 (zou2 san4) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 早頭好 /早头好 (cā-tàu hō̤) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hakka Chinese: 恁早 (án-chó) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hakka Chinese: 奧嗨喲 /奥嗨哟 (ò-hai-yo) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Chinese: 𠢕早 (zh-min-nan) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 早 (zǎo) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 早上好 (zǎoshanghǎo) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 早安 (zǎo'ān) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 你早 (nǐ zǎo) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Wu Chinese: 儂早 /侬早 (6non 5tsau) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Coeur d'Alene: qhest twe skwitstm — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ɓari za husha? — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Cornish: myttin da — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Cornish: myttyn dâ — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Czech: dobré ráno — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Danish: godmorgen — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Dutch: goedemorgen — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Dutch: goeiemorgen — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Dzongkha: དྲོ་པ་བདེ་ལེགས། (dro pa bde legs) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Elfdalian: gumåron — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Esperanto: bonan matenon — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Esperanto: bonan tagon — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Estonian: tere hommikust — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Ewe: ŋdi — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Faroese: góðan morgun — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Finnish: hyvää huomenta — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Finnish: huomenta — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • French: bonjour — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • French: bon matin — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • West-Frisian: goemoarn — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • West-Frisian: moarn — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Galician: bo día — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Galician: bos días — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Garifuna: buiti bináfi — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Garo: pringnam — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Georgian: დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mšvidobisa) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • German: guten Morgen — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Greek: καλημέρα (kaliméra) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Greenlandic: kumoorn — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Guajajára: zaneku'em — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hanunoo: mayad pag surip — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hausa: ina kwana — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hawaiian: aloha kakahiaka — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hebrew: בֹּקֶר טוֹב (bóker tov) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hebrew: בֹּקֶר אוֹר (bóqer or) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hiligaynon: maayong aga — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hindi: सुप्रभात (suprabhāt) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hindi: नमस्ते (namaste) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hindi: नमस्कार (namaskār) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hindi: सुबह बख़ैर (subah baxair) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hungarian: jó reggelt — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Hungarian: jó reggelt kívánok — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Iban: selamat pagi — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Icelandic: góðan daginn — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Icelandic: daginn — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Icelandic: góðan dag — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Ido: bona matino — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Igbo: ụ̀tụtụ̀ ọma — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Ilocano: naimbag a bigat — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Indonesian: selamat pagi — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Inuktitut: ublaahatsiatkut — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Irish: maidin mhaith — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Italian: buon giorno — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Italian: buongiorno — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Japanese: おはようございます (ohayō gozaimasu) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Japanese: おはよう (ohayō) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Japanese: おはようさん (ohayō san) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Javanese: sugeng enjing — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Kankanaey: good morning — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Kapampangan: mayap a abak — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Karelian: hyviä huondestu — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Kazakh: қайырлы таң (qaiyrly tañ) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Khmer: សុប្រាត (sopraat) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Khmer: អរុណសួស្តី (ʼaʼrun suəsdəy) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Khmer: អរុណសុវត្ថិ (ʼaʼrun sovattheʼ) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • K'iche': saqarik — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Korean: (general greeting):: 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Korean: 안녕 (annyeong) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Korean: 안녕히 주무셨어요? (annyeonghi jumusyeosseoyo?) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Korean: 잘 잤어? (jal jasseo?) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Korean: 좋은 아침입니다 (jo'eun achimimnida) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Korean: 굿모닝 (gunmoning) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Korean: 좋은 아침 (jo'eun achim) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Kumyk: танг яхшы болсун (tañ yaxşı bolsun) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Central Kurdish: بەیانیت باش (beyanît baş) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Northern Kurdish: spêde baş — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Northern Kurdish: sibe baş — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Northern Kurdish: sibe bixêr — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Kyrgyz: кутмандуу таң (kutmanduu taŋ) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Lao: ສະບາຍດີ (sa bāi dī) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Latin: salvē — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Latvian: labrīt — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Latvian: labs rīts — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Lithuanian: lãbas rýtas — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Luganda: wasuze otyanno? — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Luo: oyawore — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Luxembourgish: Moien — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Luxembourgish: gudde Moien — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Macedonian: до́бро у́тро (dóbro útro) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Malay: selamat pagi — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Malayalam: സുപ്രഭാതം (suprabhātaṁ) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Maltese: l-għodwa t-tajba — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Maltese: bonġu — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Maltese: bonġornu — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Manx: moghrey mie — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Māori: ata mārie — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Mòcheno: guat morng — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Mongolian: өглөөний мэнд (öglöönii mend) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Navajo: yáʼátʼééh abíní — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Nepali: भीं सुथ (bhī̃ suth) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Norman: bouônjour à matîn — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Norwegian Bokmål: god morgen — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Norwegian Bokmål: morn — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: god morgon — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: morn — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Okinawan: 起きみそーちー (ukimisōchī) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Okinawan: 起きてぃ (ukiti) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Okinawan: 起きみしぇーびてぃ (ukimishēbiti) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Old Prussian: kaīls ankstāinai — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Old Tupi: tiá nde ko'ema — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Palauan: ungil tutau — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Pangasinan: masantos ya kabwasan — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Pannonian Rusyn: добре рано (dobre rano) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Persian: بامداد خوش (bâmdâd-e xoš) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Persian: صُبْح بَخَیْر (subh baxayr) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Dari: صُبْح بَخَیْر (subh baxayr) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Iranian Persian: صُبْح بِخِیْر (sobh bexeyr) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Polish: dzień dobry — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Portuguese: bom dia — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Potawatomi: mno waben — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Romani: laćhi texarin — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Romanian: bună dimineața — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Romansh: bun di — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Russian: до́брое у́тро (dóbroje útro) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Russian: до́брого у́тра (dóbrovo útra) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Russian: с до́брым у́тром (s dóbrym útrom) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Inari-Sami: pyeri iiđeed — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Northern Sami: buorrẹ iđit — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Skolt-Sami: tue ́lääst — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Southern Sami: buerie aerede — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Samoan: manuia le taeao — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Santali: ᱥᱟ.ᱜᱩᱱ ᱥᱮᱛᱟᱜ (sa.gun setak’) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Scottish Gaelic: madainn mhath — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Serbo-Croatian: добро јутро — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Serbo-Croatian: dobro jutro — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Sicilian: salutamu — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Sicilian: bona jurnata — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Sicilian: bonu jornu — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Sicilian: jornu bonu — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Sikkimese: སྔ་རུ་བདེ་ལེགས (snga ru bde legs) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Slovak: dobré ráno — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Slovene: dobro jutro — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Somali: subax-wanaagsan — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Lower Sorbian: dobre zajtšo — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Upper Sorbian: dobre ranje — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Upper Sorbian: dobre spodobanje — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Spanish: buenos días — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Spanish: buen día — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Spanish: buenas — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Spanish: buenas matinas (Americanism) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Sranan Tongo: kumorgu — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Sranan Tongo: morgu — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Swahili: habari ya asubuhi — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Swahili: subulkheri — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Swedish: god morgon — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Swedish: goder morgon — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Tagalog: magandang umaga — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Tajik: субҳ ба хайр (subh ba xayr) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Tajik: субҳатон ба хайр (subhaton ba xayr) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Tamil: காலை வணக்கம் (kālai vaṇakkam) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Tatar: хәерле иртә (xäyerle irtä) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Telugu: శుభోదయం (śubhōdayaṁ) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Tetum: bon dia — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Thai: อรุณสวัสดิ์ (à-run-sà-wàt) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Thai: สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Tibetan: སྔ་དྲོ་བདེ་ལེགས (snga dro bde legs) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Turkish: günaydın — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Turkish: günaydınlar — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Turkish: iyi sabahlar — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Turkish: hayırlı sabahlar — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Turkmen: ertiriňiz haýyrly bolsun — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Tz'utujil: sakari — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Udmurt: ӟечбуресь (dźećbureś) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Ukrainian: до́брого ра́нку (dóbroho ránku) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Ukrainian: до́брий ра́нок (dóbryj ránok) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Urdu: صُبْح بَخَیر (subh baxair) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Uzbek: xayrli tong — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Veps: hüväd homendest — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Vietnamese: chào buổi sáng — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Welsh: bore da — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Winnebago: hainį pįį — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Yiddish: גוט־מאָרגן (gut-morgn) — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Yoruba: ẹ káàárọ̀ — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Yoruba: káàárọ̀ — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Yucatec Maya: ma'alob k'iin — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Zulu: sawubona — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
  • Zulu: sanibonani — when seeing someone for the first time in the morning