morel

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• UK, US: /məˈɹɛl/
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From French, Spanish and English surname, from the personal name Morel, a derivative of Late Latin Maurellus, from Latin Maurus (“Moor”). See also Mauro, Moreau. In French, sometimes directly from Old French more (“dark”), from the same word. Compare also More, Morell.

Borrowed from French morille (compare Picard merouille, meroule (“morel, mushroom”)), from Middle High German morhel, morchel (“edible fungus, morel”), from Old High German morhila (“edible root”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *morhā (“tree root, plant root”), from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, *murhijǭ (“edible root”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“tuber, edible herb”). Akin to German Morchel (“morel”), Middle Low German morke (“mushroom, morel”), German Möhre (“carrot”). Equivalent to dialectal more (“carrot, root”) + -el (diminutive suffix).

From Middle English morel, morell, from Anglo-Norman and Old French morel, morele, morelle and their etymon Medieval Latin maurella, morella, from Late Latin maurus, morus (“black”) + Latin -ella (diminutive suffix).

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: morielje — genus Morchella
• Arabic: غَوْشَنَة (ḡawšana) — genus Morchella
• Armenian: մորկեղ (morkeġ) — genus Morchella
• Belarusian: смаржо́к (smaržók) — genus Morchella
• Breton: morukl — genus Morchella
• Bulgarian: смръ́чкула (smrǎ́čkula) — genus Morchella
• Cherokee: ᎤᏂᏒᏙᏂ (unisvdoni) — genus Morchella
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊肚菌 (yángdǔjùn) — genus Morchella
• Crimean Tatar: qozu mantarı — genus Morchella
• Czech: smrž — genus Morchella
• Dutch: morielje — genus Morchella
• Esperanto: morkelo — genus Morchella
• Finnish: huhtasieni — genus Morchella
• French: morille — genus Morchella
• German: Morchel — genus Morchella
• Hungarian: kucsmagomba — genus Morchella
• Irish: morchal — genus Morchella
• Italian: spugnola — genus Morchella
• Lithuanian: briedžiùkas — genus Morchella
• Macedonian: смрчак (smrčak) — genus Morchella
• Norwegian Bokmål: morkel — genus Morchella
• Persian: غوشنه (γušane) — genus Morchella
• Polish: smardz — genus Morchella
• Portuguese: morquela — genus Morchella
• Romanian: zbârciog — genus Morchella
• Russian: сморчо́к (smorčók) — genus Morchella
• Serbo-Croatian: smŕčak — genus Morchella
• Slovak: smrž — genus Morchella
• Slovak: smrčok — genus Morchella
• Slovene: smȓčək — genus Morchella
• Lower Sorbian: smarž — genus Morchella
• Upper Sorbian: smorž — genus Morchella
• Upper Sorbian: smorža — genus Morchella
• Spanish: colmenilla — genus Morchella
• Spanish: colmena — genus Morchella
• Spanish: morilla — genus Morchella
• Spanish: múrgol — genus Morchella
• Spanish: cagarria — genus Morchella
• Swedish: murkla — genus Morchella
• Turkish: kuzugöbeği — genus Morchella
• Ottoman Turkish: یر الماسی (yer elması) — genus Morchella
• Ukrainian: змо́ршок (zmóršok) — genus Morchella
• Volapük: morgil — genus Morchella
• Welsh: morel — genus Morchella
• Catalan: múrgola — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Cherokee: ᎤᏂᏒᏙᏂ (unisvdoni) — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Czech: smrž obecný — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Finnish: pallohuhtasieni — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• German: Speisemorchel — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• German: Speise-Morchel — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• German: Rundmorchel — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• German: Rund-Morchel — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Irish: morchal coiteann — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Japanese: 網笠茸 — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Japanese: アミガサダケ (amigasa-dake) — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Latvian: lāčpurns — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Polish: smardz jadalny — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Russian: сморчок съедо́бный (smorčok sʺjedóbnyj) — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Serbo-Croatian: prȁvī smŕčak — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Swedish: rund toppmurkla — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Turkish: kuzugöbeği — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta
• Ukrainian: зморшок їстівний (zmoršok jistivnyj) — common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta