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morn

noun · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /mɔːn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /moɹn/
  • US: [mo̞ɹn]
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
  • homophone: mourn
  • homophone: mourne
  • homophone: morne (horse–hoarse merger)
  • /mɔːɹn/ rhotic
  • /mɔːn/ non-rhotic
  • CMU ARPABET: M AO1 R N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Morning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, poetic, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the time period between dawn and noon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I spent the morning running errands

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: morning, morning time, forenoon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

History

Etymology

From Middle English morn, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko, from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”). See also West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon; also Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरी॑चि (márīci, “ray of light”), Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”). Doublet of morrow and morgen. See also morning.