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morna

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • mŏrnâ
  • /məʊˈɹnɑ/
  • rhymes with -ɑ
  • CMU ARPABET: M AO1 R N AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A genre of Cape Verdean music and dance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A piece of music in this style.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese morna.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Catalan: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Czech: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Danish: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Dutch: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Esperanto: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Finnish: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • French: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • German: Morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • German: Morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Greek: μόρνα (mórna) — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Hungarian: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Ido: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Italian: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Luxembourgish: Morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Malay: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Norwegian: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Polish: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Portuguese: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Russian: мо́рна (mórna) — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Slovene: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music
  • Swedish: morna — a genre of Cape Verdean music