Standard Lemma guide

morrow

name · noun · verb · 9 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒɹəʊ/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈmɔɹəw/
  • US: /ˈmɑɹoʊ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: /ˈmɔɹoʊ/
  • Scotland: /ˈmɔɹo/
  • Wales: /ˈmɒɹou/ without the toe–tow merger
  • rhymes with -ɒɹəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: M AA1 R OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M AO1 R OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A Scottish surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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3

name

Meaning 3

A place in the United States:

A city in Clayton County, Georgia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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4

name

Meaning 4

A place in the United States:

A census-designated place in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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5

name

Meaning 5

A place in the United States:

A village in Warren County, Ohio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The next or following day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, poetic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Morning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:morrow.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To dawn

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

the next day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • whenever he arrives she leaves on the morrow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day

History

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, variant of McMorrow. * As a French and Walloon surname, Americanized from Moreau, Morin.

From Middle English morwe, apocopic form of morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz; compare Dutch morgen and German Morgen. Doublet of morgen and morn.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: l'endemà — the next or following day
  • Czech: zítřek — the next or following day
  • Dutch: morgen — the next or following day
  • Estonian: homne (päev) — the next or following day
  • Estonian: järgnev päev — the next or following day
  • Finnish: huomen — the next or following day
  • French: lendemain — the next or following day
  • Galician: mañá — the next or following day
  • German: Morgen — the next or following day
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (afardags) — the next or following day
  • Portuguese: amanhã — the next or following day
  • Russian: следующий день (sledujuščij denʹ) — the next or following day
  • Russian: завтрашний день (zavtrašnij denʹ) — the next or following day
  • Southern Altai: келер кӱн (keler kün) — the next or following day
  • Ottoman Turkish: یارین (yarın) — the next or following day
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایرته (irte, erte) — the next or following day
  • Bulgarian: у́тро (útro) — morning
  • Czech: ráno — morning
  • Dutch: morgen — morning
  • Dutch: ochtend — morning
  • Estonian: hommik — morning
  • Finnish: huomen — morning
  • French: matin — morning
  • Galician: mañá — morning
  • German: Morgen — morning
  • Norwegian: morgen — morning
  • Portuguese: manhã — morning
  • Russian: у́тро (útro) — morning
  • Spanish: mañana — morning
  • Swedish: morgon — morning
  • Tagalog: umaga — morning
  • Turkish: sabah — morning
  • Ukrainian: ранок (ranok) — morning
Real reading context

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