morsel

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• UK: /ˈmɔːsəl/
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• US: /ˈmɔɹsəl/
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From Middle English morsel, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, perfect passive participle of mordeo (“to bite”). Compare French morceau, whence the English doublet morceau.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: morsel — small fragment
• Arabic: قَطْمَة (qaṭma) — small fragment
• Armenian: կտոր (ktor) — small fragment
• Bulgarian: хапка (hapka) — small fragment
• Bulgarian: залък (zalǎk) — small fragment
• Catalan: pessic — small fragment
• Catalan: mica — small fragment
• Catalan: mos — small fragment
• Catalan: polsim — small fragment
• Catalan: gota — small fragment
• Czech: sousto — small fragment
• Czech: kousek — small fragment
• Czech: kousíček — small fragment
• Danish: bid — small fragment
• Danish: godbid — small fragment
• Danish: stump — small fragment
• Dutch: brok — small fragment
• Dutch: hap — small fragment
• Dutch: stuk — small fragment
• Finnish: murunen — small fragment
• Finnish: muru — small fragment
• Finnish: pala — small fragment
• French: morceau — small fragment
• Galician: brisca — small fragment
• Galician: nisco — small fragment
• Galician: chisco — small fragment
• Galician: lisco — small fragment
• Galician: ciballo — small fragment
• Galician: comanada — small fragment
• Galician: argallo — small fragment
• Galician: fronza — small fragment
• Galician: grena — small fragment
• Galician: rafa — small fragment
• Galician: gorispa — small fragment
• German: Happen — small fragment
• Ancient Greek: ψωμός (psōmós) — small fragment
• Ancient Greek: βλωμός (blōmós) — small fragment
• Ancient Greek: ἄκολος (ákolos) — small fragment
• Hindi: कौर (kaur) — small fragment
• Irish: blúire — small fragment
• Italian: boccone — small fragment
• Latin: frustum — small fragment
• Latin: mīca — small fragment
• Macedonian: трошка (troška) — small fragment
• Macedonian: ронка (ronka) — small fragment
• Macedonian: парченце (parčence) — small fragment
• Macedonian: залак (zalak) — small fragment
• Malay: cebis — small fragment
• Māori: motū — small fragment
• Māori: whakapūwharu — small fragment
• Māori: horotai — small fragment
• Middle English: morsel — small fragment
• Persian: لقمه (loqme) — small fragment
• Persian: تیکه (tikke) — small fragment
• Portuguese: porção — small fragment
• Portuguese: gota — small fragment
• Portuguese: mordida — small fragment
• Russian: кусо́к (kusók) — small fragment
• Russian: по́рция (pórcija) — small fragment
• Spanish: pizca — small fragment
• Spanish: porción — small fragment
• Spanish: gota — small fragment
• Swedish: smula — small fragment
• Turkish: dilim — small fragment
• Turkish: parça — small fragment
• Ottoman Turkish: پارچه (parça) — small fragment
• Volapük: beitil — small fragment
• Yola: morsaale — small fragment
• Catalan: mos — a mouthful of food
• Esperanto: mordaĵo — a mouthful of food
• French: morceau de nourriture — a mouthful of food
• German: Happen — a mouthful of food
• German: Bissen — a mouthful of food
• Macedonian: залак (zalak) — a mouthful of food
• Middle English: morsel — a mouthful of food
• Turkish: lokma — a mouthful of food
• Turkish: sokum — a mouthful of food