mourn

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• General-American: môrn
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• General-American: /mɔɹn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: môn
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• Received-Pronunciation: /mɔːn/
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• mōrn rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /mo(ː)ɹn/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /moən/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• mo͝orn rare, rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /mʊɹn/ rare, rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
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• mo͝orn rare, non-rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /mʊən/ rare, non-rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
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• homophone: mourne
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• homophone: morn
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• homophone: morne (horse–hoarse merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: M AO1 R N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَدَبَ (nadaba) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Bengali: শোক করা (śōk kora) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Bulgarian: тъгувам (tǎguvam) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Bulgarian: скърбя (skǎrbja) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Catalan: lamentar — express sadness for, grieve over
• Catalan: portar dol — express sadness for, grieve over
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎪᏂᎭ (asgoniha) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Chinese Mandarin: 哀悼 (āidào) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Chinese Mandarin: 悲悼 (bēidào) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Chinese Mandarin: 悼念 (dàoniàn) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Czech: truchlit — express sadness for, grieve over
• Danish: sørge — express sadness for, grieve over
• Dutch: treuren — express sadness for, grieve over
• Dutch: rouwen — express sadness for, grieve over
• Dzongkha: མྱ་ངན་འབད་བ (mya ngan 'bad ba) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Esperanto: priplori — express sadness for, grieve over
• Estonian: leinama — express sadness for, grieve over
• Faroese: syrgja — express sadness for, grieve over
• Finnish: surra — express sadness for, grieve over
• French: déplorer — express sadness for, grieve over
• French: porter le deuil — express sadness for, grieve over
• West-Frisian: rouje — express sadness for, grieve over
• Galician: lamentar — express sadness for, grieve over
• Georgian: დატირება (daṭireba) — express sadness for, grieve over
• German: trauern — express sadness for, grieve over
• Ancient Greek: πενθέω (penthéō) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Hebrew: אבל (avál) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Hungarian: gyászol — express sadness for, grieve over
• Icelandic: syrgja — express sadness for, grieve over
• Ido: traurar — express sadness for, grieve over
• Ingrian: surra — express sadness for, grieve over
• Ingrian: tusata — express sadness for, grieve over
• Irish: caoin — express sadness for, grieve over
• Italian: rimpiangere — express sadness for, grieve over
• Italian: essere lutto — express sadness for, grieve over
• Japanese: 悲しむ (kanashimu) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Japanese: 悼む (itamu) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Jarai: čŏk — express sadness for, grieve over
• Khmer: កាន់ទុក្ខ (kan tuk) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Korean: 슬퍼하다 (seulpeohada) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Latin: lūgeō — express sadness for, grieve over
• Malay: berkabung — express sadness for, grieve over
• Norwegian Bokmål: sørge — express sadness for, grieve over
• Occitan: deplorar — express sadness for, grieve over
• Occitan: plorar — express sadness for, grieve over
• Occitan: lamentar — express sadness for, grieve over
• Old English: murnan — express sadness for, grieve over
• Oromo: gadduu — express sadness for, grieve over
• Oromo: gufufuu — express sadness for, grieve over
• Persian: سوگواری کردن (sugvâri kardan) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Portuguese: lamentar — express sadness for, grieve over
• Portuguese: estar de luto — express sadness for, grieve over
• Russian: горева́ть (gorevátʹ) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Russian: скорбе́ть (skorbétʹ) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Russian: опла́кивать (oplákivatʹ) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Scottish Gaelic: caoidh — express sadness for, grieve over
• Scottish Gaelic: caoin — express sadness for, grieve over
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan bròn — express sadness for, grieve over
• Slovak: smútiť — express sadness for, grieve over
• Slovak: trúchliť — express sadness for, grieve over
• Slovene: žalovati — express sadness for, grieve over
• Spanish: lamentar — express sadness for, grieve over
• Spanish: estar de luto — express sadness for, grieve over
• Spanish: penarse — express sadness for, grieve over
• Spanish: penar — express sadness for, grieve over
• Spanish: enlutarse — express sadness for, grieve over
• Swahili: -fiwa — express sadness for, grieve over
• Swahili: -omboleza — express sadness for, grieve over
• Swedish: sörja — express sadness for, grieve over
• Tocharian B: kwäs- — express sadness for, grieve over
• Ukrainian: опла́кувати (oplákuvaty) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Ukrainian: скорбо́ти (skorbóty) — express sadness for, grieve over
• Vietnamese: thương tiếc — express sadness for, grieve over
• Vietnamese: xót xa — express sadness for, grieve over
• Yiddish: טרויערן (troyern) — express sadness for, grieve over