name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mourning
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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General-American: /ˈmoɹnɪŋ/
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General-American: [ˈmo̞ɹnɪŋ]
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General-American: /ˈmʊɹnɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʊənɪŋ/
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/ˈmo(ː)ɹnɪŋ/ without the horse–hoarse merger, rhotic
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rare: /ˈmʊɹnɪŋ/ without the horse–hoarse merger, rhotic
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/ˈmoənɪŋ/ without the horse–hoarse merger, non-rhotic
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rare: /ˈmʊənɪŋ/ without the horse–hoarse merger, non-rhotic
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)nɪŋ
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homophone: morning (horse–hoarse merger)
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homophone: moaning (dough–door merger)
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CMU ARPABET: M AO1 R N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Specifically, the act of expressing or feeling sorrow regarding a death or loss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A social state or period that acknowledges a recent bereavement, which may involve social withdrawal, the observance of customs or rituals related to bereavement, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A drape or covering associated with mourning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of mourn
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lamentation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: activity, expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
noun
Meaning 9
state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bereavement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, mourn + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: սուգ (sug) — act of expressing sorrow
- Armenian: ողբ (oġb) — act of expressing sorrow
- Belarusian: сму́так (smútak) — act of expressing sorrow
- Belarusian: жало́ба (žalóba) — act of expressing sorrow
- Bulgarian: оплакване (oplakvane) — act of expressing sorrow
- Catalan: dol — act of expressing sorrow
- Chinese Mandarin: 喪 /丧 (sāng) — act of expressing sorrow
- Egyptian: i-A-k-b-D3 (jꜣkb) — act of expressing sorrow
- Finnish: suru — act of expressing sorrow
- Finnish: sureminen — act of expressing sorrow
- French: deuil — act of expressing sorrow
- Galician: loito — act of expressing sorrow
- Galician: dó — act of expressing sorrow
- German: Trauer — act of expressing sorrow
- Greek: πένθος (pénthos) — act of expressing sorrow
- Ancient Greek: πένθος (pénthos) — act of expressing sorrow
- Hindi: विलाप (vilāp) — act of expressing sorrow
- Hungarian: siralom — act of expressing sorrow
- Hungarian: siránkozás — act of expressing sorrow
- Hungarian: gyász — act of expressing sorrow
- Ido: trauro — act of expressing sorrow
- Italian: dolore — act of expressing sorrow
- Italian: dispiacere — act of expressing sorrow
- Kabuverdianu: txore — act of expressing sorrow
- Kabuverdianu: txoru — act of expressing sorrow
- Kituba: matanga — act of expressing sorrow
- Central Kurdish: شین (şîn) — act of expressing sorrow
- Northern Kurdish: şîn — act of expressing sorrow
- Latin: lūctus — act of expressing sorrow
- Polish: opłakiwanie — act of expressing sorrow
- Polish: lament — act of expressing sorrow
- Russian: плач (plač) — act of expressing sorrow
- Russian: опла́кивание (oplákivanije) — act of expressing sorrow
- Russian: скорбь (skorbʹ) — act of expressing sorrow
- Scottish Gaelic: caoidh — act of expressing sorrow
- Spanish: duelo — act of expressing sorrow
- Spanish: luto — act of expressing sorrow
- Talysh: yas — act of expressing sorrow
- Tat: yas — act of expressing sorrow
- Tocharian B: kwasalñe — act of expressing sorrow
- Turkish: yas — act of expressing sorrow
- Turkish: matem — act of expressing sorrow
- Ottoman Turkish: یاس (yas) — act of expressing sorrow
- Ukrainian: скорбо́та (skorbóta) — act of expressing sorrow
- Ukrainian: жало́ба (žalóba) — act of expressing sorrow
- Arabic: حِدَاد (ḥidād) — expressing sorrow over death
- Armenian: սուգ (sug) — expressing sorrow over death
- Asturian: llutu — expressing sorrow over death
- Belarusian: жало́ба (žalóba) — expressing sorrow over death
- Bhojpuri: शोक (śōk) — expressing sorrow over death
- Bulgarian: траур (traur) — expressing sorrow over death
- Catalan: dol — expressing sorrow over death
- Dutch: rouw — expressing sorrow over death
- Finnish: suru — expressing sorrow over death
- French: deuil — expressing sorrow over death
- Galician: loito — expressing sorrow over death
- Galician: dó — expressing sorrow over death
- German: Trauer — expressing sorrow over death
- Greek: πένθος (pénthos) — expressing sorrow over death
- Ancient Greek: πένθος (pénthos) — expressing sorrow over death
- Hebrew: אֵבֶל (evel) — expressing sorrow over death
- Hindi: शोक (śok) — expressing sorrow over death
- Hungarian: gyász — expressing sorrow over death
- Ido: trauro — expressing sorrow over death
- Italian: lutto — expressing sorrow over death
- Korean: 애도 (aedo) — expressing sorrow over death
- Central Kurdish: شین (şîn) — expressing sorrow over death
- Northern Kurdish: şîn — expressing sorrow over death
- Polish: żałoba — expressing sorrow over death
- Polish: opłakiwanie — expressing sorrow over death
- Portuguese: luto — expressing sorrow over death
- Russian: плач (plač) — expressing sorrow over death
- Russian: опла́кивание (oplákivanije) — expressing sorrow over death
- Russian: тра́ур (tráur) — expressing sorrow over death
- Russian: скорбь (skorbʹ) — expressing sorrow over death
- Scottish Gaelic: caoidh — expressing sorrow over death
- Spanish: duelo — expressing sorrow over death
- Spanish: luto — expressing sorrow over death
- Turkish: yas — expressing sorrow over death
- Turkish: matem — expressing sorrow over death
- Ottoman Turkish: یاس (yas) — expressing sorrow over death
- Ukrainian: скорбо́та (skorbóta) — expressing sorrow over death
- Ukrainian: тра́ур (tráur) — expressing sorrow over death
- Ukrainian: жало́ба (žalóba) — expressing sorrow over death
- Walloon: doû — expressing sorrow over death
- Arabic: ثَوْبُ حِدَاد (ṯawbu ḥidād) — clothes worn by mourners
- Asturian: llutu — clothes worn by mourners
- Bulgarian: траур (traur) — clothes worn by mourners
- Finnish: suruasu — clothes worn by mourners
- French: deuil — clothes worn by mourners
- Galician: loito — clothes worn by mourners
- German: Trauerkleidung — clothes worn by mourners
- German: Trauerbekleidung — clothes worn by mourners
- Greek: πένθος (pénthos) — clothes worn by mourners
- Hungarian: gyászruha — clothes worn by mourners
- Ido: traurala vesto — clothes worn by mourners
- Polish: żałoba — clothes worn by mourners
- Portuguese: luto — clothes worn by mourners
- Russian: тра́ур (tráur) — clothes worn by mourners
- Spanish: luto — clothes worn by mourners
- Turkish: matem elbisesi — clothes worn by mourners
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