morse
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).
Noun[edit]
morse (plural morses)
- A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. [from 15th c.]
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
- The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.
Etymology 2[edit]
Uncertain. Compare Russian морж (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later).
Noun[edit]
morse (plural morses)
- (now rare) A walrus. [from 15th c.]
- 1829, [Robert Pearse Gillies], “The Voyage. (Continued.)”, in Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean. […] (Second Series), volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66:
- The morse is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...]
- 1880, Clements R Markham, editor, The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622, published 1881:
- Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.
Anagrams[edit]
Breton[edit]
Adverb[edit]
morse
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
morse
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Russian морж (morž), from Northern Sami.
Noun[edit]
morse m (plural morses)
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
morse m (uncountable)
Further reading[edit]
- “morse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
morse f
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
morse
- third-person singular past historic of mordere
Etymology 3[edit]
Participle[edit]
morse f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
morse
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From English Morse, after the American inventor Samuel Morse.
Noun[edit]
morse m (definite singular morsen) (uncountable)
- Morse or Morse code
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)
- (sende morse) to transmit Morse code
Etymology 2[edit]
From mors (“corpse”).
Verb[edit]
morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)
- to die
Usage notes[edit]
Using morse to signify die instead of the more common dø is a special usage found among health workers. The use of the term in this way is unknown in the general population.
References[edit]
- “morse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- morsa (a infinitive)
Etymology[edit]
From English Morse, named after Samuel Morse (1791–1872).
Noun[edit]
morse m (definite singular morsen, uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
morse (present tense morsar, past tense morsa, past participle morsa, passive infinitive morsast, present participle morsande, imperative morse/mors)
- to transmit Morse code
References[edit]
- “morse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
morse n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish morghons. From morgon + -s (“adverbial suffix”). Compare the development of afse (from afton).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
morse
Usage notes[edit]
- Only found in the expression i morse (“the morning of today”), and related expressions, e.g. i går morse (”yesterday morning”), i måndags morse (”last Monday morning”).
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