morene

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmoːˈreː.nə/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: mo‧re‧ne
Rhymes: -eːnə

Noun

morene f (plural morenen or morenes)

moraine, deposit of rocks formed by a glacier
glacially formed landscape

Italian

Noun

morene f

plural of morena

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena

Noun

morene m (definite singular morenen, indefinite plural morener, definite plural morenene)

moraine

Derived terms

endemorene

References

“morene” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“morene” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena

Noun

morene m (definite singular morenen, indefinite plural morenar, definite plural morenane)

moraine

Derived terms

endemorene

References

“morene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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