morne

morne (countable and uncountable, plural mornes)

1. Obsolete spelling of mourn
2. Obsolete spelling of morn

morne

1. Obsolete spelling of mourn

morne (plural mornes)

1. The blunt head of a jousting-lance.
2. A small, rounded hill.

• Menor, enorm, meron, moner, more'n

From Middle French morne, from Old French morne, murne, (compare Old French morner (“to mourn”)), from Frankish *murn, from Proto-Germanic *murnaz. Cognate with English mourn, Old Norse morna (“to pine away”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌽 (maurnan).

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁn/

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morne (plural mornes)

1. gloomy, glum, dismal, dreary

• morné

• “morne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• norme, renom