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moraine
- /məˈɹeɪn/ UK
- /mɒˈɹeɪn/ UK
- /məˈɹeɪn/ US
Rhymes with -eɪn
Where it comes from
From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Compare morion.
noun moraines
- An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier. 1896, James Edward Todd, The Moraines of the Missouri Coteau, and Their Attendant Deposits, US Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 144, page 47, This fact is suggestive in connection with the question whether the moraines mark different epochs of the ice age or different stages in the recession of the i
Translations
Talk about this word "moraine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/moraine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. moraine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/moraine "moraine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/moraine.Cite this
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title = {moraine},
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