morgue
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morgue
- /mɔːɡ/ UK
- /moɹɡ/ US
- [mo̞ɹɡ] US
- /mɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French morgue. The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examination room", probably with reference to the haughty attitude of the jailers.
noun morgues
- A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance. They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board.
- A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
- The archive and background information division of a newspaper. Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mortuary, dead room, haughtiness, dead, attendant, examiner, coroner, flashlight, bag, torch, archives, mortocracy, morbs, lich, orgueil, corpse
Translations
Every language
noun place for dead people
| Español | morgue, depósito de cadáveres |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 영안실 yeong'ansil, 시체공시소 sichegongsiso |
| 日本語 | 霊安所 reianjo, 遺体安置所 itai anchisho, 霊安室 reianshitsu, 死体置き場 shitaiokiba, モルグ morugu, 死体安置所 shitai anchijo |
| 中文 | 停屍房 /停尸房 tíngshīfáng, 太平間 /太平间 tàipíngjiān, 殮房 /殓房 liànfáng |
| हिन्दी | मुर्दाघर murdāghar, शवगृह śavgŕh |
| Kiswahili | mochari, chumba cha maiti |
| Português | necrotério, morgue |
| Français | morgue |
| Deutsch | Leichenhaus, Leichenschauhaus, Leichenhalle |
| Italiano | obitorio, camera mortuaria |
| Ελληνικά | νεκροθάλαμος nekrothálamos, νεκροφυλακείο nekrofylakeío, νεκροτομείο nekrotomeío |
| Română | morgă, cameră mortuară |
| Русский | морг morg, поко́йницкая pokójnickaja, мертве́цкая mertvéckaja |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà xác |
| العربية | مَشْرَحَة mašraḥa |
| עברית | חֲדַר מֵתִים khadár metím |
Talk about this word "morgue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/morgue. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. morgue. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/morgue "morgue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/morgue.Cite this
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title = {morgue},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/morgue},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
