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morn

/mɔːn/ UK
/moɹn/ US
[mo̞ɹn] US
/mɔːɹn/
/mɔːn/

Sounds like mourn, mourne, morne (horse–hoarse merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n

Where it comes from

From Middle English morn, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko, from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”).

See also West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon; also Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरी॑चि (márīci, “ray of light”), Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”). Doublet of morrow and morgen. See also morning.

noun morns

countable, poetic, uncountable Morning. But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, / Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. / Break we our watch up, and by my advice, / Let us impart what we have seen tonight
Similar: morning, morrow

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Closest in meaning: forenoon, morning time, dawn, daybreak, cockcrow, sunrise, aurora, toro, ing, mat, food, mast, mornynge, morrow, moorn, morn's morning

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@misc{morn_2026,
  title = {morn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/morn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}