morning

English Online Dictionary. What means morning‎? What does morning mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English morwenyng, from morwen +‎ -ing. By surface analysis, morn +‎ ing. See also morrow (Middle English morwe).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪŋ
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɹnɪŋ/
  • (Dublin) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɹnən/, /ˈmɑːɹnəŋ/
• Hyphenation: morn‧ing
• Homophone: mourning (horse–hoarse merger)
• (without the horse–hoarse merger)
  • (rhotic) IPA^(key): /mɔːɹnɪŋ/
  • (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /mɔːnɪŋ/

Noun

morning (plural mornings)

1. The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon. [from 13th c.]
2. (figurative) The early part of anything. [from 16th c.]
3. (obsolete) That part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon). [18th–19th c.]
   • 1813, Jane Austen, letter, 26 October:

     We breakfasted before nine, and do not dine till half-past six on the occasion, so I hope we three shall have a long morning enough.

4. (chiefly Scotland) The first alcoholic drink of the day; a morning draught. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

• (time from dawn to noon): forenoon; yeender (dialect); see also Thesaurus:morning
• (time from midnight to noon): a.m.; forenoon; yeender (dialect)

Coordinate terms

• afternoon; evening; night

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Interjection

morning

1. Ellipsis of good morning.

Anagrams

• norming

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

morning m (definite singular morningen, indefinite plural morninger, definite plural morningene)

1. alternative spelling of morgning

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²moː.ɳɪŋ/

Noun

morning m (definite singular morningen, indefinite plural morningar, definite plural morningane)

1. alternative spelling of morgning