MORNE

  

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MORNE

Definition: MORNE

MORNE

Adjective

1. Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically.

2. Of or pertaining to the morn; morning.

Noun

1. The goddess Aurora.

2. The first or early part; as, the morning of life.

3. The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.

4. A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "MORNE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)


Crosswords: MORNE

Non-English Usage: "MORNE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (bleak, cheerless, cloudy, desolate, dismal, doleful, dolorous, drab, drear, dreary, gaunt, gloomy, glum, Gray, greyish, grizzly, hapless, in the doldrums, joyless, lachrymose, leaden, Lenten, lifeless, Moody, mournful, muddy, opaque, sombre, starless, stern, sullen, wintry).

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Commercial Usage: MORNE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Le morne rouge (reference)

  • Morne soliloque ; précédé de, L'art de la nouvelle poésie (reference)

  • Silésie, morne plaine : cahier dans un grenier (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: MORNE

Photos:
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Photo Album: MORNE

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Lone cadaver, Main Street, Morne Rouge, Martinique, F.W.I., after eruption of Aug. 30th, '02. Credit: Library of Congress.

One of the streets of Morne Rouge, just outside of the zone of destruction - near St. Pierre, Martinique. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: MORNE

SubjectTopicQuote

Worker Rights

Haiti

The CATH stated that on April 9, a group of men allied with the FL surrounded CATH members who were meeting to discuss regional issues in the Gros Morne commune. (references)

Haiti

Ten members of the Federation of Agricultural Workers of Gros Morne and the Democratic Association of Haitian Women Workers, 8 of whom are women, have been in hiding since the incident. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: MORNE

"MORNE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "MORNE" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)75%3202,518
Noun (singular)25%1339,140
                    Total100.00%4N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MORNE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

gros morne

91

festival gros morne theater

3

gros morne national park

69

hotel le morne plage

3

gros morne park

13

gros map morne

3

cabin gros morne

7

gros hiking morne

2

accommodation gros morne

5

anse grand morne rouge

2

gross morne national park

5

grosse morne

2

gros morne newfoundland

5

gros morne resort

2

gross morne

4

gros hiking morne mountain

2

berjaya le morne

4

morne nagel

2

morne

4

gros morne national park picture

2

gros morne national newfoundland park

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Bible Trace: MORNE

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 14, Verse 19
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOi de hrxanto lupeisqai kai legein autw eiV kaq eiV mhti egw kai alloV mhti egw
Latin405VulgateAt illi coeperunt contristari et dicere ei singillatim numquid ego
Old English990West Saxonþa ongunnen hio beo dreorige. & be-twuxeheom cwæðen. cwedst þu eom ic hit.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd thei bigunnen to be sori, and to seie to hym, ech bi hem silf, Whether Y?
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd they begane to morne and to saye to him one by one: ys it I? And a nother sayde: ys it I?
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
Basic English1964OgdenThey were sad, and said to him one by one, Is it I?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: MORNE

LanguageMark Chapter 14, Verse 19
CebuanoUg sila misugod sa pagbati sa kasubo ug nagtinagsa sa pagpangutana kaniya, "Ako ba?"
Chinese他 們 就 憂 愁 起 來 、 一 個 一 個 的 問 他 說 、 是 我 麼 。
CroatianOžalošæeni, stanu mu govoriti jedan za drugim: "Da nisam ja?"
DanishDe begyndte at bedrøves og at sige til ham, en efter en: "Det er dog vel ikke mig?"
DutchEn zij begonnen bedroefd te worden, en de een na den ander tot Hem te zeggen: Ben ik het? En een ander: Ben ik het?
FinnishHe tulivat murheellisiksi ja rupesivat toinen toisensa perästä sanomaan hänelle: "En kaiketi minä?"
FrenchIls commencèrent s`attrister, et lui dire, l`un après l`autre: Est-ce moi?
GaelicAgus thoisich iadsan ri bhith muladach, `s gach aon ri radh mu seach ris: Am mise e?
GermanUnd sie wurden traurig und sagten zu ihm, einer nach dem anderen: Bin ich's? und der andere: Bin ich's?
HungarianÕk pedig kezdének szomorkodni és néki egyenként mondani: Csak nem én? A másik is: Csak nem én?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMendengar itu, pengikut-pengikut Yesus menjadi sangat sedih. Lalu seorang demi seorang mulai bertanya kepada Yesus, "Tentu bukan saya yang Bapak maksudkan?"
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka berdukacitalah mereka itu masing-masing, lalu berkatalah seorang lepas seorang, "Sahayakah dia?"
ItalianAllora cominciarono a rattristarsi e a dirgli uno dopo l'altro: «Sono forse io?».
LatvianUn tie sâka skumt un cits pçc cita jautâja: Vai es tas esmu?
MaoriNa ka pa te pouri ki a ratou, ka ki takitahi ki a ia, Ko ahau koia?
NorwegianDa begynte de å bedrøves og en for en å si til ham: Det er da vel ikke mig?
RumanianEi au knceput sq se kntristeze, wi sq -I zicq unul dupq altul: ,,Nu cumva sknt eu?``
RussianпОЙ П ЕЮБМЙМЙУШ Й УФБМЙ ЗПЧПТЙФШ еНХ, П"ЙО ЪБ "ТХЗЙН: ОЕ С МЙ? Й "ТХЗПК: ОЕ С МЙ?
ShuarNujai Kúntuts Enentáimprarmiayi. Chíkich Chíkich Jesusan aniasar "Wíashitiaj" tiarmiayi.
SpanishEntonces comenzaron a entristecerse y a decirle uno tras otro: --¿Acaso seré yo?
SwahiliHapo wanafunzi wake wakaanza kuhuzunika, wakamwuliza mmojammoja, "Je, ni mimi?"
SwedishDå begynte de bedrövas och fråga honom, den ene efter den andre: "Icke är det väl jag?"
UmaMpo'epe tohe'e, kapeda' -nami nono-ra ana'guru-na, pai' mepekune' -ramo hadua bo hadua hi Yesus, ra'uli': "Bela-hawo aku' to nutoa' -e Pue'?"

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: MORNE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: enorm.

Words within the letters "e-m-n-o-r"

-1 letter: meno, more, morn, nome, norm, omen, omer.

-2 letters: eon, ern, men, mon, mor, nom, nor, one, ore, rem, roe, rom.

-3 letters: em, en, er, me, mo, ne, no, oe, om, on, or, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-m-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: enamor, mentor, merino, merlon, moaner, modern, monger, moreen, morgen, normed, rodmen, sermon.

 

+2 letters: almoner, anymore, bromine, doormen, embrown, embryon, enamors, enamour, fermion, foramen, foreman, foremen, frogmen, hormone, incomer, ionomer, madrone, manrope, marengo, menorah, mentors, merinos, merlons, minored, moaners, moderne, moderns, moneran, moneyer, mongers, mongrel, moniker, monkery, monomer, monster, montero, moonier, moorhen, moraine, mordent, moreens, morgens, mounter, mourned, mourner, neuroma, oarsmen, overman, overmen, promine, propmen, remount, rodsmen, romaine, romance, sermons, tonearm, torment, venomer, workmen.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MORNE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 4F 52 4E 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01001111 01010010 01001110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#79 &#82 &#78 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 004F 0052 004E 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4749524839

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Bible Trace
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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