morn

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US /mɔrn/ UK /mɔːn/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
morning (chiefly poetic or archaic)

They set off at break of morn while the dew still lay.

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Synonyms

1 noun · morning (chiefly poetic or... morning daybreak dawn sunrise forenoon

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evening dusk night

Word family

Related forms morning morrow tomorrow

Etymology

From Middle English morwen, from Old English morgen ('morning'), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *merk- ('to blink, twilight').

morgen Old English *murganaz Proto-Germanic

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# morn

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** mɔrn
**IPA (UK):** mɔːn

## Meanings
1. morning (chiefly poetic or archaic)

## Examples
- They set off at break of morn while the dew still lay.

## Synonyms
- morning
- daybreak
- dawn
- sunrise
- forenoon

## Antonyms
- evening
- dusk
- night

## Related Forms
- morning
- morrow
- tomorrow

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: morgen
- Root: *murganaz

## Etymology
From Middle English morwen, from Old English morgen ('morning'), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *merk- ('to blink, twilight').

## AI Etymology
Morn comes from Middle English morwen, from Old English morgen ('morning'), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *merk- ('to blink, twilight'). The etymological trail includes Old English morgen and Proto-Germanic *murganaz. As a noun, morn means morning (chiefly poetic or archaic). The same family is visible in related forms such as morning, morrow, and tomorrow.

## Topics
- Register & Style
- General Vocabulary

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