murrain C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine US /ˈmɜrɪn/ UK /ˈmʌrɪn/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an infectious disease affecting cattle or other livestock A devastating murrain wiped out half the village's herds that winter. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an infectious disease... plaguepestilenceepizooticdiseaseblight Word family Related forms murre Etymology AI details From Middle English moreyne, from Anglo-Norman moryne and Old French morine ('plague, mortality'), from Vulgar Latin *morina, from Latin mori ('to die'). morine Old French mori Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # murrain **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmɜrɪn/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmʌrɪn/ ## Meanings 1. an infectious disease affecting cattle or other livestock ## Examples - A devastating murrain wiped out half the village's herds that winter. ## Synonyms - plague - pestilence - epizootic - disease - blight ## Related Forms - murre ## Roots and Affixes - Root: morine - Root: mori ## Etymology From Middle English moreyne, from Anglo-Norman moryne and Old French morine ('plague, mortality'), from Vulgar Latin *morina, from Latin mori ('to die'). ## AI Etymology Murrain comes from Middle English moreyne, from Anglo-Norman moryne and Old French morine ('plague, mortality'), from Vulgar Latin *morina, from Latin mori ('to die'). The etymological trail includes Old French morine, Latin mori. The same word family includes murre. Its current noun use means "an infectious disease affecting cattle or other livestock". ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown