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morse

See also: Morse and morsë

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).

Noun

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morse (plural morses)

  1. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. [from 15th c.]

Etymology 2

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Uncertain. Compare Russian морж (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later).

Noun

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morse (plural morses)

  1. (now rare) A walrus. [from 15th c.]
    • 1829, [Robert Pearse Gillies], “The Voyage. (Continued.)”, in Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean. […] (Second Series), volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66:
      The morse is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...]
    • 1880, Clements R Markham, editor, The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622, published 1881:
      Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.

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Breton

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Adverb

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morse

  1. never

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Dutch

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Verb

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morse

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of morsen

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French

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Etymology 1

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From Russian морж (morž), from Northern Sami.

Noun

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morse m (plural morses)

  1. walrus
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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morse m (uncountable)

  1. Morse code

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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morse f

  1. plural of morsa

Etymology 2

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Verb

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morse

  1. third-person singular past historic of mordere

Etymology 3

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Participle

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morse f pl

  1. feminine plural of morso

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Latin

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Participle

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morse

  1. vocative masculine singular of morsus

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From English Morse, after the American inventor Samuel Morse.

Noun

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morse m (definite singular morsen) (uncountable)

  1. Morse or Morse code
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Verb

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morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)

  1. (sende morse) to transmit Morse code

Etymology 2

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From mors (“corpse”).

Verb

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morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)

  1. to die
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Using morse to signify die instead of the more common dø is a special usage found among health workers. The use of the term in this way is unknown in the general population.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From English Morse, named after Samuel Morse (1791–1872).

Noun

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morse m (definite singular morsen, uncountable)

  1. Morse code

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Verb

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morse (present tense morsar, past tense morsa, past participle morsa, passive infinitive morsast, present participle morsande, imperative morse/mors)

  1. to transmit Morse code

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French morse.

Noun

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morse n (uncountable)

  1. Morse code

Declension

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declension of morse (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) morse morseul
genitive/dative (unui) morse morseului
vocative morseule

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish morghons. From morgon + -s (“adverbial suffix”). Compare the development of afse (from afton).

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Adverb

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morse

  1. adverbial genitive form of morgon; a past morning

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  • Only found in the expression i morse (“the morning of today”), and related expressions, e.g. i går morse (”yesterday morning”), i måndags morse (”last Monday morning”).

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