morena
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sotho morena, Northern Sotho morena, Tswana morena, from mo- (personal class prefix) + rena (“to be rich, to be a leader”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]morena (plural morenas or marena)
- (South Africa) Someone in authority, a master or leader, especially among Sotho-speakers. (Chiefly as a form of address.) [from 19th c.]
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 93:
- ‘Morena,’ said the old priest, ‘don't be angry with the boy.’
Anagrams
[edit]- Moeran, Armeno-, Morane, Mareno, enamor, oarmen, Ramone, Naorem, monera, moaner, menora, anomer, Anmore, marone, maenor
Catalan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (moraine): morrena
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]morena f (plural morenes)
- a moray eel, especially the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)
- (Valencia) mushroom of the genus Agaricus
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin morena, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs). Doublet of hemorroide, a learned borrowing.
Noun
[edit]morena f (plural morenes)
- haemorrhoid
- Synonym: hemorroide
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]morena f (plural morenes)
Etymology 4
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]morena
Further reading
[edit]- “morena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “morena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “morena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish morena, feminine singular form of moreno.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na
Adjective
[edit]morena
Galician
[edit]Adjective
[edit]morena
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]morena f (plural morene)
References
[edit]- ^ morena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French moraine, from Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre, from Vulgar Latin *murrum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]morena f
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- morena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- morena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]morena f (plural morenas)
Etymology 2
[edit]From moreno.
Noun
[edit]morena f (plural morenas)
Adjective
[edit]morena
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moréna f (Cyrillic spelling море́на)
Declension
[edit]Participle
[edit]morena (Cyrillic spelling морена)
- inflection of moriti:
Sotho
[edit]Noun
[edit]morena class 1/6 (plural marena)
Descendants
[edit]- → Phuthi: murena
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]See moreno. Ultimately related to English Moor.
Noun
[edit]morena f (plural morenas)
- female equivalent of moreno
Adjective
[edit]morena
Etymology 2
[edit]from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).
Noun
[edit]morena f (plural morenas)
Further reading
[edit]- “morena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Anagrams
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /moˈɾena/ [moˈɾɛː.n̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: mo‧re‧na
Adjective
[edit]morena (masculine moreno, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ)
- dark-skinned (of a woman)
Noun
[edit]morena (masculine moreno, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ)
- dark-skinned woman
- female Filipino beauty standard, typically described as a beautiful young woman with physical traits native or indigenous to the Philippines
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “morena”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “morena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
[edit]Tswana
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]morêna class 1 (plural barena)
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- South African English
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- Valencian
- Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- ca:Geomorphology
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- ca:Eels
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛna
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- Rhymes:Italian/ena
- Rhymes:Italian/ena/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛna
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- sh:Landforms
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ena
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- es:Fish
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/ena
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