different between marse vs morse

English

Alternative forms

• Marse

Etymology

From master

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??(?)s/

Noun

marse (plural marses)

1. (obsolete, dialectal, US, Caribbean) Alternative form of master, often used as a general title of respect.
   • ante 1887, Innes Randolph, "Good Ol' Rebel Soldier":

     I followed old Marse Robert for four year near about / Got wounded in three place and starved at Point Lookout

Anagrams

• MASER, Mares, mares, maser, mears, rames, reams, smear

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??s/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

morse (plural morses)

1. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. [from 15th c.]
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:

     The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Compare Russian ???? (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later).

Noun

morse (plural morses)

1. (now rare) A walrus. [from 15th c.]
   • 1880–1881: Clements R Markham (editor), The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622:

     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.

Anagrams

• Mores, Moser, Romes, meros, mesor, moers, mores, omers, s'more, smore, somer

Breton

Adverb

morse

1. never

Synonyms

• nepred

Related terms

• biken

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

morse

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of morsen

Anagrams

• smore

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??s/

Etymology 1

From Russian ???? (morž), from Northern Sami.

Noun

morse m (plural morses)

1. walrus

See also

• otarie f
• phoque m

Etymology 2

Noun

morse m (uncountable)

1. Morse code

Anagrams

• mores

Further reading

• “morse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

morse f

1. plural of morsa

Verb

morse

1. third-person singular past historic of mordere

morse f

1. plural of morso

Anagrams

• merso

Latin

Participle

morse

1. vocative masculine singular of morsus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English Morse, after the American inventor Samuel Morse.

Noun

morse m (definite singular morsen) (uncountable)

1. Morse or Morse code

Synonyms

• morsealfabet

Derived terms

• morsenøkkel

Verb

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

1. (sende morse) to transmit Morse code
2. to die

Usage notes

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.

References

• “morse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• morsa (a infinitive)

Etymology

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

Noun

morse m (definite singular morsen, uncountable)

1. Morse code

Derived terms

• morsealfabet
• morsekode

Verb

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

1. to transmit Morse code

References

• “morse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²m?rse/

Adverb

morse

1. adverbial genitive form of morgon; a past morning

Usage notes

• 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”).

See also

• afse