different between mourning vs mourn
mourning
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m??n??/; (rare) IPA(key): /?m??n??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??n??/; (rare) IPA(key): /?m??n??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?mo(?)?n??/; (rare) IPA(key): /?m??n??/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?mo?n??/; (rare) IPA(key): /?m??n??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n??
- Homophones: morning (accents with the horse–hoarse merger), moaning (accents with the dough–door merger)
Verb
mourning
- present participle of mourn
Noun
mourning (countable and uncountable, plural mournings)
- The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.
- Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 23
- "My greatest wish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it."
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 23
- The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 88:
- ‘I'm bored. I can't go out anywhere because it's too soon and I have to wear this disgusting mourning.’
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 88:
- Drapes or coverings associated with mourning.
- The houses to their tops with black were spread, / And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.
Derived terms
- national mourning
Translations
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mourn
English
Alternative forms
- morne (14th - 15th centuries)
Etymology
From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnan?. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: môrn, IPA(key): /m??n/; (rare) enPR: mo?orn, IPA(key): /m??n/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: môn, IPA(key): /m??n/; (rare) enPR: mo?orn, IPA(key): /m??n/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: m?rn, IPA(key): /mo(?)?n/; (rare) enPR: mo?orn, IPA(key): /m??n/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /mo?n/; (rare) enPR: mo?orn, IPA(key): /m??n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
- Homophones: morne, mourne; morn (accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
Verb
mourn (third-person singular simple present mourns, present participle mourning, simple past and past participle mourned)
- (transitive, intransitive) To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
- Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- (transitive) To utter in a sorrowful manner.
- (intransitive) To wear mourning.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
mourn (countable and uncountable, plural mourns)
- (now literary) Sorrow, grief.
- A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.
See also
Anagrams
- Munro, munro
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