Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morceau

/ˈmɔː(ɹ)səʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: morceau
IPA: /ˈmɔː(ɹ)səʊ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small bit; a morsel or snippet.

Example Sentences

"M. De Luc has a specimen of the uranite (Peckblend) mixed with titan and crystals of quartz, a morceau of singular beauty"
"Amongſt a variety of urns, sepulchral fragments, and different morceaus of antiquity, are the known and celebrated buſts of Alexander the Great, and Brutus"

Etymology

From French morceau, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, past participle of mordeō, mordēre (“bite, nibble, gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”). Doublet of morsel.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: *(s)merd-, morceau, morsel, morsellum, morsum

Inflected Forms

morceaus (plural) morceaux (plural)

Synonyms

modicum

Questions

How do you pronounce morceau?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔː(ɹ)səʊ/.
What does morceau mean?: A small bit; a morsel or snippet.
Where does morceau come from?: It is traced to French.

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