Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

good morning

/ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.26 in modern English

Syllables: good -morn-ing
IPA: /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.

intj

A parting in the morning.

intj

Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day).

Humorous

intj

Said to someone who has come to a belated realization.

Informal

noun

A greeting consisting of the interjection.

noun

An exercise performed by bending forward at the waist and then returning to a standing posture, while bearing a barbell or resistance band across the shoulders.

verb

Alternative form of good-morning (“to say good morning (to someone)”).

Example Sentences

"The teacher welcomed the kids to school with "Good morning, boys and girls.""
"Other rules learnt by butlers include lighting candles 15 minutes before guests enter a room, and not saying "good morning" to guests until you are 5ft away."
"Thank you for coming everyone and I hope to see you again next year. Good morning."
"“Good morning!” he said at last. “We don’t want any adventures here, thank you![…]” By this he meant that the conversation was at an end. / “What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!” said Gandalf. “Now you mean that you want to get rid of me,[…]”"
"Up at the crack of dusk! Good morning!"
"You're just realizing that now? Good morning!"

Etymology

From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: gud mornynge, *gōdne morgen

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/
British English: /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

good-morning (alternative, archaic) good mornings (plural) good-morning (alternative) goodmorning (alternative) good mornings (present, singular) good morninging (participle, present) good morninged (participle, past) good morninged (past)

Phrases

good-morning

Frequently Paired Words

good afternoon good day good evening good morrow good night

Synonyms

good morrow morning

Questions

How do you pronounce good morning?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/.
What does good morning mean?: Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.
Where does good morning come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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