Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mourn

/mɔɹn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
mourn
IPA
/mɔɹn/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

verb

To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.

verb

To utter in a sorrowful manner.

Transitive verb

verb

To wear mourning.

Intransitive verb

noun

Sorrow, grief.

Countable; Literary; Uncountable

noun

A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /mɔɹn/
  • British English: /mɔːn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mourns (present, singular) mourning (participle, present) mourned (participle, past) mourned (past) morne (alternative) mourns (plural)

Derived Forms

bemourn mourner mournful mourning mourningly mournsome overmourn remourn unmourned unmourning

Phrases

mourning dove

Frequently Paired Words

grieve lament sorrow

Synonyms

grieve lament weep aggrieve besorrow condole darken engrieve erme gloom grieven bleed

Homonyms

mourne morn morne (horse–hoarse merger)

Rhymes With

born first-born porn worn corn horn torn warn sworn borne thorn reborn

Questions

How do you pronounce mourn?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɔɹn/.
What does mourn mean?
To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
Where does mourn come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce mourn

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