morass

English

Etymology

From Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), from Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”), from Old French mareis, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk. Doublet of marish and marsh.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /məˈɹæs/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -æs

Noun

morass (plural morasses)

A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
(figurative) Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.

Translations

tract of soft, wet ground

Bulgarian: блато (bg) n (blato), мочур (bg) m (močur)
Dutch: moeras (nl)
Finnish: suo (fi), hetteikkö
French: marais (fr), marécage (fr)
Irish: bar m
Italian: pantano (it) m
Latin: palūs f
Ottoman Turkish: باتاق‎ (batak), خلاش‎ (hılaş)
Plautdietsch: Moarauss m
Portuguese: pântano (pt), banhado (pt) m
Romanian: mlaștină (ro)
Russian: боло́то (ru) n (bolóto), тряси́на (ru) f (trjasína)
Sanskrit: पङ्क (sa) m (paṅka)
Scottish Gaelic: boglach f
Serbo-Croatian: blato (sh) n
Spanish: pantano (es) m
Swedish: moras (sv)

anything that entraps or makes progress difficult

Finnish: suo (fi)
French: bourbier (fr) m
Italian: pantano (it) m
Russian: тряси́на (ru) f (trjasína)
Swedish: moras (sv), moras (sv)

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