morena

Borrowed from Sotho morena, Northern Sotho morena, Tswana morena, from mo- (personal class prefix) + rena (“to be rich, to be a leader”).

• (S Africa) IPA^(key): /mɔˈɹenə/, /məˈɹenə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹeɪnə/

morena (plural morenas)

1. (South Africa) Someone in authority, a master or leader, especially among Sotho-speakers. (Chiefly as a form of address.) [from 19th c.]
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 93:

     ‘Morena,’ said the old priest, ‘don't be angry with the boy.’

• Anmore, Armeno-, Mareno, Morane, Ramone, anomer, enamor, maenor, marone, menora, moaner, monera, oarmen

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /moˈɾə.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /muˈɾɛ.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /moˈɾe.na/

From Latin muraena.

morena f (plural morenes)

1. A moray eel, especially the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena).

From Vulgar Latin morena, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs). Doublet of hemorroide, a learned borrowing.

morena f (plural morenes)

1. haemorrhoid

   Synonym: hemorroide

From French moraine.

morena f (plural morenes)

1. (geomorphology) moraine

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

morena

1. feminine singular of morè
2. feminine singular of moreno

• “morena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Spanish morena, feminine singular form of moreno.

• Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na

morena

1. feminine of moreno.

morena

1. feminine singular of moreno

• IPA^(key): /moˈrɛ.na/, /moˈre.na/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
• Hyphenation: mo‧rè‧na, mo‧ré‧na

morena f (plural morene)

1. (geology) moraine, glacial till, drift

• Merano, Romena, armeno, marone, nomare, nomerà, remano, romane, romena

Borrowed from French moraine, from Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre, from Vulgar Latin *murrum.

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈrɛ.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: mo‧re‧na

morena f

1. (geology) moraine (accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier)

• morena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• morena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French moraine.

morena f (plural morenas)

1. (geology) moraine, debris (large rock fragments left by a melting glacier)

   Synonym: moreia

From moreno.

morena f (plural morenas)

1. brunette (a girl or woman with brown or black hair)

morena

1. feminine singular of moreno

morena (Cyrillic spelling морена)

1. inflection of moriti:
   1. feminine singular passive past participle
   2. neuter plural passive past participle

morena class 1/6 (plural marena)

1. lord, chief, master, king

• → Phuthi: murena

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾena/ [moˈɾe.na]

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• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: mo‧re‧na

See moreno. Ultimately related to English Moor.

morena f (plural morenas)

1. female equivalent of moreno

morena

1. feminine singular of moreno

from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).

morena f (plural morenas)

1. (zoology) moray

• “morena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• monera

Borrowed from Spanish morena.

morena (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ, masculine moreno)

1. (of a woman) dark-skinned

morena (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ, masculine moreno)

1. a dark-skinned woman
2. A female Filipino beauty standard, typically described as a beautiful young woman with physical traits native or indigenous to the Philippines.

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈrɛna/

morêna class 1 (plural barena)

1. lord, chief, master King