morena

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /mɔˈɹenə/, /məˈɹenə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹeɪnə/

Noun

morena (plural morenas or marena)

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

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

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Alternative forms

• (moraine): morrena

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin muraena.

Noun

morena f (plural morenes)

1. a moray eel, especially the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)
2. (Valencia) mushroom of the genus Agaricus

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

morena f (plural morenes)

1. haemorrhoid

   Synonym: hemorroide

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French moraine.

Noun

morena f (plural morenes)

1. (geomorphology) moraine

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

morena

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

Further reading

• “morena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “morena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “morena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish morena, feminine singular form of moreno.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na

Adjective

morena

1. feminine of moreno

Galician

Adjective

morena

1. feminine singular of moreno

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

morena

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

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

Noun

morena f (plural morene)

1. (geology) moraine, glacial till, drift

References

Anagrams

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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

morena

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈrɛ.na/

• Audio

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

Noun

morena f

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

Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French moraine.

Noun

morena f (plural morenas)

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

   Synonym: moreia

Etymology 2

From moreno.

Noun

morena f (plural morenas)

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

Adjective

morena

1. feminine singular of moreno

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

morena

Wikipedia ^sh

Etymology

Borrowed from French moraine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /morěːna/
• Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na

Noun

moréna f (Cyrillic spelling море́на)

1. moraine

Declension

Participle

morena (Cyrillic spelling морена)

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

Sotho

Noun

morena class 1/6 (plural marena)

1. lord, chief, master, king

Descendants

• → Phuthi: murena

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Morena (disambiguation)

Wikipedia ^es

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾena/
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: mo‧re‧na

Etymology 1

See moreno. Ultimately related to English Moor.

Noun

morena f (plural morenas)

1. female equivalent of moreno

Adjective

morena

1. feminine singular of moreno

Etymology 2

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Morena (fish)

Wikipedia ^es

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

Noun

morena f (plural morenas)

1. (zoology) moray

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• monera

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish morena.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /moˈɾena/,
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: mo‧re‧na

Adjective

morena (masculine moreno, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ)

1. dark-skinned (of a woman)

Noun

morena (masculine moreno, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ)

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

Related terms

See also

Further reading

• “morena” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “morena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈrɛna/

Noun

morêna class 1 (plural barena)

1. lord, chief, master King