morno

• borne, borno, morne, mornio

Either from Old French morne (“gloomy”), or directly from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *murnaz (“worried, sorrowful”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾno̝/, /ˈmɔɾno̝/

morno (feminine morna, masculine plural mornos, feminine plural mornas)

1. reserved, kept (referred to a person)
   • 1305, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.) Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 498:

     Et mando a meu ssobrino Johan Martinez Morno dozentos ssoldos

     And I send to my nephew Xoán Martínez Morno two hundred solidi

   • 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 195:

     Diante dela penitentes muitos van en dúas filas mornos con silencio

     Before her, many penitents move in two rows, mournful in silence

2. lukewarm, tepid
   • 1409, Pensado Tomé, edited by José Luis, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 109:

     gardandoo o Cauallo das cousas frias et vse das caentes, et beba ameude agooa caente morna

     saving the horse from cold things and use the warm ones, and he should drink frequently lukewarm water

• temperado
• tépedo

• amornar (“to warm or cool slightly”)
• mornear (“to warm slightly”)
• mornear as chocas (“to distract others for obtaining something”, literally “to warm de cowbells”)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “morno”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Old French morne (“gloomy”). Compare Galician morno.

• (Porto) IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: mor‧no

morno (feminine morna, masculine plural mornos, feminine plural mornas, metaphonic)

1. lukewarm, tepid

   Synonym: tépido

2. (figurative) unenthusiastic
3. (figurative) insipid, monotonous

• “morno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “morno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024