morsa

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See also: morsă

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French morse, from Russian морж (morž).

Pronunciation

Noun

morsa f (plural morses)

  1. walrus
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 1, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Duien pells tan contundents que feien pensar en cossos de morsa.
      They brought furs so thick they brought to mind bodies of walruses.

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Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

morsa f (plural morsas)

  1. walrus

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Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

morsa f (plural morse)

  1. vice, vise, grip, clamp

Derived terms

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Latin

Noun

morsa

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of morsum

Participle

morsa

  1. inflection of morsus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Participle

morsā

  1. ablative feminine singular of morsus

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

morsa n

  1. definite plural of mors

Verb

morsa

  1. inflection of morse:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔr.sa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrsa
  • Syllabification: mor‧sa

Noun

morsa m

  1. genitive/accusative singular of mors

Portuguese

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morsa

Etymology

Ultimately from Sami; compare Northern Sami morša.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾsɐ, (most of Brazil) -ɔʁsɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɔɻsa
  • Hyphenation: mor‧sa

Noun

morsa f (plural morsas)

  1. walrus
  2. vise

Further reading

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoɾsa/
  • Rhymes: -oɾsa
  • Syllabification: mor‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French morse, from Northern Sami morša.

Noun

morsa f (plural morsas)

  1. walrus

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

morsa m (plural morsas)

  1. (Argentina, Uruguay) (US) vise, (UK) vice (an instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing)
    Synonym: tornillo de banco

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Swedish

Etymology 1

Hypocoristic form of mor, compare farsa and brorsa.

Pronunciation

Noun

morsa c

  1. (colloquial) mother
    Synonyms: mamma, mor
    Coordinate term: farsa
Usage notes
  • When addressing one's own mother, the definite form morsan is used.
Declension

Etymology 2

From the greeting mors. Possibly an alteration of morgon (morning), or from Tavringer Romani mus, muss, musij, mossj, måssj (man, person), from Romani murś (man). Related to Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya, man). Compare English mush.

Pronunciation

Verb

morsa (present morsar, preterite morsade, supine morsat, imperative morsa)

  1. (colloquial) to greet
Conjugation

References

  • morsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • Gerd Carling (2005) “musch”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 93

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