"moraine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /məˈɹeɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mɒˈɹeɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /məˈɹeɪn/ [General-American] Forms: moraines [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Compare morion. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|moraine}} French moraine, {{der|en|it|morena}} Italian morena, {{der|en|frp|mor}} Franco-Provençal mor, {{der|en|VL.|*murrum}} Vulgar Latin *murrum Head templates: {{en-noun}} moraine (plural moraines)
  1. (geology) An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier. Wikipedia link: moraine Categories (topical): Geology Categories (place): Landforms Derived forms: ground moraine (english: moraine found at the base of a glacier), lateral moraine (english: moraine of eroded debris carried along the glacier’s edge), medial moraine (english: moraine where two glaciers meet), push moraine, pushed moraine (english: moraine of unstratified glacial sediment pushed by the terminus of a lowland glacier into a pile or linear ridge), terminal moraine, end moraine (english: moraine of rubble dropped at the foot of a melting glacier) Translations (accumulation of rocks and debris): morene (Afrikaans), morena [feminine] (Albanian), morrena [feminine] (Aragonese), մորեն (moren) (Armenian), moren (Azerbaijani), morrena (Basque), марэ́на (maréna) [feminine] (Belarusian), গ্রাবরেখা (grabrekha) (Bengali), морена (morena) [feminine] (Bulgarian), morrena [feminine] (Catalan), morena [feminine] (Catalan), clapera [feminine] (Catalan), 冰磧 (Chinese Mandarin), 冰碛 (bīngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), moréna [feminine] (Czech), moræne [common-gender] (Danish), morene [feminine] (Dutch), moreno (Esperanto), moreen (Estonian), moreeni (Finnish), moraine [feminine] (French), morena [feminine] (Galician), მორენა (morena) (Georgian), Moräne [feminine] (German), Moräne [Alemannic-German, feminine] (German), λιθώνας (lithónas) [masculine] (Greek), morèn (Haitian Creole), מוֹרֶנָה (morena) [feminine] (Hebrew), moréna (Hungarian), jökulgarður [masculine] (Icelandic), moreno (Ido), morena (Interlingua), moiréan [masculine] (Irish), morena [feminine] (Italian), モレーン (morēn) (Japanese), морена (morena) (Kazakh), 빙퇴석 (bingtoeseok) (Korean), 모레인 (morein) (Korean), морена (morena) (Kyrgyz), morēna [feminine] (Latin), morēna [feminine] (Latvian), morena [feminine] (Lithuanian), morena [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), морена (morena) [feminine] (Macedonian), morain (Malay), morene [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), morene [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), morrena [feminine] (Occitan), یخرفت (Persian), morena [feminine] (Polish), morena [feminine] (Portuguese), morenă [feminine] (Romanian), море́на (moréna) [feminine] (Russian), море́на [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), moréna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), moréna [feminine] (Slovak), morena [feminine] (Slovene), morrena [feminine] (Spanish), morän [common-gender] (Swedish), மொரைன்கள் (moraiṉkaḷ) (Tamil), moren (Turkish), море́на (moréna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), morena [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), морена (morena) [Cyrillic] (Uzbek), morena [Roman] (Uzbek), marian [feminine] (Welsh), morene (West Frisian)

Noun [French]

IPA: /mɔ.ʁɛn/ Forms: moraines [plural]
Etymology: From Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Etymology templates: {{bor|fr|it|morena}} Italian morena, {{der|fr|frp|mor}} Franco-Provençal mor, {{der|fr|VL.|*murrum}} Vulgar Latin *murrum Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} moraine f (plural moraines)
  1. moraine Tags: feminine Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-moraine-fr-noun-ZMA9jkAI Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "english": "moraine where two glaciers meet",
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          "text": "1896, James Edward Todd, The Moraines of the Missouri Coteau, and Their Attendant Deposits, US Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 144, page 47,\nThis fact is suggestive in connection with the question whether the moraines mark different epochs of the ice age or different stages in the recession of the ice of one epoch.\nThis moraine, like the previous ones, influenced the drainage of the country. Several streams have evidently been located or directed by the influence of this moraine."
        },
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          "ref": "1924 March, E. J. Garwood, “Himalayan Glaciation”, in The Geographical Journal, volume LXIII, number 3, London: Royal Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 244",
          "text": "Prof. Dainelli made a personal study of the lakes of the Upper Indus lying between its confluence with the Gilgit on the west and the plains of Kashmir on the east. From this district he cites fifty lakes and groups of lakes. Many of these are moraine-dammed, but some of the larger ones, as the Satpor Tso, the Tso Moriri, the Chiun Tso, and the group of lakes associated with the Pángong Tso, he considers to have originated by glacial excavation.",
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          "text": "1959, Robert David Miller, Ernest Dobrovolny, Surficial Geology of Anchorage and Vicinity, Alaska, US Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 1093, page 61,\nWhether this advance beyond the Elmendorf Moraine is a pre-Naptowne Wisconsin or is merely a fluctuation of the Naptowne glacier that deposited the end moraine is unclear."
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          "ref": "1997, Robert Phillip Sharp, Allen F. Glazner, “Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley”, in Mountain, Press Publishing, page 241",
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          "code": "fa",
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          "code": "ta",
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          "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
          "word": "மொரைன்கள்"
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        },
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          "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
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            "Cyrillic"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
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          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
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        }
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        "moraine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/məˈɹeɪn/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/mɒˈɹeɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/məˈɹeɪn/",
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        "General-American"
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          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "morenă",
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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            "Proper nouns",
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            "Lemmas"
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        "feminine"
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    }
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}
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      "english": "moraine found at the base of a glacier",
      "word": "ground moraine"
    },
    {
      "english": "moraine of eroded debris carried along the glacier’s edge",
      "word": "lateral moraine"
    },
    {
      "english": "moraine where two glaciers meet",
      "word": "medial moraine"
    },
    {
      "word": "push moraine"
    },
    {
      "english": "moraine of unstratified glacial sediment pushed by the terminus of a lowland glacier into a pile or linear ridge",
      "word": "pushed moraine"
    },
    {
      "word": "terminal moraine"
    },
    {
      "english": "moraine of rubble dropped at the foot of a melting glacier",
      "word": "end moraine"
    }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: moiréan"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "모레인",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 모레인 (morein)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 모레인 (morein)"
    }
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      "name": "bor"
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      "args": {
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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        "English terms borrowed from French",
        "English terms derived from Franco-Provençal",
        "English terms derived from French",
        "English terms derived from Italian",
        "English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪn",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪn/2 syllables",
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        {
          "text": "1896, James Edward Todd, The Moraines of the Missouri Coteau, and Their Attendant Deposits, US Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 144, page 47,\nThis fact is suggestive in connection with the question whether the moraines mark different epochs of the ice age or different stages in the recession of the ice of one epoch.\nThis moraine, like the previous ones, influenced the drainage of the country. Several streams have evidently been located or directed by the influence of this moraine."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1924 March, E. J. Garwood, “Himalayan Glaciation”, in The Geographical Journal, volume LXIII, number 3, London: Royal Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 244",
          "text": "Prof. Dainelli made a personal study of the lakes of the Upper Indus lying between its confluence with the Gilgit on the west and the plains of Kashmir on the east. From this district he cites fifty lakes and groups of lakes. Many of these are moraine-dammed, but some of the larger ones, as the Satpor Tso, the Tso Moriri, the Chiun Tso, and the group of lakes associated with the Pángong Tso, he considers to have originated by glacial excavation.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "text": "1959, Robert David Miller, Ernest Dobrovolny, Surficial Geology of Anchorage and Vicinity, Alaska, US Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 1093, page 61,\nWhether this advance beyond the Elmendorf Moraine is a pre-Naptowne Wisconsin or is merely a fluctuation of the Naptowne glacier that deposited the end moraine is unclear."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Robert Phillip Sharp, Allen F. Glazner, “Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley”, in Mountain, Press Publishing, page 241",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/məˈɹeɪn/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/mɒˈɹeɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/məˈɹeɪn/",
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        "General-American"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "morene"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morena"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morrena"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "moren",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "մորեն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "moren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "morrena"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "maréna",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "марэ́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "grabrekha",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "গ্রাবরেখা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "morena",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "морена"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morrena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clapera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "冰磧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīngqì",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "冰碛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moréna"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "moræne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morene"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "moreen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "moreeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moraine"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "morena",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "მორენა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Moräne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Moräne"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lithónas",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λιθώνας"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "morèn"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "morena",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מוֹרֶנָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "moréna"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jökulgarður"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "moreno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "morena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moiréan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "morēn",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "モレーン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "morena",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "морена"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bingtoeseok",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "빙퇴석"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "morein",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "모레인"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "morena",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "морена"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morēna"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morēna"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morena"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "morena",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "морена"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "morain"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "morene"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "morene"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morrena"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "یخرفت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morena"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morenă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moréna",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "море́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "море́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moréna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "moréna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "morena"
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    {
      "code": "dsb",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "morena"
    },
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      "code": "hsb",
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      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "morena"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "morrena"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "morän"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "moraiṉkaḷ",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "மொரைன்கள்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "moren"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "moréna",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "море́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "morena",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "морена"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "morena"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marian"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "accumulation of rocks and debris",
      "word": "morene"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moraine"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "morena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: morena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: morena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "moraine",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: moraine\n→ Irish: moiréan\n→ Korean: 모레인 (morein)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: moraine\n→ Irish: moiréan\n→ Korean: 모레인 (morein)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "morrena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: morrena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: morrena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "morenă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: morenă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: morenă"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "morena"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian morena",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frp",
        "3": "mor"
      },
      "expansion": "Franco-Provençal mor",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*murrum"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *murrum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moraines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "moraine f (plural moraines)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French 2-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French feminine nouns",
        "French lemmas",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms borrowed from Italian",
        "French terms derived from Franco-Provençal",
        "French terms derived from Italian",
        "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "fr:Landforms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moraine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moraine",
          "moraine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔ.ʁɛn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moraine"
}

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