"morass" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /məˈɹæs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-morass.wav [US] Forms: morasses [plural]
Rhymes: -æs Etymology: From Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), from Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”), from Old French mareis, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk. Doublet of marish and marsh. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|moeras||marsh, swamp}} Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), {{der|en|dum|marasch||marsh}} Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”), {{der|en|fro|mareis}} Old French mareis, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*marisk}} Proto-West Germanic *marisk, {{doublet|en|marish|marsh}} Doublet of marish and marsh Head templates: {{en-noun}} morass (plural morasses)
  1. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. Categories (place): Landforms Translations (tract of soft, wet ground): блато (blato) [neuter] (Bulgarian), мочур (močur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), moeras (Dutch), suo (Finnish), hetteikkö (Finnish), marais (French), marécage (French), bar [masculine] (Irish), seascann [masculine] (Irish), pantano [masculine] (Italian), palūs [feminine] (Latin), باتاق (batak) (Ottoman Turkish), خلاش (hılaş) (Ottoman Turkish), Moarauss [masculine] (Plautdietsch), pântano (Portuguese), banhado [masculine] (Portuguese), mlaștină (Romanian), боло́то (bolóto) [neuter] (Russian), тряси́на (trjasína) [feminine] (Russian), पङ्क (paṅka) [masculine] (Sanskrit), boglach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), blato [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pantano [masculine] (Spanish), moras (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-morass-en-noun-fMBaeXNh Disambiguation of Landforms: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'tract of soft, wet ground': 99 1
  2. (figurative) Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Liquids Categories (place): Landforms Translations (anything that entraps or makes progress difficult): бало́та (balóta) [neuter] (Belarusian), suo (Finnish), bourbier [masculine] (French), pantano [masculine] (Italian), тряси́на (trjasína) [feminine] (Russian), moras (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-morass-en-noun-NRxBdw0z Disambiguation of Liquids: 24 76 Disambiguation of Landforms: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'anything that entraps or makes progress difficult': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: morass-ore

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anything that entraps or makes progress difficult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bourbier"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything that entraps or makes progress difficult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pantano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trjasína",
      "sense": "anything that entraps or makes progress difficult",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тряси́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anything that entraps or makes progress difficult",
      "word": "moras"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anything that entraps or makes progress difficult",
      "word": "moras"
    }
  ],
  "word": "morass"
}

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