"morceau" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɔː(ɹ)səʊ/, /mɔː(ɹ)ˈsəʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-morceau.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-morceau2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: morceaus [plural], morceaux [plural]
Etymology: From French morceau, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, past participle of mordeō, mordēre (“bite, nibble, gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)merd-}}, {{bor|en|fr|morceau}} French morceau, {{der|en|fro|morsel}} Old French morsel, {{der|en|ML.|morsellum||a bit, a little piece}} Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), {{der|en|la|morsum||a bit}} Latin morsum (“a bit”), {{m|la|morsus}} morsus, {{m|la|mordeo|mordeō, mordēre|bite, nibble, gnaw}} mordeō, mordēre (“bite, nibble, gnaw”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)merd-||to rub, wipe; to pack, rob}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|morceaux}} morceau (plural morceaus or morceaux)
  1. A small bit; a morsel or snippet. Synonyms: modicum
    Sense id: en-morceau-en-noun-jRm924wK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [French]

IPA: /mɔʁ.so/ Forms: morceaux [plural]
Rhymes: -so Etymology: Inherited from Old French morsel (whence also English morsel), from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, past participle of mordeō, mordēre (“bite, nibble, gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|morsel|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French morsel, {{inh+|fr|fro|morsel}} Inherited from Old French morsel, {{m|en|morsel}} morsel, {{inh|fr|ML.|morsellum||a bit, a little piece}} Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), {{der|fr|la|morsum||a bit}} Latin morsum (“a bit”), {{m|la|morsus}} morsus, {{m|la|mordeo|mordeō, mordēre|bite, nibble, gnaw}} mordeō, mordēre (“bite, nibble, gnaw”), {{der|fr|ine-pro|*(s)merd-||to rub, wipe; to pack, rob}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} morceau m (plural morceaux)
  1. piece, slice, bit, morsel Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-morceau-fr-noun-W5~wslNN
  2. (music) piece, work Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-morceau-fr-noun-k6i4rxOq Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 11 85 4 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (Quebec, slang) gun, piece Tags: Quebec, masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-morceau-fr-noun-FuGsVWvr Categories (other): Quebec French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: emporter le morceau, en morceaux, en mille morceaux, en un seul morceau, cracher le morceau, lâcher le morceau, manger un morceau, recoller les morceaux Derived forms (piece): mcx [abbreviation] Related terms: morceler, morcellement, mordre, mors, morsel, morsure
Disambiguation of 'piece': 31 36 33

Noun [Middle French]

Forms: morceaux [plural], morceaulx [plural]
Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|morceaux|or|morceaulx||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} morceau m (plural morceaux or morceaulx), {{frm-noun|m|morceaux|pl2=morceaulx}} morceau m (plural morceaux or morceaulx)
  1. bit; piece Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-morceau-frm-noun-udLKy5-~ Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Amongſt a variety of urns, sepulchral fragments, and different morceaus of antiquity, are the known and celebrated buſts of Alexander the Great, and Brutus",
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    {
      "word": "modicum"
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}

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    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms inherited from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
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    "French terms with audio links",
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      "word": "emporter le morceau"
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      "word": "en mille morceaux"
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      "word": "en un seul morceau"
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      "word": "cracher le morceau"
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      "word": "lâcher le morceau"
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      "word": "manger un morceau"
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      "word": "recoller les morceaux"
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      "word": "morceler"
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      "word": "morcellement"
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      "word": "mordre"
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      "word": "morsure"
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        "music"
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        "Quebec French"
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      "glosses": [
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          "piece"
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      "ipa": "/mɔʁ.so/"
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}

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    {
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        "Middle French countable nouns",
        "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Middle French masculine nouns",
        "Middle French nouns"
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  "word": "morceau"
}

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