"morceau" meaning in English

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Noun

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

Inflected forms

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