"morsel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔːsəl/ [UK], /ˈmɔɹsəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-morsel.ogg [US] Forms: morsels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)səl Etymology: From Middle English morsel, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, perfect passive participle of mordeo (“I bite”). Compare French morceau. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)merd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|morsel}} Middle English morsel, {{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||I bite}} mordeo (“I bite”), {{cog|fr|morceau}} French morceau Head templates: {{en-noun}} morsel (plural morsels)
  1. A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food. Translations (small fragment): ψωμός (psōmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), βλωμός (blōmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἄκολος (ákolos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), قَطْمَة (qaṭma) [feminine] (Arabic), կտոր (ktor) (Armenian), хапка (hapka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), залък (zalǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sousto [neuter] (Czech), kousek [masculine] (Czech), kousíček [masculine] (Czech), bid [common-gender] (Danish), godbid [common-gender] (Danish), stump (Danish), brok (Dutch), hap (Dutch), stuk (Dutch), murunen (Finnish), muru (Finnish), pala (Finnish), morceau [masculine] (French), brisca [feminine] (Galician), nisco [masculine] (Galician), chisco [masculine] (Galician), lisco [masculine] (Galician), ciballo [masculine] (Galician), comanada [feminine] (Galician), argallo [masculine] (Galician), fronza [feminine] (Galician), grena [feminine] (Galician), rafa [feminine] (Galician), gorispa [feminine] (Galician), Happen [masculine] (German), boccone [masculine] (Italian), frustum [neuter] (Latin), mīca [feminine] (Latin), трошка (tróška) [feminine] (Macedonian), ронка (rónka) [feminine] (Macedonian), парченце (párčence) [neuter] (Macedonian), залак (zálak) [masculine] (Macedonian), cebis (Malay), motū (english: refers only to food) (Maori), whakapūwharu (Maori), horotai (note: of food) (Maori), لقمه (loqme) (Persian), تیکه (tikke) (Persian), porção [feminine] (Portuguese), gota [feminine] (Portuguese), mordida [feminine] (Portuguese), кусо́к (kusók) [masculine] (Russian), по́рция (pórcija) [feminine] (Russian), pizca [feminine] (Spanish), porción [feminine] (Spanish), gota [feminine] (Spanish), smula [masculine] (Swedish), dilim (Turkish), beitil (Volapük), morsaale (Yola)
    Sense id: en-morsel-en-noun-zNxh6SRW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 2 41 39 4 Disambiguation of 'small fragment': 82 1 17
  2. A mouthful of food.
    Sense id: en-morsel-en-noun-WS0UvELG
  3. A very small amount. Synonyms: modicum
    Sense id: en-morsel-en-noun-YWlLf8En Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 2 41 39 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: morselization, morselize, Adam's morsel Related terms: mordant, remorse

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɔːsəl/ [UK], /ˈmɔɹsəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-morsel.ogg [US] Forms: morsels [present, singular, third-person], morseling [participle, present], morselling [participle, present], morseled [participle, past], morseled [past], morselled [participle, past], morselled [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)səl Etymology: From Middle English morsel, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, perfect passive participle of mordeo (“I bite”). Compare French morceau. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)merd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|morsel}} Middle English morsel, {{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||I bite}} mordeo (“I bite”), {{cog|fr|morceau}} French morceau Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=morselled|pres_ptc2=morselling}} morsel (third-person singular simple present morsels, present participle morseling or morselling, simple past and past participle morseled or morselled)
  1. (transitive) To divide into small pieces. Tags: transitive Synonyms: morselize
    Sense id: en-morsel-en-verb-r7H61nDS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 2 41 39 4
  2. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To feed with small pieces of food. Tags: obsolete, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-morsel-en-verb-3w8a2KVP

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "ákolos",
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          "sense": "small fragment",
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          "word": "boccone"
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          "code": "la",
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          "word": "mīca"
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          "roman": "tróška",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "трошка"
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          "roman": "rónka",
          "sense": "small fragment",
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          "word": "ронка"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "párčence",
          "sense": "small fragment",
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          "word": "парченце"
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "zálak",
          "sense": "small fragment",
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "word": "cebis"
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          "code": "mi",
          "english": "refers only to food",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "word": "motū"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "word": "whakapūwharu"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of food",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "word": "horotai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 17",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "loqme",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "word": "لقمه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 17",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tikke",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "word": "تیکه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 17",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "porção"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 17",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gota"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 17",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mordida"
        },
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          "_dis1": "82 1 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kusók",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "кусо́к"
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          "roman": "pórcija",
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          "word": "по́рция"
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          "sense": "small fragment",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pizca"
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          "sense": "small fragment",
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          "_dis1": "82 1 17",
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          "sense": "small fragment",
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          "word": "smula"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "word": "dilim"
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          "_dis1": "82 1 17",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "word": "beitil"
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          "_dis1": "82 1 17",
          "code": "yol",
          "lang": "Yola",
          "sense": "small fragment",
          "word": "morsaale"
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          "ref": "2008, Pamela Griffin, New York Brides, Barbour Publishing, page 70",
          "text": "Didn't even a morsel of decency remain in his brother?",
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        "US"
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      "word": "horotai"
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      "word": "لقمه"
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        "3": "morsellum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a bit, a little piece"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "morsum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a bit"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin morsum (“a bit”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "morsus"
      },
      "expansion": "morsus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mordeo",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I bite"
      },
      "expansion": "mordeo (“I bite”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "morceau"
      },
      "expansion": "French morceau",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English morsel, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, perfect passive participle of mordeo (“I bite”). Compare French morceau.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morsels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morseling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morselling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morseled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morseled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morselled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morselled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "morselled",
        "pres_ptc2": "morselling"
      },
      "expansion": "morsel (third-person singular simple present morsels, present participle morseling or morselling, simple past and past participle morseled or morselled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To divide into small pieces."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To divide into small pieces."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "morselize"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To feed with small pieces of food."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feed",
          "feed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete, rare) To feed with small pieces of food."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔːsəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔɹsəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)səl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-morsel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/En-us-morsel.ogg/En-us-morsel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/En-us-morsel.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "morsel"
}

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