"morue" meaning in French

See morue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɔ.ʁy/ Audio: Fr-morue.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-morue.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-morue.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-morue.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-morue.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-morue.wav Forms: morues [plural]
Etymology: From Old French morlue, a compound of Breton mor (“sea”) + Old French lus (“pike”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|morlue}} Old French morlue, {{der|fr|br|mor|t=sea}} Breton mor (“sea”), {{m+|fro|lus|t=pike}} Old French lus (“pike”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} morue f (plural morues)
  1. cod Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-morue-fr-noun-TtYKVrkx Categories (other): Gadiforms Disambiguation of Gadiforms: 46 4 51
  2. (derogatory) a whore; a broad Tags: derogatory, feminine
    Sense id: en-morue-fr-noun-XjFln3NE
  3. (derogatory) an ugly person; an oaf Tags: derogatory, feminine Synonyms: thon
    Sense id: en-morue-fr-noun-iY1mM5dx Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Appearance, Gadiforms Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 8 26 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 35 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 34 54 Disambiguation of Appearance: 9 9 81 Disambiguation of Gadiforms: 46 4 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: huile de foie de morue, morue charbonnier
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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