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morceau

/ˈmɔː(ɹ)səʊ/

morceau noun: a small bit; a morsel or snippet.

Noun

morceau (plural morceaus or morceaux)

  1. A small bit; a morsel or snippet.
    • M. De Luc has a specimen of the uranite (Peckblend) mixed with titan and crystals of quartz, a morceau of singular beauty1816, Henry Coxe, The Traveller's Guide in Switzerland
    • Amongſt a variety of urns, sepulchral fragments, and different morceaus of antiquity, are the known and celebrated buſts of Alexander the Great, and Brutus1796, John Owen, Travels Into Different Parts of Europe […]
    Synonyms:
    modicum

Synonyms of morceau

Forms of morceau

pluralmorceaus
pluralmorceaux

Origin of morceau

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”). Doublet of morsel.

Phrases with morceau

Questions about morceau

What does morceau mean?
Morceau means a small bit; a morsel or snippet.
What part of speech is morceau?
Morceau is a noun.
How do you pronounce morceau?
Morceau is pronounced /ˈmɔː(ɹ)səʊ/.
What is the plural of morceau?
The plural of morceau is morceaus.

Words near morceau in the dictionary

  1. morbus
  2. morbus coxarius
  3. morbus cyclometricus
  4. morbus Dupuytren
  5. morbuses
  6. morceau
  7. morceau de réception
  8. morceaus
  9. morceaux
  10. morcel
  11. morcellate

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