Polyglot Dictionary

morse

/mɔʁs/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les morses

Meaning

  1. walrus

    • Le morse se prélasse sur la banquise.

      The walrus lounges on the ice floe.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Walross

Walross is the German word for the same thing — both mean "walrus."

Practice

1 What does morse mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ se prélasse sur la banquise.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches morse?

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