Etymology

From LatinCategory:Aragonese terms inherited from Latin#MORDERCategory:Aragonese terms derived from Latin#MORDER mordēre.

Verb

morderCategory:Aragonese lemmas#MORDERCategory:Aragonese verbs#MORDERCategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#MORDERCategory:Pages with entries#MORDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORDER

1. bite

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “morder”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#MORDERCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#MORDER mordēre.

Verb

morderCategory:Asturian lemmas#MORDERCategory:Asturian verbs#MORDERCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#MORDERCategory:Pages with entries#MORDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORDER

1. bite

Etymology

From Old DanishCategory:Danish terms inherited from Old Danish#MORDERCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Danish#MORDER morthær, morþare, from Old NorseCategory:Danish terms inherited from Old Norse#MORDERCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#MORDER morðari (“murderer”), from morð (“murder”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MORDER, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MORDER *mer- (“die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /morder/, [ˈmoɐ̯d̥ɐ]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#MORDER

Noun

morder c (singular definite morderen, plural indefinite mordere)Category:Danish lemmas#MORDERCategory:Danish nouns#MORDERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#MORDERCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#MORDERCategory:Pages with entries#MORDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORDER

1. murderer, killer
2. assassin

References

• “morder” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#MORDERCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#MORDER morder (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#MORDERCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#MORDER mordēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moɾˈðeɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#MORDER

Verb

morder (first-person singular present mordo, first-person singular preterite mordín, past participle mordido)Category:Galician lemmas#MORDERCategory:Galician verbs#MORDERCategory:Galician verbs ending in -er#MORDERCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#MORDERCategory:Pages with entries#MORDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORDER
morder (first-person singular present mordo, first-person singular preterite mordim or mordi, past participle mordido, reintegrationist norm)Category:Galician lemmas#MORDERCategory:Galician verbs#MORDERCategory:Galician verbs ending in -er#MORDERCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#MORDERCategory:Pages with entries#MORDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORDER

1. to bite, gnaw

   Synonym: trabar

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 623:

     Et os seus feytos uẽem morder et rroer et trauar ẽno bem et andar senpre escauando ẽno mal.

     And his deeds are always biting and gnawing and clamping in the good and to always go about digging in the evil

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#MORDER

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References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “morder”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “morder”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morder”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “morder”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morder”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#MORDER morðari.

Noun

morder m (definite singular morderen, indefinite plural mordere, definite plural morderne)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#MORDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#MORDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#MORDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#MORDERCategory:Pages with entries#MORDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORDER

1. murderer

See also

• mordar (Nynorsk)

References

• “morder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#MORDERCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#MORDER morder, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#MORDERCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#MORDER mordēre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#MORDER
• Hyphenation: mor‧der

Verb

morder (first-person singular present mordo, first-person singular preterite mordi, past participle mordido)Category:Portuguese lemmas#MORDERCategory:Portuguese verbs#MORDERCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -er#MORDERCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#MORDERCategory:Pages with entries#MORDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORDER

1. to bite, nip
2. to gnaw
3. to bite (to behave aggressively; to reject advances)

   Se me vires, vem dizer olá. Eu não mordo.

   If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.

   Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#MORDER

4. (Internet slangCategory:Portuguese internet slang#MORDER) to believe an Internet bait or similar misleading publication

Further reading

• “morder”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “morder”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#MORDERCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#MORDER morder, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#MORDERCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#MORDER mordēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾˈdeɾ/ [moɾˈð̞eɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#MORDERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#MORDER

• Audio:

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  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#MORDER
• Rhymes: -eɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ#MORDERCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ/2 syllables#MORDER
• Syllabification: mor‧der

Verb

morder (first-person singular present muerdo, first-person singular preterite mordí, past participle mordido)Category:Spanish lemmas#MORDERCategory:Spanish verbs#MORDERCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -er#MORDERCategory:Spanish verbs with o-ue alternation#MORDERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MORDERCategory:Pages with entries#MORDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORDER

1. to bite, nip
2. to gnaw

   Synonym: roer

3. to grasp, clutch
4. to wear away, to wear down
5. to corrode (i.e., acid on metal)
6. to criticize, run down, gossip about, find fault with

Further reading

• “morder”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025