morena
English
Etymology
Borrowed from SothoCategory:English terms borrowed from Sotho#MORENACategory:English terms derived from Sotho#MORENA morena, Northern SothoCategory:English terms derived from Northern Sotho#MORENA morena, TswanaCategory:English terms derived from Tswana#MORENA morena, from mo- (personal class prefix) + rena (“to be rich, to be a leader”).
Pronunciation
- (General South African) IPA(key): /mɔˈɹenə/, /məˈɹenə/Category:English 3-syllable words#MORENACategory:English 3-syllable words#MORENACategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MORENA
- (UK) IPA(key): /məˈɹeɪnə/Category:English 3-syllable words#MORENACategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MORENA
Noun
morena (plural morenas or marena)Category:English lemmas#MORENACategory:English nouns#MORENACategory:English countable nouns#MORENACategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#MORENACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
- (South AfricaCategory:South African English#MORENA, chiefly as a form of address) Someone in authority, a master or leader, especially among Sotho-speakers. [from 19th c.]
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 93:
- ‘Morena,’ said the old priest, ‘don't be angry with the boy.’Category:English terms with quotations#MORENA
Anagrams
Catalan
Alternative forms
- (moraine): morrena
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [muˈɾɛ.nə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#MORENA
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [moˈɾə.nə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#MORENA
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [moˈɾe.na]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#MORENA
Etymology 1
Inherited from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#MORENACategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#MORENA muraena.
Noun
morena f (plural morenes)Category:Catalan lemmas#MORENACategory:Catalan nouns#MORENACategory:Catalan countable nouns#MORENACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
- a moray eel, especially the Mediterranean morayCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Mediterranean%20moray (Muraena helenaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Muraena%20helena)
- (ValenciaCategory:Valencian#MORENA) mushroom of the genus Agaricus
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#MORENACategory:Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin#MORENA morena, from LatinCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#MORENA haemorrhoidae, from Ancient GreekCategory:Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek#MORENA αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs). Doublet of hemorroideCategory:Catalan doublets#MORENA, a learned borrowing.
Noun
morena f (plural morenes)Category:Catalan lemmas#MORENACategory:Catalan nouns#MORENACategory:Catalan countable nouns#MORENACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
- haemorrhoid
- Synonym: hemorroide
Etymology 3
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from French#MORENACategory:Catalan terms derived from French#MORENA moraine.
Noun
morena f (plural morenes)Category:Catalan lemmas#MORENACategory:Catalan nouns#MORENACategory:Catalan countable nouns#MORENACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
morenaCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#MORENACategory:Catalan adjective forms#MORENACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
Further reading
- “morena”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “morena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “morena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Cebuano terms borrowed from Spanish#MORENACategory:Cebuano terms derived from Spanish#MORENA morena, feminine singular form of moreno.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na
Adjective
morenaCategory:Cebuano non-lemma forms#MORENACategory:Cebuano adjective forms#MORENACategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
Galician
Adjective
morenaCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#MORENACategory:Galician adjective forms#MORENACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈrɛ.na/, /moˈre.na/[1]Category:Italian 3-syllable words#MORENACategory:Italian 3-syllable words#MORENACategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#MORENA
- Rhymes: -ɛna, -enaCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛna#MORENACategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛna/3 syllables#MORENACategory:Rhymes:Italian/ena#MORENACategory:Rhymes:Italian/ena/3 syllables#MORENA
- Hyphenation: mo‧rè‧na, mo‧ré‧na
Noun
morena f (plural morene)Category:Italian lemmas#MORENACategory:Italian nouns#MORENACategory:Italian countable nouns#MORENACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Italian feminine nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
References
- ↑ morena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Category:it:Landforms#MORENAPolish
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Polish terms borrowed from French#MORENACategory:Polish terms derived from French#MORENA moraine, from ItalianCategory:Polish terms derived from Italian#MORENA morena, from Franco-ProvençalCategory:Polish terms derived from Franco-Provençal#MORENA mor, morre, from Vulgar LatinCategory:Polish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#MORENA *murrum.
Pronunciation
Noun
morena fCategory:Polish lemmas#MORENACategory:Polish nouns#MORENACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Polish feminine nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
- (geologyCategory:pl:Geology#MORENA) moraine (accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier)
Declension
Further reading
- morena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- morena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from French#MORENACategory:Portuguese terms derived from French#MORENA moraine.
Noun
morena f (plural morenas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#MORENACategory:Portuguese nouns#MORENACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#MORENACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
- (geologyCategory:pt:Geology#MORENA) moraine, debris (large rock fragments left by a melting glacier)
- Synonym: moreia
Etymology 2
From moreno.
Noun
morena f (plural morenas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#MORENACategory:Portuguese nouns#MORENACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#MORENACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
Adjective
morenaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#MORENACategory:Portuguese adjective forms#MORENACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
Further reading
- “morena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “morena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from French#MORENACategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from French#MORENA moraine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /morěːna/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#MORENA
- Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na
Noun
moréna f (Cyrillic spelling море́на)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#MORENACategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#MORENACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
Declension
Etymology 2
Participle
morena (Cyrillic spelling морена)Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms#MORENACategory:Serbo-Croatian participle forms#MORENACategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian participle form entries#MORENACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
- inflection of moriti:
Sotho
Noun
morena class 1/6 (plural marena)Category:Sotho lemmas#MORENACategory:Sotho nouns#MORENACategory:Sotho entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Sotho class 1 nouns#MORENACategory:Sotho class 6 nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENACategory:Sotho class 1/6 nouns#MORENA
Descendants
- → Phuthi: murena
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈɾena/ [moˈɾe.na]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#MORENACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#MORENA
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#MORENAAudio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -enaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ena#MORENACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ena/3 syllables#MORENA
- Syllabification: mo‧re‧na
Etymology 1
See moreno. Ultimately related to English Moor.
Noun
morena f (plural morenas)Category:Spanish lemmas#MORENACategory:Spanish nouns#MORENACategory:Spanish countable nouns#MORENACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
- female equivalent of morenoCategory:Spanish female equivalent nouns#MORENA
Adjective
morenaCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#MORENACategory:Spanish adjective forms#MORENACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
Etymology 2
from LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#MORENA muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient GreekCategory:Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek#MORENA σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).
Noun
morena f (plural morenas)Category:Spanish lemmas#MORENACategory:Spanish nouns#MORENACategory:Spanish countable nouns#MORENACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
Further reading
- “morena”, 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
Anagrams
Category:es:Fish#MORENATagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish#MORENACategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#MORENA morena.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /moˈɾena/ [moˈɾɛː.n̪ɐ]Category:Tagalog 3-syllable words#MORENACategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#MORENA
- Rhymes: -enaCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/ena#MORENACategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/ena/3 syllables#MORENA
- Syllabification: mo‧re‧naCategory:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation#MORENA
Adjective
morena (masculine moreno, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#MORENACategory:Tagalog adjectives#MORENACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#MORENACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#MORENACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
Noun
morena (masculine moreno, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#MORENACategory:Tagalog nouns#MORENACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#MORENACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#MORENACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
- tanned woman; brown-skinned woman
- female Filipino beauty standard, typically described as a beautiful young woman with physical traits native or indigenous to the Philippines
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “morena”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “morena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Anagrams
Tswana
Pronunciation
Noun
morêna class 1 (plural barena)Category:Tswana lemmas#MORENACategory:Tswana nouns#MORENACategory:Tswana entries with incorrect language header#MORENACategory:Tswana class 1 nouns#MORENACategory:Pages with entries#MORENACategory:Pages with 12 entries#MORENA
