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morceau en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmɔː(ɹ)səʊ/
• /mɔː(ɹ)ˈsəʊ/
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Etymology

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.

Meanings

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 beauty 1816, 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 Brutus 1796, John Owen, Travels Into Different Parts of Europe […] :

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Synonyms

modicum