# morena
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sotho morena, Northern Sotho morena, Tswana morena, from mo- (personal class prefix) + rena (“to be rich, to be a leader”).

### Pronunciation

* (General South African) IPA: /mɔˈɹenə/, /məˈɹenə/
* (UK) IPA: /məˈɹeɪnə/

### Noun

morena (plural morenas or marena)
* (South Africa) Someone in authority, a master or leader, especially among Sotho-speakers. (Chiefly as a form of address.) [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.’

### Anagrams

* Moeran, Armeno-, Morane, Mareno, enamor, oarmen, Ramone, Naorem, monera, moaner, menora, anomer, Anmore, marone, maenor

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* (moraine): morrena

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [muˈɾɛ.nə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [moˈɾə.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [moˈɾe.na]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin muraena.

#### Noun

morena f (plural morenes)
* a moray eel, especially the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)
* (Valencia) mushroom of the genus Agaricus

##### Derived terms

* morena de vora groga
* morena gegant
* morena ondulada
* morena sangosa
* morena verda
* morenot

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin morena, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs). Doublet of hemorroide, a learned borrowing.

#### Noun

morena f (plural morenes)
* haemorrhoid
    Synonym: hemorroide

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from French moraine.

#### Noun

morena f (plural morenes)
* (geomorphology) moraine

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

morena
* feminine singular of morè
* feminine singular of moreno

### Further reading

* “morena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “morena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “morena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish morena, feminine singular form of moreno.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na

### Adjective

morena
* feminine of moreno

## Galician
### Adjective

morena
* feminine singular of moreno

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈrɛ.na/, /moˈre.na/
* Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
* Hyphenation: mo‧rè‧na, mo‧ré‧na

### Noun

morena f (plural morene)
* (geology) moraine, glacial till, drift

### References

* ↑ morena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* Merano, Romena, armeno, marone, nomare, nomerà, remano, romane, romena

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French moraine, from Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre, from Vulgar Latin *murrum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔˈrɛ.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛna
* Syllabification: mo‧re‧na

### Noun

morena f
* (geology) 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈɾẽ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈɾẽ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /moˈɾe.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muˈɾe.nɐ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French moraine.

#### Noun

morena f (plural morenas)
* (geology) moraine, debris (large rock fragments left by a melting glacier)
    Synonym: moreia

### Etymology 2

From moreno.

#### Noun

morena f (plural morenas)
* brunette (a girl or woman with brown or black hair)
* a tanned girl or woman

#### Adjective

morena
* feminine singular of moreno

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French moraine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /morěːna/
* Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na

### Noun

moréna f (Cyrillic spelling море́на)
* moraine

#### Declension
### Participle

morena (Cyrillic spelling морена)
* inflection of moriti:
** feminine singular passive past participle
** neuter plural passive past participle

## Sotho
### Noun

morena class 1/6 (plural marena)
* lord, chief, master, king

#### Descendants

* → Phuthi: murena

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈɾena/ [moˈɾe.na]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: mo‧re‧na

### Etymology 1

See moreno. Ultimately related to English Moor.

#### Noun

morena f (plural morenas)
* female equivalent of moreno

#### Adjective

morena
* feminine singular of moreno

### Etymology 2

from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).

#### Noun

morena f (plural morenas)
* (zoology) moray

### Further reading

* “morena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* monera

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish morena.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /moˈɾena/ [moˈɾɛː.n̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: mo‧re‧na

### Adjective

morena (masculine moreno, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ)
* dark-skinned (of a woman)

### Noun

morena (masculine moreno, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜈ)
* dark-skinned woman
* female Filipino beauty standard, typically described as a beautiful young woman with physical traits native or indigenous to the Philippines

#### Related terms

* moreno
* Moro

#### See also

* mestisa
* mestiso
* tsinita
* tsinito

### Further reading

* “morena”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “morena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* menora

## Tswana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʊˈrɛna/

### Noun

morêna class 1 (plural barena)
* lord, chief, master King