mourner
English
Etymology
From Middle English mourner, mornere, equivalent to mourn + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: môrnʹər, IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹnɚ/; (rare) enPR: mo͝ornʹər, IPA(key): /ˈmʊɹnɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mônʹə, IPA(key): /ˈmɔːnə/; (rare) enPR: mo͝ornʹə, IPA(key): /ˈmʊənə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: mōrnʹə, IPA(key): /ˈmo(ː)ɹnɚ/; (rare) enPR: mo͝ornʹər, IPA(key): /ˈmʊɹnɚ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈmoənə/; (rare) enPR: mo͝ornʹə, IPA(key): /ˈmʊənə/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)
Noun
mourner (plural mourners)
Translations
someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness
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