morgue

  • 31MORGUE — n. f. Contenance fière et orgueilleuse. Avoir, montrer de la morgue. être plein de morgue. Sa morgue le rend insupportable, le rend ridicule. Par extension, Un langage plein de morgue. Il s’emploie toujours en mauvaise part …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 32morgue — (Voz francesa.) ► sustantivo femenino Depósito de cadáveres: ■ llevaron al asesinado a la morgue. * * * morgue (fr.) f. Depósito de cadáveres. * * * morgue. (Del fr. morgue). f. depósito de cadáveres. * * * (voz francesa) ► femenino Depósito de… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 33Morgue — This is a French Huguenot metonymic surname. Recorded in England in the spellings of Mourge, Mourgue, and Morge, the name derives from the Old French pre 10th century Moine , meaning a monk. Morgue is a dialectal spelling principally from the… …

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  • 34morgue — [19] The original Morgue was a Parisian mortuary where unidentified corpses were displayed for visitors to try and put names to faces (a process described in gruesome detail by Émile Zola in Thérèse Raquin 1867). Its name is presumed to be a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 35morgue — [19] The original Morgue was a Parisian mortuary where unidentified corpses were displayed for visitors to try and put names to faces (a process described in gruesome detail by Émile Zola in Thérèse Raquin 1867). Its name is presumed to be a… …

    Word origins

  • 36Morgue — A place where bodies of the dead are kept before autopsy, funeral, or burial. The first Morgue was in Paris. In the 1880s the word morgue entered English to mean a mortuary. * * * 1. A building or room in a hospital or other facility where the… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 37morgue — UK [mɔː(r)ɡ] / US [mɔrɡ] noun [countable] Word forms morgue : singular morgue plural morgues a building or room where dead bodies are kept temporarily • like a morgue …

    English dictionary

  • 38morgue — {{#}}{{LM M26560}}{{〓}} {{SynM27221}} {{[}}morgue{{]}} ‹mor·gue› {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} {{※}}col.{{¤}} Depósito de cadáveres. {{★}}{{\}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{/}} Del francés morgue. {{★}}{{\}}USO:{{/}} Su uso es innecesario. {{#}}{{LM SynM27221}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 39MORGUE — s. f. Endroit à l entrée d une prison, où l on tient quelque temps ceux que l on écroue, afin que les guichetiers puissent les regarder, les examiner, pour les reconnaître ensuite. On l a tenu longtemps à la morgue.   Il se dit aussi d Un endroit …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 40morgue — noun /mɔːɡ,mɔɻɡ/ a) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance. They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so… …

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