Masculine

morceau

Meaning

  1. (masculine) piece, slice, bit, morsel
  2. (masculine) piece, work
  3. (Quebec, masculine, slang) gun, piece

Concepts

piece
bit
part
shard
lump
fragment
morsel
chunk
slice
chip
scrap
section
portion
cut
patch
cube
rag
shred
small
cloth
flake
fleck
component
wedge
low
bite
share

piece of cloth

hunk

piece of music

small piece

short
track
strip

meat cut

piece of meat

musical composition

broken piece

cut-off piece

plant component

beat
brick
collocate

component part

composition
crumb
division
dollop
element
fillet
Synonyms

partie
A1
pièce
A2
fragment
C2
part
A1
bout
A2
🔚
tranche
C1
passage
B1
élément
B2
lambeau
48k
chiffon
C2
portion
C2
bloc
B2
éclat
C1
extrait
C1

bribe

petit
A1
peu
A1
bouchée
C1
section
B2
tesson
tissu
B2
boule
B2

gros morceau

morceau de tissu

moitié
A2
morceaux
B2
composant
C2
pan
C1
bit
25k
tronçon
opus
33k

morcais

partie de la plante

oeuvre inachevée

déchirage

acte
B1
air
A1
brique
C1
composition
C2
constituant
copeau
demi
B1
étoffe
C2
lopin
41k
mélodie
C1
miette
23k
mordre
C1

petit morceau

pièce de tissu

piler
Translations

Stück
1️⃣
pedazo
trozo
pedaço
stuk
pezzo
tros
deel
brok
parte
bocado
Teil
parte
pezzetto
peça
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɔʁ.so/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French
morsel
In summary

Inherited from Middle French morceau, from Old French morsel (whence also English morsel), from Early 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”).

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