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/

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• (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)

1. Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
2. Any of a number of suboscine birds in the related familes Tityridae and Tyrannidae.

Translations

someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness

• Bulgarian: опечален (bg) m (opečalen)
• Finnish: surija
• Georgian: დამტირებელი (damṭirebeli), ჭირისუფალი (č̣irisupali)
• German: Trauernder (de) m, Trauernde (de) f
• Hausa: makoki
• Latin: plōrātor (la) m. (hired) praefica f
• Maori: kirimate, kiriwera, paemate (if in a group)
• Polish: żałobnik (pl) m, żałobnica f
• Russian: пла́кальщик (ru) m (plákalʹščik)
• Swahili: mfiwa, mwombolezaji
• Yiddish: קלאָגער m (kloger), קלאָגערין f (klogerin), אָבֿל m (ovl)