morue

From Old French morlue, a compound of Breton mor (“sea”) + Old French lus (“pike”).

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ʁy/

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morue f (plural morues)

1. cod
2. (derogatory) a whore; a broad
3. (derogatory) an ugly person; an oaf

   Synonym: thon

• huile de foie de morue
• morue charbonnier

• Haitian Creole: lanmori
• → Lingala: molí
• → Arabic: مُورَة (mūra)

• “morue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

morue

1. alternative form of morwe