morse
A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorativeA clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.
» Do you know Morse code?
Ты знаешь азбуку Морзе?
Вы знаете азбуку Морзе?
Ти знаєш код Морзе?
Meaning
2 sensesA clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.
(obsolete)Synonym of walrus.
- a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
- United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)
Examples
8 sentencesDo you know Morse code?
Ти знаєш код Морзе?
ruТы знаешь азбуку Морзе?
Lukas and Rima communicated through Morse code.
She knows English, Chinese, Esperanto and Morse Code.
Signal lamps are used to transmit Morse code.
The ship sent distress signals in Morse code.
deDas Schiff sandte Notrufsignale im Morsecode aus.
Origin
From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”). UncFrom Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).
Uncertain, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Samic *moršë. Compare Russian морж (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later), and possibly the second element of translingual Rosmarus.
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Forms
plural: morsesSynonyms
6 synonyms- a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals):Morse codeinternational Morse code
- United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872):Samuel MorseSamuel F. B. MorseSamuel Finley Breese Morse