Meaning

4 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

    For two months, she mourned her father's passing.

    She mourned the loss of her independence.

    trauern

    горева́тьgorevátʹ, скорбе́тьskorbétʹ, опла́киватьoplákivatʹ

    опла́куватиoplákuvaty, скорбо́тиskorbóty

  2. (ambitransitive)To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.

    In that society, a spouse is mourned for one year, a parent for six months.

    observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one

  3. (transitive)To utter in a sorrowful manner.

  4. (intransitive)To wear mourning.

Examples

96 sentences
  1. I'm in mourning.

    У мене траур. — deniko

    ruЯ в трауре. — odexed

  2. The whole neighborhood mourned his death.

    ruВся округа скорбела о его смерти. — shanghainese

  3. We all mourned for the people killed in the accident.

    ruМы все оплакивали погибших в аварии. — marafon

    deWir alle trauerten um die Menschen, die bei dem Unfall ums Leben kamen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom is in mourning.

    ruТом в трауре. — odexed

  5. I'm still in mourning.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
express sadness for, grieve over:
Русский
By meaning 1
express sadness for, grieve over:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
express sadness for, grieve over:

Origin

From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną

From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

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Forms

mourns, mourning, mourned, mourned
Base formmourn · to mourn
3rd person singularmourns
Present participlemourning
Past simplemourned
Past participlemourned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymourn
he, she, itmourns

Past simpleLesson

all personsmourned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mourned
he, she, ithas mourned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mourn

Synonyms

35 synonyms

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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