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Meaning of Morgue | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

mɔːɡ

Definitions

A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
archaic
A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
The archive and background information division of a newspaper.
archaic

Equivalents

Afrikaans dodehuis lykhuis

العربية المشرحة مشرحة

Azərbaycanca meyitxana morq ölüxana

Bosanski mrtvačnica мртвачница

Català dipòsit de cadàvers

Čeština márnice

Cymraeg madrodd marwdy

Dansk lighus ligkapel

Deutsch Leichenhalle Leichenhaus Leichenschauhaus Totenhalle

Ελληνικά νεκροθάλαμος νεκροστάσιο νεκροτομείο νεκροφυλακείο

Esperanto kadavrejo

Español depósito de cadáveres morgue

Suomi ruumishuone

Français morgue morgue

Gaeilge marbhlann

हिन्दी शवगृह

Hrvatski mrtvačnica мртвачница

Magyar hullaház

Հայերեն դիահերձարան դիարան

Bahasa Indonesia kamar mayat

Íslenska líkhús

Italiano camera mortuaria morgue obitorio

日本語モルグ死体安置所死体置き場遺体安置所霊安室霊安所

ქართული მორგი

Қазақша мәйітхана мүрдехана өлікхана

ខ្មែរ ឆវគ្រឹះ ផ្ទះសព សវមន្ទីរ

한국어 시체공시소 영안실

Kurdî morg

Latina mortuarium

ລາວ ໂຮງເຢັນ

Te Reo Māori whare tūpāpaku

Македонски мртовечница

Монгол оршуулгын

မြန်မာဘာသာ ရင်ခွဲရုံ ရေခဲတိုက်

Nederlands lijkenhuis mortuarium

Polski kostnica trupiarnia

Português morgue necrotério

Română morgă

Русский мертве́цкая морг поко́йницкая

Slovenčina márnica

Српски mrtvačnica мртвачница

Svenska bårhus

Kiswahili chumba cha maiti mochari

ไทย ห้องดับจิต โรงเก็บศพ

Tagalog morge

Türkçe morg ölühane

Українська морг

Tiếng Việt nhà xác

Examples

“They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board.”

“Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue”

“Shand: get down to the Record and the Trib. See what they've got on Elliot in their morgues.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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