moraine
mo·raine/məˈɹeɪn/noun
moraine is spelled M-O-R-A-I-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (mo·raine). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, moraine means “An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of moraine is moraines.
How many letters and syllables are in moraine?
| Letters | 7: M-O-R-A-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mo·raine |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is moraine?
Moraine appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce moraine?
- UK /məˈɹeɪn/
- UK /mɒˈɹeɪn/
- US /məˈɹeɪn/
Moraine has 2 syllables, split mo·raine in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-moraine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with moraine?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as moraine from its last stressed vowel (/eɪn/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: romaine.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of moraine
- moraines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does moraine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Moraine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense accumulation of rocks and debris:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does moraine come from?
From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Compare morion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).