morganatic
/mɔɹɡəˈnætɪk/adjective
morganatic is spelled M-O-R-G-A-N-A-T-I-C: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, morganatic means “Designating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in morganatic?
| Letters | 10: M-O-R-G-A-N-A-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 morganatic?
Morganatic appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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 morganatic?
- UK /mɔːɡəˈnætɪk/
- US /mɔɹɡəˈnætɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-morganatic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with morganatic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as morganatic from its last stressed vowel (/ætɪk/):
- democratic
- automatic
- diplomatic
- static
- problematic
- systematic
- traumatic
- bureaucratic
- erratic
- pancreatic
- aromatic
- enigmatic
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).
What does morganatic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Designating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no claim on the husband's possessions or title). It was not an aspect of English law, but was common in other royal houses, especially in Germany.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Morganatic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense designating a marriage between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | morganatique |
| German | morganatisch |
| Portuguese | morganático |
| Spanish | morganático |
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 morganatic come from?
From New Latin morganāticus, from the Medieval Latin phrase mātrimōnium ad morganāticum, from Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō (“morning gift”) (whence Old English morgenġiefu).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).