mourner
/ˈmɔɹnɚ/noun
mourner is spelled M-O-U-R-N-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mourner means “Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mourner is mourners.
How many letters and syllables are in mourner?
| Letters | 7: M-O-U-R-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 70,702nd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 mourner?
Mourner appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd 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 mourner?
- US /ˈmɔɹnɚ/
- UK /ˈmɔːnə/
- /ˈmo(ː)ɹnɚ/
Mourner has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mourner.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mourner?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mourner from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹnəɹ/):
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 mourner
- mourners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mourner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
- 2
A person attending a funeral or otherwise participating in rituals related to bereavement.
- 3
In certain cultures, a person hired to participate in funerary rituals, sometimes by making a conspicuous and/or conventional show of grief; hired mourner.
- 4
Any of a number of suboscine birds in the related familes Tityridae and Tyrannidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mourner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Trauernder, Trauernde |
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 mourner come from?
From Middle English mourner, mornere, equivalent to mourn + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).