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morceau.

piece, slice, bit, morsel

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɔʁ.so/
  1. piece, slice, bit, morsel

    masculine
  2. piece, work

    masculine
    manger le morceau
  3. gun, piece

    Quebec · masculine · slang
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French morceau, from Old French morsel (whence also English morsel), from Early Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, past participle of mordeō, mordēre (“bite, nibble, gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”).

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