good morning
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- good morrow
- (noun): goodmorning, good-morning
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
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- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/
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Interjection
[edit]- Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.
- The teacher welcomed the kids to school with "Good morning, boys and girls."
- 2019 December 15, Hugh Graham, Alice Hutton, “Milk or tea first? Charles's butlers have the answer”, in The Sunday Times, number 10,188, page 5:
- Other rules learnt by butlers include lighting candles 15 minutes before guests enter a room, and not saying "good morning" to guests until you are 5ft away.
- (less common, more formal) A parting in the morning.
- Thank you for coming everyone and I hope to see you again next year. Good morning.
- (by extension, humorous) Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day).
- Up at the crack of dusk! Good morning!
- (by extension, informal) Said to someone who has come to a belated realization.
- You're just realizing that now? Good morning!
Usage notes
[edit]- May be shortened in casual speech to morning.
- As a greeting, may be used by anyone in almost any setting from the most casual to the most formal, close friend or stranger, regardless of age, social group, etc.
Coordinate terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
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Noun
[edit]good morning (plural good mornings)
- A greeting consisting of the interjection.
- (weightlifting) An exercise performed by bending forward at the waist and then returning to a standing posture, while bearing a barbell or resistance band across the shoulders.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:good morning.
Kankanaey
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English good morning.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Kankanaey)
- Syllabification: good mor‧ning
Interjection
[edit]- good morning (used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.)
Usage notes
[edit]- There is no equivalent to the greeting "good morning" in Kankanaey. Greetings are done using non-verbal means or is implied through different sentences. Other translations are literal but are not commonly used, while others are used in the sense to start a speech.
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of good morning
| Northern / Applai | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mt. Province | parts of Sabangan | good morning |
| Sagada | good morning gawis nan morning | |
| Others | ||
| Benguet | Atok | good morning siged ay agsapa |
| Tuba | mayat ay agew | |
| Southern / Central | ||
| Benguet | Mankayan | mayat ay agsapa |
| Kapangan | good morning mapteng ay agew | |
| Kibungan | mayat ay agsapa siged ay agsapa | |
| Buguias | mayat ay agew | |
| Mt. Province | Sabangan | good morning |
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