English

Noun

morgue ‎(plural morgues)

1. A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
   • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 34:

     They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board.

2. A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
3. The archive and background information division of a newspaper.

Kwapil, Joseph F. (2 July 1921) "Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue", Fourth Estate page 5.

Synonyms

• (place for corpses): See mortuary

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁɡ/

Noun

morgue f ‎(plural morgues)

1. morgue

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

morgue

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of morgar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of morgar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of morgar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of morgar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from French morgue.

Noun

morgue f ‎(plural morgues)

1. morgue