morceau

American  

[mawr-soh] / mɔrˈsoʊ /

noun

French.

• morceaux
  plural

1. piece; morsel.

2. an excerpt or passage of poetry or music.

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morceau British  

/ mɔrso /

noun

1. a fragment or morsel

2. a short composition, esp a musical one

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• morceaux
  plural

Etymology

Origin of morceau

C18: from Old French: _morsel

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

morceau morceaux

It's a morceau de vie, as the French say.

From Picture and Text 1893 by Henry James

Then he played the second movement of his symphony, and it is the most exquisite morceau you can imagine.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Amy Fay

So with a charming abandon she relieved her pretty teeth of the morceau, replaced it with another, helped herself to a second novel, settled back on her pillow, and opened the enchanted pages.

From Quick Action by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

"Si j'avais un morceau de craie je mettrais celle-là dans un; bocal c'est un fœtus"; in a word, all that the journals of culture are pleased to term an artistic education.

From Confessions of a Young Man by George (George Augustus) Moore

An allegro morceau from the life of Grétry:

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various

I think that the petits morceaux from the operas were but side-shows.

From Westward with the Prince of Wales by W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas) Newton

In these morceaux, some of which are designed as themes for improvisation, he pretends to an acquaintance with the whole field of knowledge.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell

The music played by these men, those "morceaux fugues," once the pride and pleasure of the Netherlands, is now the wonder and despair of the modern bell ringer, however skillful he may be.

From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by George Wharton Edwards

However, in morceaux d'ensemble he is quite at home, and, of course, shews himself to great advantage.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon

He admired Shakespeare, acknowledged his influence, but deplored his deficiencies in taste and art, "le Corneille de Londres, grand fou d'ailleurs, mais il a des morceaux admirables."

From The Facts About Shakespeare by William Allan Nielson