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

For encore she dashed off a brilliant morceau by Herr Klug, entitled "Echoes de Seraglio."

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

"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 Moore, George (George Augustus)

Pas un morceau de il—we’d tied them; but we’d still to lick them.

From The Master of the Shell by Reed, Talbot Baines

The precious morceau is concluded, and the improvisatore's name appears in a constellation of zig-zags.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. by Various

This morceau of the finest eloquence touched me to my very soul; it is the privilege of superior writers sometimes, unwittingly, to solace the unfortunate in all countries, and at all times.

From Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. by Stael-Holstein, Auguste Louis Baron de

In morceaux d'ensemble, he is quite at home, and when he dialogues with the orchestra, he shews much energy and feeling.

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

The public wrote them, the public applauded them, and precious morceaux of wit and eloquence they were,—except some few, of a better quality, which it is well known were furnished by professed dramatic writers.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various

Happy were we that our friendly entertainer was content with this milder exhibition of benevolence; for it did not require any great ingenuity to pretend a mistake as to the identity of morceaux.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various

Her compositions include a piano concerto, a piano quartette, and a number of excellent smaller works, such as an impromptu, two meditations, six petits morceaux, and some valses for two pianos.

From Woman's Work in Music by Elson, Arthur

These, and a few others like them, will no doubt appear among the morceaux choisis of a coming day.

From A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.