toun
See also: Toun
Middle English
Alternative forms
- town, tun, tune, towne
Etymology
Old English tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Gaulish dunon, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuːn/
Noun
toun (plural touns)
- town
Descendants
- English: town
- Scots: toun
Occitan
Alternative forms
- ton
Pronoun
toun m
- (Mistralian) your
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English toun, from Old English tūn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tun/
Noun
toun (plural touns)
- A town or village.
- A farm settlement or farmstead.