awn

awn

See also: awn.

English

Etymology

From Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, from Old Norse ǫgn (compare Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (compare Old English agnu, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašnìs (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). More at edge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn
• Homophone: on (US, Southern) (US, Midland US) (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

awn (plural awns)

An ear of a wild rye species, showing the conspicuous awns

1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

Translations

the bristle or beard of certain plants

Abkhaz: ахәҵәы́ (axʷcʷʼə́) Bulgarian: осил (bg) (osil) Chechen: дитт (ditt) Chinese: Mandarin: 芒 (zh) (máng) Czech: osina f Dutch: kafnaald f Finnish: vihne (fi) French: barbe (fr) f Galician: argana (gl) f, aresta (gl) f, coaño (gl) m Georgian: ფხა (pxa) German: Granne (de) f Greek: αθέρας (el) m (athéras) Ancient: ἀθήρ m (athḗr) Hungarian: toklász (hu) Icelandic: týta f Irish: colg m Italian: arista (it) f, resta (it) f Korean: 까끄라기 (ko) (kkakkeuragi) Kumyk: къылчыкъ (qılçıq) Latin: arista f Norwegian: snerp n Persian: دازه‎ (dâze), تزه‎ (fa) (taze) Polish: ość (pl) f, wąs (pl) m Portuguese: arista f Russian: ость (ru) f (ostʹ) Slovak: osť f, ostina f, osina f, ôstie n, fúzy m Spanish: arista (es) f Swedish: borst (sv) n Welsh: col (cy) m

Anagrams

• NWA, WAN, Wan, naw, wan, wan-

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Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.un/, /au̯n/

Verb

awn

1. inflection of mynet:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/imperative
   2. first-person singular imperfect indicative

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃w̃/ [ˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Interjection

awn

1. (Internet slang) aw, aww (express affection)

   Awn, você é tão fofo!

   Aw, you're so cute!

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Scots

Determiner

awn

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of ain

References

• “awn, adj., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• (first-person singular conditional): elwn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au̯n/
• Rhymes: -au̯n

Verb

awn

1. inflection of mynd:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/future
   2. first-person singular conditional
   3. (literary) first-person plural imperative

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
awn	unchanged	unchanged	hawn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.