starn
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English sterne, starn, From Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of star.
Noun
editstarn (plural starns)
- (Scotland, Northern England) A star.
References
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old English stearn.
Noun
editstarn (plural starns)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “starn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editNoun
editstarn
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of sterne
Scots
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English steorrne, sterrne, sterne, starne, from Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).
Noun
editstarn (plural starns)
Welsh
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English stern.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editstarn f or m (plural starnau, not mutable)
- (nautical) stern (rear part of a ship)
- (figurative) rear
- Synonym: pen-ôl
Synonyms
editMutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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starn | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
References
edit- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)n
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)n/1 syllable
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- English terms inherited from Old English
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- en:Starlings
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- Scots terms derived from Middle English
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- Welsh terms borrowed from English
- Welsh terms derived from English
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/arn
- Rhymes:Welsh/arn/1 syllable
- Welsh lemmas
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- Welsh countable nouns
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- Welsh nouns with multiple genders
- cy:Nautical
- cy:Ship parts