tawn
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɔːn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɔn/
- (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /tɑn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn, -ɔn, -ɑn
- Homophone: torn (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
Verb edit
tawn (third-person singular simple present tawns, present participle tawning, simple past and past participle tawned)
- (transitive) To tan, make tawny.
Noun edit
tawn (plural tawns)
- (rare) A tan.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 5”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn, but slightly bleached withal; HE doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore.
Etymology 2 edit
From town.
Proper noun edit
tawn
- (Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).
- 2013 September 5, James Burton, “Burton's Banter: Our rich dialogue — as moreish as a cold burr...”, in The Bermuda Sun[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2022:
- 12:30pm: Went tahn to get some greeze. Parked opposite de lye-berry.
Alternative forms edit
Holonyms edit
Noun edit
tawn (plural tawns)
Anagrams edit
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
tawn
- first-person plural present/future and imperative of tewi
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tawn
- first-person singular counterfactual conditional of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)
- (pe) tawn i hapus ― if I were happy