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awn en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɔːn/

Etymology

Inherited 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 ašni̇̀s (“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.

Meanings

1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
   • In one exotic genus, Aristida, the awn is compound, having three forks or branches; another exotic genus, Pappophorum, is remarkable in having the flowering glume armed with a dozen or more awns. 1909, William Hutchinson, Handbook of Grasses, page 12:

Forms

Deriveds

awny · awnless · awner · awned · awnlet · purple three-awn grass · awnlike · threeawn

Translations (60)

ko 까끄라기 (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · ba ҡылсыҡ (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · it resta (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · mk о́сил (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · eo aristo (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · ru ость (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · sk osina (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · ce дитт (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · pt arista (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · ota سونكو (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · az qılçıq (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · fi vihne (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · uz qil-tiriq (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · fa تزه (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · it arista (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · sk osť (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · cv хылчӑк (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · alt кылган (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · ar سَفَاة (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · slr qılçıq (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · gl aresta (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · is týta (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · gl argana (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · ab ахәҵәы́ (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · gl coaño (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · tt кылчык (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · tk gylçyk (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · kk қылқан (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · sk ostina (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · sk ôstie (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · kum къылчыкъ (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · ga colg (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · bg осил (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · grc ἀθήρ (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · no snerp (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · la arista (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · pl wąs (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · es arista (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · fr barbe (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · fa دازه (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · tr kılçık (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · ug قىلتىرىق (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · cy col (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · uz qiltiq (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · izh oas (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · cmn 芒 (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · cs osina (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · de Granne (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · ky кылкан (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · el αθέρας (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · pl ość (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · et ohe (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · hu toklász (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · ka ფხა (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · sv borst (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · crh qılçıq (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · sk fúzy (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · nl kafnaald (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · uz qiltanoq (the bristle or beard of certain plants) · el άγανο (the bristle or beard of certain plants)