awning en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɑnɪŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈɔːnɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɔnɪŋ/ (General-American)
Etymology
1615-25 (nautical sense only); from *awn + -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans (“sloping roof”), from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *an(de)bannā (“eaves”) (compare Occitan ambans (“parapet”)), form of *ande- (intensive prefix) (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *bandā (“horn; peak”) (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).
Meanings
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A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
At Nairobi the mail waits an hour-and-a-half. The station has three long platforms, mostly covered in awnings, the island connected with the main platform (which is used by the mails in both directions) by a subway.
1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:But instead, the distinctive ironwork and glass platform awnings have been carefully refurbished, while making them compatible with the overhead wiring. Kettering's island Platform 2/3 is especially noteworthy. Although it dates from 1879, when the station was enlarged to four platforms, the same original (1857) patterns for the delicate cast-ironwork seem to have been used - […].
2022 December 14, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Kettering”, in RAIL, number 972, page 56:A few hundred yards across the pampa from where Chilean soldiers patrol the boundary, stern-faced, the Peruvian border police sit under wind-torn blue awnings, eyeing the Chileans warily.
2026 May 23, John Bartlett, “Chile's MAGA-inspired border control”, in National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.: National Public Radio:
- That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| awnings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (68)
id sengkuap (a rooflike cover) · de Sonnenschutz (that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin) · ga scáthbhrat (a rooflike cover) · hu sátortető (a rooflike cover) · fi markiisi (a rooflike cover) · fr marquise (a rooflike cover) · es entoldado (a rooflike cover) · ka ტენტი (a rooflike cover) · ota صایوان (a rooflike cover) · id auning (a rooflike cover) · cs markýza (a rooflike cover) · hi छज्जा (a rooflike cover) · hi छज्जा (that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin) · la vēlārium (a rooflike cover) · eo markezo (a rooflike cover) · ms kajang (a rooflike cover) · tr sayvan (a rooflike cover) · he סוֹכֵךְ (a rooflike cover) · cy cynfas (a rooflike cover) · tr tente (that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin) · hu előtető (a rooflike cover) · ru марки́за (a rooflike cover) · ca tendal (a rooflike cover) · hu ponyva (a rooflike cover) · el τέντα (a rooflike cover) · ja 天幕 (a rooflike cover) · hu vászonernyő (a rooflike cover) · ru наве́с (that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin) · ru тент (a rooflike cover) · hu védőtető (a rooflike cover) · ja 日よけ (a rooflike cover) · bg на́вес (a rooflike cover) · cmn 遮篷 (a rooflike cover) · ota تنته (a rooflike cover) · ru козырёк (a rooflike cover) · uk козиро́к (a rooflike cover) · ms sengkuap (a rooflike cover) · pt toldo (a rooflike cover) · da markise (a rooflike cover) · bg козирка́ (a rooflike cover) · nl luifel (that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin) · vi hiên (a rooflike cover) · es cobertizo (a rooflike cover) · ga díonbhrat (a rooflike cover) · bg те́нта (a rooflike cover) · hu ponyvatető (a rooflike cover) · pl markiza (a rooflike cover) · ru наве́с (a rooflike cover) · uk маркіза (a rooflike cover) · eo alero (a rooflike cover) · hu napellenző (a rooflike cover) · cmn 天棚 (a rooflike cover) · uk наві́с (a rooflike cover) · tr tente (a rooflike cover) · cmn 雨篷 (a rooflike cover) · ga canbhás (that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin) · es toldo (a rooflike cover) · cy cysgodlen (a rooflike cover) · nl luifel (a rooflike cover) · es marquesa (a rooflike cover) · no markise (a rooflike cover) · hu ernyő (a rooflike cover) · sv markis (a rooflike cover) · de Markise (a rooflike cover) · es marquesina (a rooflike cover) · fr auvent (a rooflike cover) · cmn 天幕 (a rooflike cover) · es tejaroz (a rooflike cover)