Dictionary

bourn en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /bɔːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /boən/ non-rhotic
• /boɹn/ (General-American)
• /boːɹn/ rhotic
• (US) audio

Etymology

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of bourne (“small stream or brook”).
   alt of bourne
   • My little boat can safely passe this perilous bourne. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 10:

Forms

bourn en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /bɔːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /boən/ non-rhotic
• /boɹn/ (General-American)
• /boːɹn/ rhotic
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of bourne (“destination; limit”).
   alt of bourne

Forms

Deriveds

bournless