lawn en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /lɑn/ (cot-caught-merger)
- (US) audio
- /lɑːn/ (India) cot–caught merger, father-bother merger
- /lɔːn/ (India)
- audio Madhya Pradesh
- /lɔn/ (Scotland)
- /loːn/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- /lɔːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /lɔn/ without the cot–caught merger
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landąder.? Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-der. Proto-Celtic *landāder.? Vulgar Latin *landa? Old French landebor. Middle English launde English laund English laune English lawn Early Modern English laune (“turf, grassy area”), alteration of laund (“glade”), from Middle English launde, from Old French lande (“heath, moor”), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Akin to Breton lann (“heath”), Old Norse & Old English land. Doublet of land and lande.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:(1) Higher rates for land uses which are a significant source of nutrient inputs to the Lakes, eg. turf farms. Or again, other things equal, high density housing with less lawn would be preferred to estates with medium density and rates structure could be adjusted accordingly.
1998, Contemporary Issues in Australian Economics, page 108:
- (England, countable, historical, regional, uncountable) An open space between woods.
- (countable, uncountable) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lawns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lawn dart · lawngrass · Lawndale · lawn chair · lawnscape · lawn rake · Oak Lawn · lawnmower · fold like a lawn chair · get off my lawn · lawn bowl · Chapel Lawn · moss lawn · lawn-mower · lawn jart · lawner · lawn billiards · tree lawn · lawn-sleeves · lawned · lawn shrimp · lawn gnome · relawn · lawn daisy · lawn mixture · widow's lawn · Fair Lawn · lawn prawn · lawn base · lawnmowing · Stalin's lawn · lawn food · lawnful · lawn-bowl · lawn sleeves · lawn tennis · lawnlet · lawn flamingo · lawn bowls · gazelle on the lawn · lawn party · lawnless · lawn jockey · lawny · get-off-my-lawn · lawn-chair · lawncare · lawnlike · lawn bowling · lawn job · lawn bubble · lawn dart effect
Translations (142)
pt clareira (open space between woods) · tr çimen (ground covered with grass) · ms rumput (ground covered with grass) · ar غَضْراء (ground covered with grass) · ru поля́на (open space between woods) · lo ທ້ອງສນາມ (ground covered with grass) · ms halaman (ground covered with grass) · hi घास का मैदान (ground covered with grass) · be лужо́к (ground covered with grass) · hy սիզամարգ (ground covered with grass) · qu q'umir pampa (ground covered with grass) · ga plásóg fhéir (ground covered with grass) · ka გაზონი (ground covered with grass) · ru лужа́йка (ground covered with grass) · fi aukea (open space between woods) · mk ледина (open space between woods) · ota چیم (ground covered with grass) · ja 芝生 (ground covered with grass) · el γκαζόν (ground covered with grass) · cmn 綠茵 /绿茵 (ground covered with grass) · id halaman (ground covered with grass) · nn grasplen (ground covered with grass) · ga léana (ground covered with grass) · cmn 草地 (ground covered with grass) · es zacate (ground covered with grass) · th สนามหญ้า (ground covered with grass) · tg майсазор (ground covered with grass) · da græsplæne (ground covered with grass) · lt veja (ground covered with grass) · ru лужа́йка (open space between woods) · la virectum (ground covered with grass) · sw ua (ground covered with grass) · es césped (ground covered with grass) · it prato (ground covered with grass) · eo gazono (ground covered with grass) · lo ສນາມ (ground covered with grass) · bn লন (ground covered with grass) · cmn 草坪 (open space between woods) · tg чаман (ground covered with grass) · nb plen (ground covered with grass) · uk газо́н (ground covered with grass) · th สนาม (ground covered with grass) · sw ua (open space between woods) · nrf partèrre d'hèrbe (ground covered with grass) · es pasto (ground covered with grass) · eo razeno (ground covered with grass) · he דֶּשֶׁא (ground covered with grass) · kk газон (ground covered with grass) · pt relvado (ground covered with grass) · id halaman rumput (open space between woods) · ky көк майсан (ground covered with grass) · io gazoneyo (ground covered with grass) · sh травњак (ground covered with grass) · nb gressplen (ground covered with grass) · de Lichtung (open space between woods) · lv mauriņš (ground covered with grass) · sh travnjak (ground covered with grass) · bg поля́на (ground covered with grass) · ko 숲 속 공터 (open space between woods) · ur لان (ground covered with grass) · de Rasen (ground covered with grass) · ar مَرْجة (ground covered with grass) · ru опу́шка (open space between woods) · is grasblettur (ground covered with grass) · cy lawnt (ground covered with grass) · fi nurmi (ground covered with grass) · ug چىمەنلىك (ground covered with grass) · fi nurmikko (ground covered with grass) · cmn 草地 (open space between woods) · ur گھاس کا مَیدان (ground covered with grass) · ru газо́н (ground covered with grass) · izh nurmi (ground covered with grass) · vi bãi cỏ (ground covered with grass) · ar مَخْضَرة (ground covered with grass) · mn зүлэг (ground covered with grass) · ms halaman rumput (ground covered with grass) · uk лужо́к (ground covered with grass) · id halaman rumput (ground covered with grass) · ko 풀밭 (ground covered with grass) · fr pelouse (ground covered with grass) · sk trávnik (ground covered with grass) · ko 초지 (ground covered with grass) · de Wiese (ground covered with grass) · fr clairière (open space between woods) · ga faiche (ground covered with grass) · fr gazon (ground covered with grass) · uz maysazor (ground covered with grass) · fa-ira چَمَن (ground covered with grass) · mwl huorto (ground covered with grass) · uz gazon (ground covered with grass) · fa-ira مَرْغْزار (ground covered with grass) · eo senarbejo (open space between woods) · km វាលស្មៅ (ground covered with grass) · ca gespa (ground covered with grass) · fi metsäaukea (open space between woods) · hy գազոն (ground covered with grass) · fi niitty (open space between woods) · eu belardi (ground covered with grass) · nl grasperk (ground covered with grass) · da plæne (ground covered with grass) · hu gyep (ground covered with grass) · mk тревник (ground covered with grass) · lb Wues (ground covered with grass) · ko 잔디밭 (ground covered with grass) · lmw lóklo (ground covered with grass) · fi ruohikko (open space between woods) · ky гүлзар (ground covered with grass) · es grama (ground covered with grass) · pt gramado (ground covered with grass) · sv gräsmatta (ground covered with grass) · hu pázsit (ground covered with grass) · az qazon (ground covered with grass) · uk галя́вина (open space between woods) · cmn 草坪 (ground covered with grass) · bg поляна (open space between woods) · mn ᠵᠦᠯᠭᠡ (ground covered with grass) · be газо́н (ground covered with grass) · pl trawnik (ground covered with grass) · it radura (open space between woods) · ga báinseach (ground covered with grass) · sl trata (ground covered with grass) · id rumput (ground covered with grass) · eo maldensejo (open space between woods) · ga plásóg (ground covered with grass) · is grasflöt (ground covered with grass) · fi pihanurmikko (ground covered with grass) · csb trôwnik (ground covered with grass) · vo yebafeled (ground covered with grass) · kk көгал (ground covered with grass) · ckb چیمەن (ground covered with grass) · tg сабзазор (ground covered with grass) · nn plen (ground covered with grass) · hi लॉन (ground covered with grass) · ro peluză (ground covered with grass) · nl gazon (ground covered with grass) · cs trávník (ground covered with grass) · es claro (open space between woods) · sq lëndinë (ground covered with grass) · lo ສະໜາມຫຍ້າ (ground covered with grass) · hsb trawnik (ground covered with grass) · tg марғзор (ground covered with grass) · et muru (ground covered with grass)