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tawn definition
Overview
This page has 6 definitions of tawn in English and Welsh. Tawn is a verb, noun and proper noun. Examples of how to use tawn in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
English tawn definition
Etymology 1
Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.
Pronunciation
- (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
tawn (third-person singular simple present tawns, present participle tawning, simple past and past participle tawned)
- (transitive) To tan, make tawny.
Noun
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 57395299:
- In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn, but slightly bleached withal; HE doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore.
Etymology 2
From town.
Proper noun
tawn
- (Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).
Holonyms
- Bermy, de rock
Noun
tawn (plural tawns)
- (Bermuda, countable) Pronunciation spelling of town.
Anagrams
Welsh tawn definition
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
tawn
- first-person plural present/future and imperative of tewi
Etymology 2
Verb
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