Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 33544 6962840 2009-07-10T08:46:42Z Rose Waswa 128689 t+luy:[[mtauni]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) ==English== {{rank|show|terms|sort|435|town|dark|ye|common}} ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|ang}} [[tun|tūn]]. Cognate with Dutch [[tuin]] ‘garden’, German [[Zaun]] 'fence', Danish and Swedish [[tun]] ‘fence’. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/taʊ̯n/}}, {{SAMPA|/taUn/}} * {{audio|en-us-town.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|aʊn}} ===Noun=== {{wikipedia}} {{en-noun}} # a [[settlement]]; an area with [[residential]] [[district]]s, [[shop]]s and amenities, and its own local [[government]]. ====Synonyms==== * [[village]] * [[city]] ====Usage notes==== An urban city is typically larger than a rural town, which in turn is typically larger than a village. In rural areas, a ''town'' is considered urban. In urban areas, a ''town'' is considered suburban; a village in the suburbs. ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top|Derived terms}} * [[boom town]]/[[boomtown]] * [[county town]] * [[cow town]] * [[cross town]]/[[cross-town]]/[[crosstown]] * [[downtown]] * [[ghost town]] * [[go to town]] * [[in town]] * [[jerkwater town]] * [[man about town]] * [[market town]] * [[new town]] * [[one-horse town]] * [[out of town]] * [[paint the town red]] * [[post town]] * [[shanty town]] * [[shire town]] * [[skip town]] * [[small-town]] * [[talk of the town]] * [[town and gown]] {{rel-mid}} * [[town ball]] * [[town car]] * [[town center]]/[[town centre]] * [[town-crier]] * [[townee]] * [[towner]] * [[town gas]] * [[town hall]]/[[townhall]] * [[town house]]/[[townhouse]] * [[townhome]] * [[townie]] * [[townland]] * [[townless]] * [[townlet]] * [[town planning]] * [[townsfolk]] * [[township]] * [[townsman]] * [[town square]] * [[hometown]] * [[town twinning]] * [[twin town]] * [[uptown]] {{rel-bottom}} * {{lookfrom|town}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|settlement}} * {{trreq|Afrikaans}} * [[Ainu]]: [[コタン]] (kotan) * Albanian: {{t-|sq|qytet|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[مدينة]]}} (madīna) {{f}}, {{Arab|[[قرية|قَرْيَةٌ]]}} (qárya) {{f}} * Armenian: [[քաղաք]] (k'aġak'), [[ավան]] (avan) * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|herri|xs=Basque}} * {{trreq|Bengali}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|grad|m}}, {{t-|bs|varoš}} * [[Breton]]: [[kêr]] {{f}}, kêrioù {{p}}, [[kumun]] {{f}}, kumunioù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|град|m|tr=grad|sc=Cyrl}} * {{trreq|Burmese}} * CJKV Characters: [[堡]]; [[城]]; [[街]], [[町]] * [[Catalan]]: {{t+|ca|ciutat}} * [[Chamicuro]]: {{tø|ccc|chi'nashtalichi}} * [[Chechen]]: {{tø|ce|юрт|tr=jurt|sc=Cyrl|xs=Chechen}} * Chinese: [[城市]] (chéngshì), [[城]] (chéng), [[鎮]], [[镇]] (zhèn) * [[Chuvash]]: {{tø|cv|хула|tr=khula}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|grad|m|tr=grâd}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|město|n}} * Danish: {{t-|da|by}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|gemeente|f}}, {{t+|nl|stad|f}}, {{t-|nl|nederzetting|f}} * Esperanto: {{t+|eo|urbo|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|linn}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|kunta}}, {{t+|fi|kaupunki}} * French: {{t+|fr|commune|f}}, {{t+|fr|ville|f}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ქალაქი|tr=k'alak'i|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Gemeinde|f}}, {{t+|de|Stadt|f}}, {{t|de|Ort|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|κωμόπολη|f|tr=komópoli|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|πολίχνη|f|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|κώμη|f|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: {{t+|he|עיר|f|alt=עִיר|tr=ir|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: [[नगर]] (nagar) * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|város}} * [[Ido]]: {{t|io|urbo}} * Irish: {{t+|ga|baile|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|città|f}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|街|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|町|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|まち|tr=machi|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Khmer]]: {{Khmr|[[ទីក្រុង]]}} (dtī grong), {{Khmr|[[ផ្សារ]]}} (psā) * Korean: [[읍]] (eup) * {{trreq|Kurdish}} * Latin: {{t+|la|oppidum|n}} * Luhya: {{tø|luy|mtauni}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|град|m|tr=grád|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}, {{t|mk|паланка|f|tr=pálanka|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Malay: {{t-|ms|bandar|xs=Malay}} * Maltese: {{t-|mt|raħal|xs=Maltese}} * {{trreq|Maori}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|by}} * {{trreq|Old English}} * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[شهرک]]}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vila|f}}, {{t+|pt|aldeia|f}}, {{t+|pt|povoado|m}}, {{t+|pt|arraial|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|oraş|n}}, [[oraşe]] {{p}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|город|m|tr=górod|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|नगर|n|tr=nágara|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scots]]: {{tø|sco|toun|xs=Scots}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[baile#Scottish Gaelic|baile]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t-|sr|град|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t-|sr|варош|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: [[grad]] {{m}}, [[varoš]] {{f}}, [[palanka]] {{f}} * Slovak: {{t+|sk|mesto|n}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|mesto|n}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|ciudad|f}}, {{t+|es|pueblo|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|mji|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|stad|c}}, {{t+|sv|tätort|c}} * [[Taos]]: [[plòso’óna]] * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|పట్టణము|tr=paTTaNamu|sc=Telu}}, {{t|te|పట్నము|tr=paTnamu|sc=Telu}} * {{trreq|Tetum}} * Thai: {{Thai|[[เมือง]]}} (meuang), {{Thai|[[พารา]]}} (paaraa), {{Thai|[[นคร]]}} (nákon) * {{trreq|Tongan}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|ilçe}}, {{t+|tr|kasaba}} * Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tỉnh|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|tref|f|xs=Welsh}} * Yiddish: {{t|yi|שטעטל|n|tr=shtetl|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===See also=== * [[urban]] * [[suburban]] * [[rural]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[af:town]] [[ar:town]] [[zh-min-nan:town]] [[de:town]] [[et:town]] [[el:town]] [[es:town]] [[fr:town]] [[ko:town]] [[hy:town]] [[io:town]] [[id:town]] [[it:town]] [[kk:town]] [[sw:town]] [[ku:town]] [[lo:town]] [[lt:town]] [[hu:town]] [[nl:town]] [[no:town]] [[pl:town]] [[simple:town]] [[sr:town]] [[fi:town]] [[sv:town]] [[ta:town]] [[te:town]] [[th:town]] [[tr:town]] [[uk:town]] [[vi:town]] [[zh:town]]