awn

English

Etymology

Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, agene, from Old Danish aghn (compare modern avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō 'chaff' (compare Old English ægnan, Frisian/Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Old Latin agna 'ear of wheat', Lithuanian ašnìs, Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ (“sharp”). More at edge.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Noun

awn (plural awns)

1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

Translations

the bristle or beard of certain plants

• Bulgarian: осил (bg) (osil)

• Finnish: vihne (fi)

Anagrams

• NWA
• wan, WAN