lawn

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lɔːn/
• (US) IPA: /lɔn/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /lɑn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Etymology 1

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, akin to Breton lann (“heath”)"; Old Norse & Old English land

Noun

lawn (plural lawns)

1. An open space between woods.
2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

Derived terms

• lawn mower

Translations

open space between woods

Chinese: Mandarin: 草地 (zh) (cǎodì), 草坪 (zh) (cǎopíng) Finnish: ruohikko (fi) French: clairière (fr) Indonesian: halaman rumput (id)

Macedonian: ледина (mk) (lédina) f. Portuguese: clareira (pt) Russian: опушка (ru) (opúška) f., поляна (ru) (poljána) f., лужайка (ru) (lužájka) f. Swahili: ua (sw)

ground covered with grass

Bulgarian: поляна (bg) (poljána) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 草地 (zh) (cǎodì), 草坪 (zh) (cǎopíng), 綠茵 (zh), 绿茵 (zh) (lǜyīn) Croatian: trȃvnjāk (hr) m. Czech: trávník (cs) m. Dutch: gazon (nl) n., grasperk (nl) n. Finnish: nurmikko, pihanurmikko French: gazon (m), pelouse (fr) f. German: Rasen (de) m., Wiese (de) f. Hebrew: דֶּשֶׁא (he) (déshe) Hungarian: gyep (hu), pázsit (hu) Ido: gazoneyo (io) Italian: prato (m)

Japanese: 芝生 (ja) (しばふ, shibafu) Kurdish: چیمه‌ن Macedonian: тревник (mk) (trévnik) m. Norwegian: gressplen m., plen m. Polish: trawnik (pl) m. Portuguese: grama (pt) Romanian: peluză f. Russian: газон (ru) (gazón) m., лужайка (ru) (lužájka) f. Serbian: travnjak (sr) m. Spanish: césped m., grama f. (Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela), pasto m. (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay), zacate m. (Costa Rica, Mexico). Swahili: ua (sw) Swedish: gräsmatta (sv) c.

Etymology 2

Apparently from Laon, a town in France known for its linen manufacturing.

Noun

lawn (countable and uncountable; plural lawns)

1. (uncountable) a type of thin linen or cotton
2. (in the plural) pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop
3. the office of bishop
4. (countable, obsolete) a piece of clothing made from lawn

Translations

a type of linen or cotton fabric

Finnish: musliini (fi)

Japanese: ローン (ja) (rōn), 寒冷紗 (ja) (かんれいしゃ, kanreisha)

pieces of such fabric

Finnish: musliini (fi)

office of bishop

Finnish: piispanistuin (fi)

an item of clothing made from the fabric

Finnish: musliinivaate (fi)

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Translations to be checked

Macedonian: батист (mk) (batíst) m.

Swahili: ua (sw)

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