taverne

See also: Taverne

English

Noun

taverne (plural tavernes)

1. Obsolete form of tavern.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 49, column 2:

     Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin taberna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

taverne f (plural tavernes)

1. tavern

Descendants

• → Romanian: tavernă

Further reading

• “taverne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• avèrent, énervât, entrave, entravé, éventra, vénérât, ventera, vétéran

Italian

Noun

taverne f

1. plural of taverna

Anagrams

• nervate, vernate

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tavarn, tavarne, tavern, taveron, tawern, tawerne

Etymology

From Old French taverne, from Latin taberna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈvɛrn(ə)/, /ˈtavərn(ə)/

Noun

taverne (plural tavernes)

1. bar, pub
2. church-ale
3. (rare) storehouse

Derived terms

• taverner

Descendants

• English: tavern
• Scots: tavern

References

• “taverner(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin taberna.

Noun

taverne oblique singular, f (oblique plural tavernes, nominative singular taverne, nominative plural tavernes)

1. tavern

Descendants

• Middle French: taverne
  • French: taverne
    • → Romanian: tavernă
• → Irish: tábhairne
• → Middle Dutch: taverne
  • Dutch: taverne
• → Middle English: taverne
  • English: tavern
  • Scots: tavern