warren

See also: Warren

English

Etymology

From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne (compare Old French guarenne, garenne (“game-park”)), probably ultimately from *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”) (compare also Old French warir, guarir, a borrowing from this Germanic root). Alternatively from Gaulish *warrennā (“enclosed area”), from *warros (“stick, post”), Proto-Celtic *warrā (“post, prop”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒɹən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹən/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹən

Noun

warren (plural warrens)

1. The system of burrows where rabbits live.
2. An enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits.
3. (figuratively) A mazelike place of dark alleys etc in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
4. A heart-shaped hoe.

Derived terms

• warrener

Translations

the system of burrows where rabbits live

• Finnish: koloverkosto
• French: garenne (fr)
• Irish: coinicéar m
• Portuguese: covil (pt) m, madrigueira (pt) f

• Romanian: vizuină (ro) f
• Russian: уча́сток, где во́дятся кро́лики m (učástok, gde vódjatsja króliki) (no exact term exists)
• Spanish: madriguera (es) f
• Welsh: cwningar m

an enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits.

• Russian: кро́личий садо́к m (króličij sadók)

labyrinthine place

• Finnish: sokkelo (fi)

• Russian: «мураве́йник» (ru) m (“muravéjnik”)

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: zečarnik

Anagrams

• Warner, warner

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Noun

warren

1. Plural form of war