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語源

Inherited from 中期英語 aw(u)ne, agune, from Old Norse ǫgn (compare Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (compare 古期英語 agnu, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“edge, blade”), 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.

発音

• IPA: /ɔːn/
• 韻: -ɔːn
• 異形同音異義語: en (cot–caught merger); on (Southern 米国発音, Midland 米国発音 or cot–caught merger)

名詞

awn (plural awns)

1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
   • 1909, William Hutchinson, Handbook of Grasses, page 12:

     In one exotic genus, Aristida, the awn is compound, having three forks or branches; another exotic genus, Pappophorum, is remarkable in having the flowering glume armed with a dozen or more awns.

派生語

アナグラム

• NWA, WAN, Wan, naw, wan, wan-