different between bourn vs ourn

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??n/, /b??n/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /bo(?)?n/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /bo?n/
• Homophone: borne
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Etymology 1

Doublet of burn.

Noun

bourn (plural bourns)

1. A small stream or brook.

Related terms

• burn

Etymology 2

From French borne.

Noun

bourn (plural bourns)

1. Destination.
2. Limit.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourn.

See also

• bourne

Anagrams

• Bornu, Bruno, buron

English

Alternative forms

• our'n

Etymology

From Middle English ourn, ouren, from Old English ?rne and similar forms. Compare mine, thine; also compare and see hern. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, ours, which see for more.

Pronoun

ourn

1. (obsolete outside Britain and US dialects, especially Appalachia) Ours.

Related terms

• hisn, his'n
• hern, her'n
• yourn, your'n
• theirn, their'n

References

• “ourn” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• roun, roun'

Middle English

Pronoun

ourn

1. Alternative form of ouren