different between duan vs durn

English

Etymology

From Goidelic (Irish and Scottish).

Noun

duan (plural duans)

1. A division of a poem corresponding to a canto.
2. A poem or song.

Anagrams

• Danu, Duna, Düna

Albanian

Verb

duan

1. third-person plural present indicative of dua

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

duan

1. accusative singular of dua

Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *d?ewg?-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

duan m (genitive singular duain, nominative plural duanta)

1. poem
2. song

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "duan" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Mandarin

Romanization

duan

1. Nonstandard spelling of du?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of du?n.
3. Nonstandard spelling of duàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old Frisian

Verb

du?n

1. Alternative spelling of dw?

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *d?ewg?-.

Noun

duan m (genitive singular duain, plural duain)

1. poem
2. song

Synonyms

• dàn, òran

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Etymology 1

Adjective

durn (not comparable)

1. (US, informal, euphemistic) darn; damn.

Derived terms

• durn tootin'

Adverb

durn (not comparable)

1. (US, informal, euphemistic) Darn; damned; extremely.
   • 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate

     The older man eyed him for a moment bale fully. "I'm goin' to set 'em again," he replied, "and don't you touch 'em. I'm goin' to trap where I durn please. There's two of you, but you don't bluff me out, not any."

Interjection

durn

1. (US, informal, euphemistic) darn; damn

Derived terms

• durn tootin'

Etymology 2

Verb

durn

1. (slang) Rhoticized pronunciation of doing.

   How ya durn?

Etymology 3

Noun

durn (plural durns)

1. Alternative form of dern (“a doorpost”)

Anagrams

• Rund, nurd