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forn
English
Etymology
From Middle English forn, from Old English foran (“before, in front, forward, to the front”). More at fore.
Adverb
forn (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Fore, before; in front of; forward; previously.
- 1598-1602, [author unknown], The Parnassus plays
- Stories of love, where forne the wondring bench, / The lisping gallant might injoy his wench.
- 1598-1602, [author unknown], The Parnassus plays
Anagrams
- Fron, Norf.
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan forn, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *g??r?-nós, from *g??er- (“warm, hot”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?fo?n/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?forn/
Noun
forn m (plural forns)
- oven
- bakery
- Synonyms: fleca, forn de pa
Derived terms
- forn de microones
- forn de pa
Related terms
- fornell
- forner
Further reading
- “forn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “forn” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “forn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “forn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin furnus. Cognate with Welsh ffwrn (“oven”)
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [f?rn]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [v?rn]
Noun
forn f (plural fornow)
- oven
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?rtn/
- Rhymes: -?rtn
Adjective
forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastur)
- old, ancient
Declension
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ?????? (furn), from Aramaic ?????? / ?????? (p?rn?), from Ancient Greek ??????? (phoûrnos), from Latin furnus. There is no reason to doubt the inheritance of the word in Maltese and consider it a borrowing from an Italo-Romance cognate such as Italian forno. The Arabic word is attested early, the outcome forn is expected in Maltese, and so is the plural fran from Arabic ???????? (?afr?n). Only the derivative furnar (“baker”) is, of course, a borrowing (widely replacing native ?abbie?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?rn/
Noun
forn m (plural fran)
- oven
Related terms
- furnar
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.
Adjective
forn (masculine and feminine forn, neuter fornt, definite singular and plural forne, comparative fornare, indefinite superlative fornast, definite superlative fornaste)
- old, ancient
References
- “forn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin furnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu?n/
Noun
forn m (plural forns)
- oven
Dialectal variants
- horn (Gascon)
Derived terms
- enfornar
- fornairon
- fornariá
- fornejar
- fornatge
- fornèl
- fornelar
- fornial
- fornièr
- fornassa
- fornada
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *fur-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fo?rn/, [fo?r?n]
Adverb
f?rn
- before, in front of, opposit, across from
Related terms
- forne
- foran
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *furhn? (“trout”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /forn/, [for?n]
Noun
forn f
- trout
Usage notes
- The precise gender of the word is unknown. It is generally regarded as a feminine a-stem due to cognates in related Germanic languages.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fernaz (“foregoing, previous; recent”), from Proto-Indo-European *perHm-, *perH- (“fore, first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”). Cognate with Old English firn, fyrn-, Old Frisian f?r, f?r, Old Saxon fern, Old High German firni, Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (fairneis).
Adjective
forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastr)
- old, ancient
Declension
Descendants
References
- forn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin furnus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French forn.
Noun
forn m (oblique plural forns, nominative singular forns, nominative plural forn)
- oven (device for baking, cooking, etc.)
Descendants
- Catalan: forn
- Occitan: forn
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “furnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 30, page 902
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.
Adjective
forn
- ancient, very old
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: forn
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish forn, from Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz (“foregoing, previous; recent”), from Proto-Indo-European *per?m-, *per?- (“fore, first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”)
Adjective
forn
- ancient, very old
Declension
Related terms
- fornforskare
- fornforskning
- forngermansk
- fornminne
- fornnordisk
- fornsvensk
- forntid
forn From the web:
fern
English
Etymology
From Middle English ferne, from Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”). Cognate with West Frisian fear, Dutch varen, German Farn, Lithuanian spar?nas, Avestan ????????????????????????? (par?na), Kamkata-viri por, Sanskrit ???? (par?á).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f?n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
Noun
fern (plural ferns)
- Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
Synonyms
- (Pteridophyta): Filicophyta (archaic)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- bracken
Further reading
- fern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- fren, fren', nerf
German
Etymology
From Old High German ferrana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??n/
- Rhymes: -??n
Adjective
fern (comparative ferner, superlative am fernsten)
- remote
- far away
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “fern” in Duden online
- “fern” in Duden online
- “fern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Icelandic
Etymology
From the root fer-. Compare tvennur, þrennur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?rtn/
- Rhymes: -?rtn
Adjective
fern
- four (used when counting singular nouns, pluralia tantum or groupings (especially pairs) of items, or when the item counted is missing from the sentence or separated by the preposition af (“of”))
- fernir skór – four pairs of shoes
- fernir tónleikar – four concerts (tónleikar is plurale tantum)
- Þetta má gera á fernan hátt. – This can be done in four ways. (háttur cannot be used in its plural form in this sense)
- Það er fernt sem mig vantar. – There are four [things] that I need. (noun omitted)
- Ég vil fá fernt af öllu. – I want four of everything.
Inflection
Derived terms
- ferna
Related terms
- fer-
- fjórir
- tvennur
- þrennur
Middle English
Alternative forms
- vern, fearn, farn, varn, firn
Etymology
From Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??rn/, /f?rn/
Noun
fern (plural ferns)
- fern
Descendants
- English: fern
- Scots: farne, fairn
- Yola: fearn
References
- “f??rn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wern? (compare Welsh gwern). Cognate with Old Armenian ????? (geran).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?er?n?/
Noun
fern f (genitive fernae, nominative plural ferna)
- alder
- shield (made of alder wood)
- pole, stake
- the letter F
Inflection
Descendants
- Irish: fearn
- ? Irish: fearnóg
- Manx: farney
- Scottish Gaelic: feàrna
Mutation
Old Saxon
Noun
fern m
- Alternative form of infern
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- what ferns are safe for cats
- what ferns do well in sun
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