different between forn vs firn

English

Etymology

From Middle English forn, from Old English foran (“before, in front, forward, to the front”). More at fore.

Adverb

forn (not comparable)

1. (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.

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)

1. oven
2. 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)

1. oven

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rtn/

  Rhymes: -?rtn

Adjective

forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastur)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. old, ancient

References

• “forn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin furnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu?n/

Noun

forn m (plural forns)

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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

1. ancient, very old

Declension

Related terms

• fornforskare
• fornforskning
• forngermansk
• fornminne
• fornnordisk
• fornsvensk
• forntid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Firn, from Alemannic German firn (“last year's”), from Old High German firni (“old”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *firnijaz, *fernaz (“foregoing, previous”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, forward, across, through”); cognate with Old English fyrn (“former”), Old Norse forn (“old”), and Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (fairneis, “old”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /f??n/

Noun

firn (countable and uncountable, plural firns)

1. A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snow-cone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.

   Synonym: névé

Derived terms

• firnification

Translations

Further reading

• firn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• NIRF

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?rn]
• Hyphenation: firn

Noun

firn m inan

1. firn

Declension

Further reading

• firn in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• firn in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

German

Etymology

From Middle High German virne, from Old High German firni, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f??n]

Adjective

firn (comparative firner, superlative am firnsten)

1. (wine) aged

Declension

Related terms

• Firn
• Firne

Further reading

• “firn” in Duden online
• “firn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “firn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [firn]

Noun

firn m (genitive singular firnu, nominative plural firny, genitive plural firnov, declension pattern of dub)

1. firn

Declension

References

• firn in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk