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found
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: found, IPA(key): /fa?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Etymology 1
See find.
Verb
found
- simple past tense and past participle of find
Synonyms
- (past participle): discovered; repertitious (by chance or upon advice, obs.)
Derived terms
- found art
- found footage
- found literature
- found music
- found object
- found poetry
- lost and found
- unfound
Noun
found (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Food and lodging; board.
Etymology 2
From Middle English founden, from Old French founder (Modern French: fonder), from Latin fund?re. Compare fund.
Verb
found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)
- (transitive) To start (an institution or organization).
- (transitive) To begin building. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (to start organization): establish
Antonyms
- (to begin building): ruin
- (to start organization): dissolve, abolish
Related terms
- foundation
- founder
Translations
References
- Oxford Online Dictionary, found
- WordNet 3.1: A Lexical Database for English, Princeton University
Etymology 3
From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir.
Verb
found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)
- To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
- To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
Related terms
- foundry
Translations
Etymology 4
Noun
found (plural founds)
- A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.
Anagrams
- fondu
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inn
English
Etymology
From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n, IPA(key): /?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
- Homophone: in
Noun
inn (plural inns)
- Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
- A tavern.
- One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
- (Britain, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
- (obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (pub): See also Thesaurus:pub
- (lodging place): See also Thesaurus:lodging place
Derived terms
- coaching inn
- New Inn
- Tram Inn
Translations
Verb
inn (third-person singular simple present inns, present participle inning, simple past and past participle inned)
- (obsolete, transitive) To house; to lodge.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To take lodging; to lodge.
See also
Anagrams
- NIN, NNI, Nin, nin
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- in (preposition) (Luserna)
Etymology
From Middle High German in, from Old High German in, from Proto-Germanic *in. Cognate with German in, English in.The sense “east” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetian: vago dentro a Axiago (“I go east to Asiago”, literally “I go inward to Asiago”).
Preposition
inn
- (Sette Comuni, + dative) in
Derived terms
- deninn
Adverb
inn
- (Sette Comuni, Luserna) inside
- (Sette Comuni) east
References
- “inn” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
German
Preposition
inn
- Obsolete spelling of in
Gothic
Romanization
inn
- Romanization of ????????????
Icelandic
Adverb
inn
- in, inside
Derived terms
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Contraction of finn, from French finir (“finish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in/
Verb
inn (medial form inn)
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate present perfect tense or past tense.
Related terms
- ti finn
- fini
Middle English
Noun
inn
- Alternative form of in (“inn”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse inn
Adverb
inn
- inside, in (indicating movement into)
- in, into
Derived terms
References
- “inn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse inn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?/
Adverb
inn
- inside, in (indicating movement into)
- in, into
Derived terms
References
- “inn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inn/, [in]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *inn.
Adverb
inn
- in (with allative direction)
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Festival of St. Peter the Apostle"
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 25:35
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 7:13
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Festival of St. Peter the Apostle"
Antonyms
- ?t
Related terms
- inne
Etymology 2
Probably from inne (“in, inside”).
Noun
inn n
- inn
Related terms
- innian
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *inn (“in, into”).
Adverb
inn (comparative innarr, superlative innstr)
- in, into
Related terms
- í
- innan
- inni
References
- inn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *jainaz (“that over there, yon”). Cognate with Old English ?eon, Old Frisian jen, jena, Old High German j?ner, Gothic ???????????????????? (jains).
Alternative forms
- enn, hinn
Article
inn (feminine in, neuter it)
- the (definite article)
Usage notes
The article is often used enclitically, at the end of the noun. This later developed into the definite forms of the noun.
Declension
References
- inn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Skolt Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
inn
- night
Inflection
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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