different between garn vs brekekekex

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English garne, from Old English ?earn. Compare also Danish and Old Norse garn.

Noun

garn (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) yarn (twisted fibers for weaving)

Etymology 2

From go on.

Interjection

garn

1. (Cockney slang) A response that expresses disbelief or mockery.
   • 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion:

     Mrs Pearce: […] She may be married.

     Liza: Garn!

Anagrams

• ARNG, NARG, gRNA, gnar, gran, grna, narg, rang

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?arn/, [?????n]

Noun

garn n (singular definite garnet, plural indefinite garner or garn)

1. garn, yarn
2. thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)
3. twine (strong thread)
4. net (used for catching fish)

Inflection

Yarn, thread:

Net, twine:

See also

• garn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kartn/
• Rhymes: -artn
• Rhymes: -atn

Noun

garn n (genitive singular garns, no plural)

1. yarn

Declension

Middle English

Noun

garn

1. Alternative form of garne

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna or garnene)

1. (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
2. a net (fishing)

References

• “garn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?arn/, /?a?n/ (examples of pronunciation)

Noun

garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna)

1. (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
2. a net (fishing)

References

• “garn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *garn?, whence also Old English ?earn, Old Norse garn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Noun

garn n

1. yarn

Descendants

• Middle High German: garn
  • Cimbrian: gaarn, ghèrn
  • German: Garn
  • Luxembourgish: Gar

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German gern and gerne, Dutch gaarne. These words are ultimately related to yearn in English.

Adverb

garn

1. gladly
2. willingly
3. be likely to

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

garn n

1. yarn; a twisted strand of fiber used for e.g. knitting

Declension

Related terms

• bomullsgarn
• garnnystan
• kamgarn
• nylongarn
• redgarn
• ullgarn

Anagrams

• gran, rang

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (brekekekéx), coined by Aristophanes in the comedy The Frogs.

Interjection

brekekekex

1. (nonce word) Nonsense word supposedly imitative of frogs.
   • 1871, John Stuart Blackie, The Musical Frogs:

     Brekekekex! co-ax! co-ax! O happy, happy frogs!

     How sweet ye sing! would God that I

     Upon the sweet bubbling pool might lie,

     And sun myself to-day

     With you! No curtained bride, I ween,

     Nor pillowed babe, nor cushioned queen,

     Nor tiny fay on emerald green,

     Nor silken lady gray,

     Lies on a softer couch. O Heaven!

   • 1898, Harry Greenbank, Adrian Ross (lyrics), “A Frog he lived in a Pond”, in A Greek Slave:

     Iris:

     He warbled a plaintive rondo —

     Of brekekekex koax —

     Chorus:

     Koax!

     Iris:

     The other frogs thought it splendid,

     Most splendid —

     Chorus:

     Most splendid!

     Iris:

     Applauding him when he ended

     With brekekekex koax —

     Chorus:

     Koax!

Verb

brekekekex (third-person singular simple present brekekekexes, present participle brekekekexing, simple past and past participle brekekekexed)

1. To make a brekekekex sound; to ribbit.