different between inn vs innyard

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)

1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
2. A tavern.
3. One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.

4. (Britain, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.

5. (obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.

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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)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To house; to lodge.

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2. (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

1. (Sette Comuni, + dative) in

Derived terms

• deninn

Adverb

inn

1. (Sette Comuni, Luserna) inside
2. (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

1. Obsolete spelling of in

Gothic

Romanization

inn

1. Romanization of ????????????

Icelandic

Adverb

inn

1. in, inside

Derived terms

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of finn, from French finir (“finish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in/

Verb

inn (medial form inn)

1. (auxiliary) Used to indicate present perfect tense or past tense.

Related terms

• ti finn
• fini

Middle English

Noun

inn

1. Alternative form of in (“inn”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse inn

Adverb

inn

1. inside, in (indicating movement into)

2. in, into

Derived terms

References

• “inn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse inn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?/

Adverb

inn

1. inside, in (indicating movement into)

2. 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

1. 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

Antonyms

• ?t

Related terms

• inne

Etymology 2

Probably from inne (“in, inside”).

Noun

inn n

1. inn

Related terms

• innian

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *inn (“in, into”).

Adverb

inn (comparative innarr, superlative innstr)

1. 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)

1. 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

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Noun

inn

1. 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

English

Etymology

inn +? yard

Noun

innyard (plural innyards)

1. The yard of an inn.
   • 1791, Ann Ward Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Dublin: P. Wogan et al., Volume 2, Chapter 11, p. 8,^[1]

     [He] had scarcely left the room, when Adeline observed a party of horsemen enter the inn-yard, and she had no doubt these were the persons from whom they fled.

   • 1839, Charles Lever, The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Dublin: W. Curry, Chapter 26, p. 199,^[2]

     I immediately opened the door and stepped out into the inn-yard, crowded with conducteurs, grooms, and ostlers, who, I thought, looked rather surprised at seeing me emerge from the diligence.

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Chapter 1, p. 6,^[3]

     I shall never forget the last glimpse which I had of the inn-yard and its crowd of picturesque figures, all crossing themselves, as they stood round the wide archway, with its background of rich foliage of oleander and orange trees in green tubs clustered in the centre of the yard.

   • 1943, Graham Greene, The Ministry of Fear, Vintage, 2004, Chapter 7,

     His heart beat at the sight of her, as though he were a young man and this his first assignation outside a cinema, in a Lyons Corner House . . . or in an inn yard in a country town where dances were held.