different between rowan vs cowan

English

Etymology 1

Scots and Northern English, of North Germanic origin (Old Norse reynir). Related to Norwegian Bokmål rogn, Danish røn. Ultimately related to the root of red.

Alternative forms

• roan (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????.?n/
• (Northern England, Scotland) IPA^(key): /??a?.?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??a?.?n/, /??o?.?n/
• Rhymes: -???n, -a??n

Noun

rowan (plural rowans)

1. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
2. Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

rowan (plural rowans)

1. Alternative form of rowen (“aftermath”)

See also

• rowan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sorbus subg. Sorbus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• WARNO, Wrona

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *r?an? (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?reh?- (“to row”). Akin to Old Frisian *r?ia (West Frisian roeie), Middle Dutch royen (Dutch roeien), Old Norse róa (Danish ro, Swedish ro).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ro?.w?n/

Verb

r?wan

1. to row (with oars etc.)

Conjugation

Related terms

• r?þor

Descendants

• Middle English: rowen
  • English: row

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1598.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• kowan [17th century], cowen [18th century]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) enPR: k???n, IPA^(key): /?k???n/
• Hyphenation: co?wan

Noun

cowan (plural cowans or (obsolete) cowanis)

1. A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
2. (freemasonry) A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.
3. (slang) A sneak; an inquisitive or prying person.
4. (in attributive use) Uninitiated, outside, “profane”.

References

Etymology 2

First attested in 1722; perhaps from the Scottish Gaelic cobhan (“coffer”, “box”, “ark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka??n/

Noun

cowan (plural cowans)

1. (Scotland, obsolete, rare) A fishing-boat.

References

• “†?Cowan?¹” listed on page 1,111 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [first edition, 1893]
  ??†?Cowan?¹.?Sc. Obs. rare^?—?¹.?[??a. Gaelic cobhan coffer, box, ark.]?A fishing-boat.?[¶]?1722 Wodrow Hist. Church Sc. II. 535 The Earl..resolved to man out..thirty large cowans or fisher-boats.
• “†cowan¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [second edition, 1989]

Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Breton kaouenn.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [?k?wan]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [?k?w?n]

Noun

cowan f (plural cowannes)

1. owl

Mutation