different between rowan vs sorbic

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

sorb +? -ic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)b?k

Adjective

sorbic (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to the rowan tree (the sorb).
2. (chemistry) Of, or derived from sorbic acid.

Anagrams

• Brisco, cribos