different between stonen vs shonen

English

Etymology

From Middle English stonen, alteration (due to stone) of earlier stenen, from Old English st?nen (“stony; of stone, hard as stone; stone, made of stone, built of stone”), from Proto-Germanic *stain?naz (“made of stone”), equivalent to stone +? -en. Cognate with Dutch stenen (“stonen”), German Low German stenen (“stonen”), German steinen (“stonen”).

Adjective

stonen (comparative more stonen, superlative most stonen)

1. (archaic) Consisting or made of stone.
   • 1869, William Barnes, Poems of rural life in common English:

     […] And up these well-worn blocks of stone / I came when I first ran alone, / The stonen stairs beclimb'd the mound, / Ere father put a foot to ground, […]

Translations

Anagrams

• Neston, non est, nonets, senton, sonnet, tennos, tenons, tenson, tonnes

Middle English

Etymology 1

From earlier stenen, from Old English st?nen, from Proto-Germanic *stain?naz. Equivalent to stone +? -en (“adjectival ending”).

Alternative forms

• stanene, stonene, stonyn, stonon, stonun, stoonen, stonene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??n?n/

Adjective

stonen

1. Composed or built of stone

Descendants

• English: stonen

See also

• rochen

References

• “st?nen(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.

Etymology 2

From stone; equivalent to stone +? -en (“infinitival ending”).

Alternative forms

• stone, stane, stain, stoonen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??n?n/

Verb

stonen

1. (transitive, intransitive) To throw stones
2. (transitive) To stone, execute using stones
3. (intransitive) To remove or eliminate stones or rocks

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: (to) stone

References

• “st?nen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Etymology 3

From stone; equivalent to stone +? -en (“plural ending”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??n?n/

Noun

stonen

1. plural of stone

English

Alternative forms

• sh?nen
• shounen

Etymology

From the Japanese ?? (sh?nen, “few years”).

Noun

shonen (uncountable)

1. (anime, manga) A style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male audience.

Usage notes

When applied, the term means "young man", sometimes translated as "boy". It originally referred to the art style before being applied to gender.

Coordinate terms

• shojo (female audience)

Adjective

shonen (comparative more shonen, superlative most shonen)

1. (anime, manga) Being in the style of shonen comics or animation.

Coordinate terms

• shojo (female audience)

Anagrams

• Henson

Japanese

Romanization

shonen

1. R?maji transcription of ????