English
Alternative spellings
þorn, þ italbrac|letter of the alphabet
Etymology
ME. þorn and OE. þorn, from common Ger. *thurn(u)-, from PIE. *(s)ter-n- "sharp stalk or thorn", possibly derived from *ster- "stiff". Near cognates include German Dorn and Gothic ð��¸ð��°ð��¿ð���ð��½ð��¿ð��� (þaurnus). Further cognates include Old Church Slavonic Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�нÑ� (trÅnÅ) "thorn" and Sanskrit तà¥�ण (tá¹�á¹�a) "grass".
Pronunciation
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!w:IPA|IPA
| IPAchar|/θ��n/ || IPAchar|/θ�rn/
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! w:SAMPA|SAMPA
| /TO:n/ || /TOrn/
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audio|en-us-thorn.ogg|Audio (US)
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audio|en-uk-thorn.ogg|Audio (UK)
Noun
en-noun
- A sharp protective spine of a plant.
- A letter of the Latin alphabet (capital: �, small: þ), borrowed by Old English from the futhark to represent a dental fricative, then not distinguished from eth, but in modern use (in Icelandic and other languages, but no longer in English) used only for the voiceless dental fricative found in English thigh
#* See also Etymology of ye (definite article).
Derived terms
top2
thorn apple
thornbush
thorn in one's side
mid2
Thornton
thorny
Translations
trans-top|sharp protective spine of a plant
Danish: torn c
Hebrew: he-translation|ש�ת|shayit m
trans-mid
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trans-top|letter of the lattin alphabet (�, þ)
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ttbc|Afrikaans: doring
ttbc|Albanian: gjemb m
ttbc|Catalan: espina f
ttbc|Crimean Tatar: tegenek
ttbc|Croatian: trn m
ttbc|Dutch: doorn m
ttbc|Esperanto: dorno
ttbc|German: Dorn m
ttbc|French: épine f
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ttbc|Hungarian: tüske, tövis
ttbc|Icelandic: þorn
ttbc|Indonesian: duri
ttbc|Italian: spina f
ttbc|Kurdish: KUchar|د�ک
ttbc|Polish: cier� m
ttbc|Romanian: spin m, ghimpe m
ttbc|Serbian: trn m
ttbc|Spanish: espina f
ttbc|Telugu: మ�ల�ల� (mullu)
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See also
eth, edh, eð, ð
wynn, wen, Æ¿
�
el:thorn
fa:thorn
fr:thorn
io:thorn
it:thorn
pl:thorn
ru:thorn
fi:thorn
ta:thorn
te:thorn
vi:thorn
uk:thorn
zh:thorn
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