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awning

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːnɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɔnɪŋ/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑnɪŋ/
  • rhymes with -ɔːnɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sunshade, sunblind

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: canopy

History

Etymology

1615-25 (nautical sense only); from *awn + -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans (“sloping roof”), from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *an(de)bannā (“eaves”) (compare Occitan ambans (“parapet”)), form of *ande- (intensive prefix) (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *bandā (“horn; peak”) (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: на́вес (náves) — a rooflike cover
  • Bulgarian: те́нта (ténta) — a rooflike cover
  • Bulgarian: козирка́ (kozirká) — a rooflike cover
  • Catalan: tendal — a rooflike cover
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遮篷 (zhēpeng) — a rooflike cover
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雨篷 (yǔpéng) — a rooflike cover
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天幕 (tiānmù) — a rooflike cover
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天棚 (tiānpéng) — a rooflike cover
  • Czech: markýza — a rooflike cover
  • Danish: markise — a rooflike cover
  • Dutch: luifel — a rooflike cover
  • Esperanto: alero — a rooflike cover
  • Esperanto: markezo — a rooflike cover
  • Finnish: markiisi — a rooflike cover
  • French: marquise — a rooflike cover
  • French: auvent — a rooflike cover
  • Georgian: ტენტი (ṭenṭi) — a rooflike cover
  • German: Markise — a rooflike cover
  • Greek: τέντα (ténta) — a rooflike cover
  • Hebrew: סוֹכֵךְ (sochéch) — a rooflike cover
  • Hindi: छज्जा (chajjā) — a rooflike cover
  • Hungarian: ponyvatető — a rooflike cover
  • Hungarian: védőtető — a rooflike cover
  • Hungarian: sátortető — a rooflike cover
  • Hungarian: előtető — a rooflike cover
  • Hungarian: ernyő — a rooflike cover
  • Hungarian: ponyva — a rooflike cover
  • Hungarian: vászonernyő — a rooflike cover
  • Hungarian: napellenző — a rooflike cover
  • Indonesian: auning — a rooflike cover
  • Indonesian: sengkuap — a rooflike cover
  • Irish: scáthbhrat — a rooflike cover
  • Irish: díonbhrat — a rooflike cover
  • Japanese: 日よけ (hiyoke) — a rooflike cover
  • Japanese: 天幕 (tenmaku) — a rooflike cover
  • Latin: vēlārium — a rooflike cover
  • Malay: sengkuap — a rooflike cover
  • Malay: kajang — a rooflike cover
  • Norwegian: markise — a rooflike cover
  • Polish: markiza — a rooflike cover
  • Portuguese: toldo — a rooflike cover
  • Russian: марки́за (markíza) — a rooflike cover
  • Russian: наве́с (navés) — a rooflike cover
  • Russian: тент (tɛnt) — a rooflike cover
  • Russian: козырёк (kozyrjók) — a rooflike cover
  • Spanish: toldo — a rooflike cover
  • Spanish: tejaroz — a rooflike cover
  • Spanish: marquesina — a rooflike cover
  • Spanish: marquesa — a rooflike cover
  • Spanish: cobertizo — a rooflike cover
  • Spanish: entoldado — a rooflike cover
  • Swedish: markis — a rooflike cover
  • Turkish: tente — a rooflike cover
  • Turkish: sayvan — a rooflike cover
  • Ottoman Turkish: صایوان (sayvan) — a rooflike cover
  • Ottoman Turkish: تنته (tente, tenta) — a rooflike cover
  • Ukrainian: маркіза (markiza) — a rooflike cover
  • Ukrainian: наві́с (navís) — a rooflike cover
  • Ukrainian: козиро́к (kozyrók) — a rooflike cover
  • Vietnamese: hiên — a rooflike cover
  • Welsh: cynfas — a rooflike cover
  • Welsh: cysgodlen — a rooflike cover
  • Dutch: luifel — that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin
  • German: Sonnenschutz — that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin
  • Hindi: छज्जा (chajjā) — that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin
  • Irish: canbhás — that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin
  • Russian: наве́с (navés) — that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin
  • Turkish: tente — that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin