cairn

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɛən/
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• General-American: /kɛ(ə)ɹn/
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• Australian: /keːn/
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• New-Zealand: /keən/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /kiən/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /keɹn/
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• /kɜː(ɹ)n/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)n
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• CMU ARPABET: K EH1 R N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Scots cairn, from Scottish Gaelic càrn, from Old Irish carn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh2- (“horn”). Compare Welsh carn, Cornish carn. Doublet of carn and horn.

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 石冢 (shízhǒng) — monument
• Danish: stendynge — monument
• Danish: røse — monument
• Esperanto: kairno — monument
• Estonian: kivikuhil — monument
• Faroese: dys — monument
• Finnish: hautakumpu — monument
• French: cairn — monument
• Galician: carnoedo — monument
• Galician: milladoiro — monument
• German: Steinhügel — monument
• Hebrew: גַּלְעֵד (gal'éd) — monument
• Icelandic: dys — monument
• Irish: carn — monument
• Irish: leacht — monument
• Japanese: ケアン (kean) — monument
• Japanese: ケルン (kerun) — monument
• Korean: 돌무지 (dolmuji) — monument
• Malay: batu tanda — monument
• Māori: hāpapa — monument
• Norwegian Bokmål: gravrøys — monument
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gravrøys — monument
• Portuguese: moledro — monument
• Russian: каирн (kairn) — monument
• Scottish Gaelic: càrn — monument
• Spanish: mojón — monument
• Spanish: punto de referencia — monument
• Spanish: montículo — monument
• Swedish: röse — monument
• Swedish: stenröse — monument
• Swedish: gravröse — monument
• Czech: mužik — landmark
• Danish: varde — landmark
• Dutch: steenman — landmark
• Faroese: varði — landmark
• Finnish: kummeli (seamark) — landmark
• French: montjoie — landmark
• Galician: milladoiro — landmark
• German: Steindaube — landmark
• German: Steinmännchen — landmark
• German: Steinpyramide — landmark
• German: Steinhügel — landmark
• German: Steintürmchen — landmark
• Greek: σωρόλιθος (sorólithos) — landmark
• Hungarian: kőhalom — landmark
• Icelandic: varða — landmark
• Italian: ometto — landmark
• Māori: hāpapa — landmark
• Norwegian: varde — landmark
• Norwegian: røys — landmark
• Old Norse: hreysi — landmark
• Portuguese: moledro — landmark
• Russian: тур (tur) — landmark
• Scottish Gaelic: càrn — landmark