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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəʊən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.ən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
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• Northern-England, Scotland: /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
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Anglicised from the Irish saints' name Ruadhán (“little red one”), or as a surname from Ó Ruadháin (“descendant of Ruadhán”).

Originally Scots and northern English, from Middle English ron, rone, compare also Northern English raan, ran. At first referring to its fruits, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse reynir. Also related to Norwegian Bokmål rogn, Danish røn. Ultimately related to the root of red.

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vadhë e egër — Sorbus aucuparia
• Southern Altai: беле (bele) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Arabic: غُبَيْرَاء (ḡubayrāʔ) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Arabic: غُبَيْرَاء أُورُوبِّيَّة (ḡubayrāʔ ʔūrūbbiyya) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Armenian: արոսենի (aroseni) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Bashkir: миләш (miləş) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Bashkir: мышар (mışar) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Belarusian: рабіна звычайная (rabina zvyčajnaja) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Breton: kerzhin-evned — Sorbus aucuparia
• Bulgarian: офика (ofika) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Bulgarian: самодивско дърво (samodivsko dǎrvo) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Catalan: moixera de guilla — Sorbus aucuparia
• Czech: jeřáb ptačí — Sorbus aucuparia
• Danish: almindelig røn — Sorbus aucuparia
• Danish: røn — Sorbus aucuparia
• Danish: rønnebærtræ — Sorbus aucuparia
• Dutch: wilde lijsterbes — Sorbus aucuparia
• Dutch: gewone lijsterbes — Sorbus aucuparia
• Erzya: пизёл (piźol) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Esperanto: sorparbo — Sorbus aucuparia
• Estonian: harilik pihlakas — Sorbus aucuparia
• Finnish: pihlaja — Sorbus aucuparia
• Finnish: kotipihlaja — Sorbus aucuparia
• French: sorbier des oiseleurs — Sorbus aucuparia
• Galician: capudre — Sorbus aucuparia
• Galician: cancereixo — Sorbus aucuparia
• Galician: canfreixo — Sorbus aucuparia
• Galician: cornabude — Sorbus aucuparia
• Galician: raño — Sorbus aucuparia
• Galician: sorbeira — Sorbus aucuparia
• Galician: sorba — Sorbus aucuparia
• Georgian: ცირცელი (circeli) — Sorbus aucuparia
• German: Eberesche — Sorbus aucuparia
• German: Vogelbeere — Sorbus aucuparia
• Greek: σουρβιά των πτηνοθήρων (sourviá ton ptinothíron) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Greek: σορβιά (sorviá) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Hungarian: madárberkenye — Sorbus aucuparia
• Icelandic: ilmreynir — Sorbus aucuparia
• Ingrian: pihlaja — Sorbus aucuparia
• Ingrian: rebinapuu — Sorbus aucuparia
• Irish: caorthann — Sorbus aucuparia
• Italian: sorbo degli uccellatori — Sorbus aucuparia
• Japanese: セイヨウナナカマド — Sorbus aucuparia
• Kazakh: шетен (şeten) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Kyrgyz: четин (cetin) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Latin: ornus — Sorbus aucuparia
• Latvian: parastais pīlādzis — Sorbus aucuparia
• Latvian: pucene — Sorbus aucuparia
• Lithuanian: aprastasis šermukšnis — Sorbus aucuparia
• Norwegian Bokmål: rogn — Sorbus aucuparia
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rogn — Sorbus aucuparia
• Norwegian Nynorsk: raun — Sorbus aucuparia
• Old Norse: reynir — Sorbus aucuparia
• Persian: جیلان (jilân) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Persian: تیس (tis) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Persian: بارانک (bârânak) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Polish: jarząb pospolity — Sorbus aucuparia
• Polish: jarzębina — Sorbus aucuparia
• Portuguese: tramazeira — Sorbus aucuparia
• Portuguese: cornogodinho — Sorbus aucuparia
• Romanian: scoruș-de-munte — Sorbus aucuparia
• Romanian: scoruș-păsăresc — Sorbus aucuparia
• Russian: ряби́на обыкнове́нная (rjabína obyknovénnaja) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Russian: ряби́на (rjabína) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Scottish Gaelic: caorann — Sorbus aucuparia
• Scottish Gaelic: caora-caorainn — Sorbus aucuparia
• Serbo-Croatian: jarebika — Sorbus aucuparia
• Spanish: serbal de los cazadores — Sorbus aucuparia
• Spanish: azarollo — Sorbus aucuparia
• Swedish: rönn — Sorbus aucuparia
• Turkish: kuş üvezi — Sorbus aucuparia
• Udmurt: горд палэзь (gord paleź) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Ukrainian: гороби́на звича́йна (horobýna zvyčájna) — Sorbus aucuparia
• Walloon: håvurna — Sorbus aucuparia
• Welsh: criafol — Sorbus aucuparia
• Southern Altai: беле (bele) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Middle Armenian: սին (sin) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Bashkir: миләш (miləş) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Bashkir: мышар (mışar) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Belarusian: рабі́на (rabína) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Catalan: server — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Catalan: servera — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Catalan: moixera — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Czech: jeřáb — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Danish: røn — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Dutch: lijsterbes — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Estonian: pihlakas — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Faroese: royniviður — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Faroese: roynitræ — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Finnish: pihlaja — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• French: sorbier — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• French: alisier — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Galician: sorbeira — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• German: Mehlbeere — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Greek: σόρβον (sórvon) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Hungarian: berkenye — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Icelandic: reynir — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Icelandic: reynitré — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Icelandic: reyniberjatré — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Italian: sorbo — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Japanese: ナナカマド (nanakamado) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Japanese: ナナカマド属 (nanakamado zoku) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Kazakh: шетен (şeten) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Kyrgyz: четин (cetin) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Latvian: pīlādzis — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Latvian: sērmūkslis — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Lithuanian: šermukšnis — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Northern Mansi: пася̄рйив (pasâ̄rjiv) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Polish: jarząb — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Polish: jarzębina — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Portuguese: sorveira — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Russian: ряби́на (rjabína) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Inari-Sami: pihlejâš — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Inari-Sami: pihlájâš — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Scottish Gaelic: caorann — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Slovak: jarabina — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Slovene: jerebika — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Swedish: rönn — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Turkish: üvez — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Udmurt: палэзь (paleź) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Ukrainian: гороби́на (horobýna) — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus
• Vietnamese: thanh hương trà — tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus