thorn

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• Received-Pronunciation: /θɔːn/
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• US: /θoɹn/
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• US: [θo̞ɹn]
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• Scotland: /θɔɹn/
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• Scotland: [θɔːɹn]
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
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• homophone: faun
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• homophone: fawn (non-rhotic, th-fronting)
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• /θɔːɹn/ rhotic
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• /θɔːn/ non-rhotic
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From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Cognates Near cognates include West Frisian toarn, Low German Doorn, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, Danish and Norwegian torn, Swedish torn, törne, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus). Further cognates include Old Church Slavonic трънъ (trŭnŭ, “thorn”), Russian тёрн (tjorn), Polish cierń, Kamkata-viri taňi, tai (“thorn”), Sanskrit तृण (tṛ́ṇa, “grass”).

214 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: мгъы (mɣə) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Afar: keena — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Afrikaans: doring — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Albanian: ferrë — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Albanian: thumb — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Arabic: أَسَلَة (ʔasala) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Arabic: شَوْكَة (šawka) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Arabic: شوك (šōk) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Arabic: شوكة (šōka) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Archi: цац (cac) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Armenian: փուշ (pʻuš) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Aromanian: schin — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Assamese: কাঁইট (kãit) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Assamese: কঁটা (kõta) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Avar: заз (zaz) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Aymara: ch'aphi — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Azerbaijani: tikan — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Bangi: losende — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Basque: arantza — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Basque: elorri — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Central Bikol: tunok — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Bulgarian: трън (trǎn) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Bulgarian: бодил (bodil) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Burmese: ဆူး (hcu:) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Catalan: aculi — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Catalan: espina — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Catalan: eculi — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Catalan: agulló — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Catalan: fibló — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Cebuano: tunok — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Chamicuro: kajpayi — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 枝刺 (zhīcì) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 莖刺 /茎刺 (jīngcì) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺 (cì) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Ngazidja Comorian: shiɓa — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Cornish: dren — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Czech: trn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Czech: osten — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Dalmatian: spaina — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Danish: torn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Dutch: doorn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Egyptian: s-r:*t-M44 (srt) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Esperanto: dorno — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Estonian: astel — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Estonian: okas — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Estonian: oga — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Faroese: tornur — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Faroese: torn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Finnish: piikki — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Finnish: oka — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Finnish: ora — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Finnish: ota — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Finnish: oas — sharp protective structure of a plant
• French: épine — sharp protective structure of a plant
• North Frisian: Tuurn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• West-Frisian: toarne — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Friulian: spine — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Friulian: spin — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Galician: espiña — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Galician: sevia — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Galician: áscura — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Galician: espunlla — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Galician: puga — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Georgian: ეკალი (eḳali) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• German: Dorn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Greek: αγκάθι (agkáthi) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Ancient Greek: ἄκανθα (ákantha) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Hawaiian: kākala — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Hebrew: שַׁיִת (shayit) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Hebrew: קֹוץ (kotz) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Higaonon: dugi — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Hiligaynon: tunok — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Hindi: काँटा (kā̃ṭā) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Hungarian: tüske — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Hungarian: tövis — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Indonesian: duri — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Irish: dealg — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Italian: spina — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Italian: aculeo — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Japanese: 刺 — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Japanese: 棘 (toge) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Japanese: 茨 (toge) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Japanese: 荊 (toge) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Jarai: drơi — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Javanese: ꦲꦼꦫꦶ (eri) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Old Javanese: duri — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Old Javanese: rwi — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Kamviri: taňí — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Kapampangan: duwi — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Kapampangan: duyi — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Khmer: បន្លា (bɑnlaa) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Kikuyu: mũigua — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Korean: 가시 (gasi) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Central Kurdish: دڕک (dirrik) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Central Kurdish: دِڕوو (dirrû) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Laki: دِڕک (dirrk) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Northern Kurdish: strî — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Northern Kurdish: dirrî — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Southern Kurdish: دِڕِگ (dirrig) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Lao: ຫນາມ (nām) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Latgalian: ierškiezs — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Latin: spīna — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Latvian: ērkšķis — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Latvian: dzelonis — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Lezgi: цаз (caz) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Lingala: losende — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Lithuanian: rakis — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Low German: Doorn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Luhya: kumwiva — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Macedonian: трн (trn) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Malay: duri — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Manchu: ᠪᡠᠯᠠ (bula) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Manchu: ᠰᠠᡳᡥᡡᠸᠠ (saihūwa) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: duɣi — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Māori: tara — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Māori: ngita — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Maranao: tenek — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Marathi: कंटक (kaṇṭak) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Marathi: काटा (kāṭā) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Central Melanau: duwei — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Mon: ဓလ (həlɛ̀ˀ) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: torn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: torn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Occitan: espina — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Old English: þorn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Paiwan: djui — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Pashto: اغزی (aγzai) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Persian: خار (xâr) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Persian: غاژ (ġaž) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Polabian: dren — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Polish: kolec — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Polish: cierń — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Portuguese: espinho — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Portuguese: acúleo — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Quechua: t'uksi — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Quechua: kichka — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Quechua: kaşa — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Romanian: spin — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Romanian: ghimpe — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Romansh: spina — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Romansh: spegna — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Russian: шип (šip) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Russian: колю́чка (koljúčka) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Saho: keena — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Samoan: tala — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Sanskrit: कण्टक (kaṇṭaka) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Sardinian: ispina — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Sardinian: spina — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Scottish Gaelic: stob — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Scottish Gaelic: droigheann — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Scottish Gaelic: dealg — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Serbo-Croatian: trn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Slovak: tŕň — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Slovak: pichliač — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Slovak: osteň — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Somali: qodax — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Spanish: espina — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Spanish: puncha — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Spanish: pincha — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Spanish: aguate / ahuate / afate / guate — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Spanish: ajuate / uguate / huate — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Spanish: shute — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Sundanese: rucuk — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Swahili: mwiba — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Swedish: törne — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Swedish: torn — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Tagalog: tinik — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Tahitian: tara — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Tausug: tunuk — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Telugu: ముల్లు (mullu) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Telugu: కంటకము (kaṇṭakamu) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Thai: หนาม (nǎam) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Northern Thai: ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ᩠ᨾ — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Tongan: tala — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Turkish: diken — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Ottoman Turkish: دیكن (diken) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Ukrainian: колю́чка (koljúčka) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Urdu: کانٹا (kā̃ṭā) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Uzbek: tikon — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Vietnamese: gai — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Welsh: draenen — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Yiddish: דאָרן (dorn) — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Zande: kiwe — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Zhuang: oen — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Zyphe: hling — sharp protective structure of a plant
• ǃXóõ: gǃqhàẽ — sharp protective structure of a plant
• Albanian: ferrë — any shrub or small tree that bears thorns
• Bulgarian: трън (trǎn) — any shrub or small tree that bears thorns
• Chinese Mandarin: 荊棘 /荆棘 (jīngjí) — any shrub or small tree that bears thorns
• Finnish: piikkipensas — any shrub or small tree that bears thorns
• Bulgarian: трън (trǎn) — figuratively: that which pricks
• Finnish: piikki — figuratively: that which pricks
• Ancient Greek: σκόλοψ (skólops) — figuratively: that which pricks
• Belarusian: торн (torn) — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Bulgarian: торн (torn) — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Chinese Mandarin: Þ — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Esperanto: dorno — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Faroese: torn — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Finnish: thorn — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• French: thorn — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Icelandic: þorn — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Korean: 손 (son) — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Macedonian: торн (torn) — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Norwegian: thorn — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Old English: þorn — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Russian: торн (torn) — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Spanish: thorn — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Swahili: ba — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Ukrainian: торн (torn) — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• ǃXóõ: gǃhàã — letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)
• Albanian: shpoj — to pierce with, or as if with, a thorn
• Bulgarian: бода (boda) — to pierce with, or as if with, a thorn
• Galician: espiñar — to pierce with, or as if with, a thorn
• Portuguese: espinhar — to pierce with, or as if with, a thorn