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Webster 1913 Edition


Dorn

Dorn

,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
dorn
thorn, D.
doorn
, and G.
dorn
fisch stickleback.]
(Zool.)
A British ray; the thornback.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dorn

DORN

,
Noun.
[G., thorn.] A fish.

Definition 2024


Dorn

Dorn

See also: dorn and dòrn

German

Noun

Dorn m (genitive Dorns or Dornes, plural Dornen, Dorne, or (archaic) Dörner, diminutive Dörnchen n)

  1. thorn

Declension

Derived terms

dorn

dorn

See also: Dorn and dòrn

English

Noun

dorn (plural dorns)

  1. A British ray; the thornback.


Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *durno- (compare Welsh dwrn (fist), Irish dorn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔʁn/

Noun

dorn m (plural dornioù, dual daouarn)

  1. hand

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *durno- (compare Welsh dwrn (fist), Irish dorn).

Noun

dorn m (dual dewdhorn or diwla, plural dornow)

  1. hand
  2. fist
  3. handle

Mutation


Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dorn, from Proto-Celtic *durno- (compare Welsh dwrn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠoːɾˠn̪ˠ/

Noun

dorn m (genitive singular doirn, nominative plural doirne)

  1. fist

Declension

Derived terms

  • dornáil (to box, fist; boxing, fisting)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dorn dhorn ndorn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.