Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laund

/lɔːnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: laund
IPA: /lɔːnd/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Through this laund anon the deer will come."
"About them lay long launds of green grass dappled with celandine and anemones,"
"Odon was known to be resting, after completing his motion picture, at the villa of an old American friend, Joseph S. Lavender (the name hails from the laundry, not from the laund)."

Etymology

From Middle English launde, from Old French launde (“wooded area”) (French lande), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Doublet of land.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: launde, lande, -, *landą, *landā, *lendʰ-

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

launds (plural) laune (alternative)

Derived Forms

lawn

Rhymes With

pwned maund

Questions

How do you pronounce laund?: The recorded pronunciation is /lɔːnd/.
What does laund mean?: A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.
Where does laund come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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