Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lauwine

/ˈlɔ.wən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lauwine
IPA: /ˈlɔ.wən/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated

Example Sentences

"Once more upon the woody Apennine, / The infant Alps, which — had I not before / Gazed on their mightier parents, where the pine / Sits on more shaggy summits, and where roar / The thundering lauwine — might be worshipped more;[…]"
"1823, George Bancroft, Poems, Hilliard and Metcalf, page 10, The towers of my castle of lauwines are made; / On chambers of ice their foundations are laid; / Like loftiest pyramids rising in air, / O! who but confesses my turrets are fair."
"I see the young torrent’s first leap towards the ocean, / And the cliff-cradled lawine essay its first motion."

Etymology

Borrowed by Lord Byron from German Lawine, from Late Latin lābīna, from Latin lābēs (“fall”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Lawine, lābīna, lābēs

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlɔ.wən/
British English: /ˈlɔːwɪn/

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

lauwines (plural) lawine (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce lauwine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɔ.wən/.
What does lauwine mean?: An avalanche.
Where does lauwine come from?: It is traced to German.

How to pronounce lauwine

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