Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lown

/laʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: lown
IPA: /laʊn/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Calm, tranquillity.

noun

A shelter; a calm or peaceful place.

adj

Peaceful, calm.

noun

Obsolete

name

Example Sentences

"Ye may hear him, on a lown day, at every farm-house in the parish."

Etymology

From Middle English lune, borrowed from Old Norse logn (“windstillness”), from Proto-Norse *lugna, meaning "place where the water is smooth", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include Icelandic lón, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lune, logn, *lugna, *lewk-, launde, -

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

lowns (plural) lowner (comparative) lownest (superlative)

Phrases

Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome

Rhymes With

down top-down run-down town brown crown downtown clown gown drown noun browne

Questions

How do you pronounce lown?: The recorded pronunciation is /laʊn/.
What does lown mean?: Calm, tranquillity.
Where does lown come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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