Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ourn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ourn
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Example Sentences

"‘You see,’ continued he, ‘my wife wanted a new bar-skin petticoat, and Sal, that gal of our’n, kept pesterin me ’bout some bar’s ile to slick her har with, (as the fellers didn’t like to see her mommock her head with taller,) so as how I couldn’t rest.’"
"“Supposin',” continued Ward, “that we let two o' your men an' two o' ourn under Mr. Divine, shin up them cliffs back o' the cove an' search fer water an' a site fer camp—the rest o' us'll have our hands full with the salvage.”"

Etymology

From Middle English ourn, ouren, from Old English ūrne and similar forms. Compare mine, thine; also compare and see hern. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, ours, which see for more.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ourn, ūrne

Inflected Forms

our'n (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

hisn his'n hern her'n yourn your'n theirn their'n

Questions

What does ourn mean?: Ours.
Where does ourn come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce ourn

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