Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rown

/ɹoʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: rown
IPA: /ɹoʊn/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of row

Obsolete

verb

Archaic spelling of roun.

Archaic

noun

Obsolete form of rowan.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there."

Etymology

From Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwen, ġerōwen, from Proto-Germanic *rōanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), equivalent to row + -en.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: rowen, rōwen, *rōanaz, *rōaną, rownen, rūnian
Suffix: row

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹoʊn/
British English: /ɹəʊn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

rowns (present, singular) rowning (participle, present) rowned (participle, past) rowned (past) rowns (plural)

Rhymes With

one own known phone alone none shown stone zone loan grown green zone

Questions

How do you pronounce rown?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹoʊn/.
What does rown mean?: past participle of row
Where does rown come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce rown

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