Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sarn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: sarn
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A large village in St Bride's Minor community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9083).

name

A hamlet in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1179).

name

A small village in Kerry community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2090).

name

A village in Grisons canton, Switzerland.

noun

A pavement or stepping stone.

Archaic

noun

Archaic

Example Sentences

""Not now," he went on, "but there was a high sarn formerly, and only for that both vehicles and foot passengers would ovten have found it impossible to get into Carmarthen from that direction. The tides and floods there were terrible in those times.""
"The ground in the immediate neighbourhood is somewhat boggy and treacherous, and a 'sarn' has doubtless always been necessary for traversing the bog."

Etymology

From Welsh sarn (“a causeway, paving”).

Origin

Source language: Welsh

Word Breakdown

Root: sarn

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

sarns (plural)

Questions

What does sarn mean?: A large village in St Bride's Minor community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9083).
Where does sarn come from?: It is traced to Welsh.

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