warn
/woːn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "We waved a flag to warn the oncoming traffic about the accident."
- "I phoned to warn him of the road closure."
- "I warned him he'd be getting a huge box of birthday presents from me."
- "The sheriff warned her to appear in court."
- "Committee being warned these following were absent or short …"
- "The people had been invited to the funeral, or warnt, by a special messenger a few days before the funeral took place."
Etymology
From Middle English warnen, warnien (“to warn; admonish”), from Old English warnian (“to take heed; warn”), from Proto-Germanic *warnōną (“to warn; take heed”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to be aware; give heed”). Cognate with Dutch waarnen (obsolete), German Low German warnen, German warnen, Swedish varna, Icelandic varna.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /woːn/
- British English: /wɔːn/