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Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /tuːn/ Forms: touns [plural], town [alternative], towne [alternative], tun [alternative], tune [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tūn}} Old English tūn, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*tūn}} Proto-West Germanic *tūn, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*tūną}} Proto-Germanic *tūną, {{der|enm|cel-pro|*dūnom}} Proto-Celtic *dūnom, {{der|enm|ine-pro|*dʰewh₂-}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} toun, {{enm-noun}} toun (plural touns)
  1. A locally governed settlement, often fortified
    Sense id: en-toun-enm-noun-SkTO5dXw Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 70 17 13
  2. A town or village
    Sense id: en-toun-enm-noun-2Vdzaspm
  3. A farm settlement or farmstead
    Sense id: en-toun-enm-noun-clNDKets
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Government
Disambiguation of Government: 0 0 0

Pronoun [Occitan]

Forms: ton [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|oc|pronoun|g=m}} toun m
  1. (Mistralian) your Tags: Mistralian, masculine
    Sense id: en-toun-oc-pron-TQQNP2Rm Categories (other): Mistralian Occitan, Occitan entries with incorrect language header, Occitan pronouns, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 2 2 69 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 2 2 65 2 2

Noun [Scots]

IPA: /tun/ Forms: touns [plural], toon [alternative], toune [alternative], town [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English toun, from Old English tūn. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|toun}} Middle English toun, {{inh|sco|ang|tūn}} Old English tūn Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|touns|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} toun (plural touns), {{sco-noun}} toun (plural touns)
  1. A town or village.
    Sense id: en-toun-sco-noun-bJ1DEo6t Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. A farm settlement or farmstead.
    Sense id: en-toun-sco-noun-GCmSHH-Q Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "toun (plural touns)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "toun (plural touns)",
      "name": "sco-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scots terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              34,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You are the light of the world. A town built on a hilltop can't be hidden […]",
          "ref": "1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Matthew 5:14, page 9:",
          "text": "Ye ar the licht o the warld. A toun biggit on a hill-tap canna be hoddit […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A town or village."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A farm settlement or farmstead."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "farm",
          "farm"
        ],
        [
          "settlement",
          "settlement"
        ],
        [
          "farmstead",
          "farmstead"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tun/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "toun"
}

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