"bourne" meaning in English

See bourne in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɔːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /boɹn/ [General-American], [bo̞ɹn] [General-American], /bʊɹn/ [General-American], /boːɹn/ (note: rhotic), /boən/ (note: non-rhotic) Forms: bournes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n Etymology: Middle French borne, from Old French bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, a word of unknown ultimate origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also Proto-Celtic *bundos. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|borne}} Middle French borne, {{der|en|fro|bodne}} Old French bodne, {{der|en|ML.|bodina}} Medieval Latin bodina, {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰudʰmḗn|t=bottom, base}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), {{cog|cel-pro|*bundos}} Proto-Celtic *bundos Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bourne (countable and uncountable, plural bournes)
  1. (countable, archaic) A boundary; a limit. Tags: archaic, countable
    Sense id: en-bourne-en-noun-Jw3Z7NQg
  2. (archaic) A goal or destination. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bourne-en-noun-AK5mBqM2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bɔːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /boɹn/ [General-American], [bo̞ɹn] [General-American], /bʊɹn/ [General-American], /boːɹn/ (note: rhotic), /boən/ (note: non-rhotic) Forms: bournes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n Etymology: From Middle English bourne, from Old English burna. Doublet of burn. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰrewh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|bourne}} Middle English bourne, {{inh|en|ang|burna}} Old English burna, {{doublet|en|burn}} Doublet of burn Head templates: {{en-noun}} bourne (plural bournes)
  1. (countable) A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally; a small stream or brook. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Water Derived forms: Middlebourne Derived forms (seasonal stream): nailbourne, winterbourne Related terms (seasonal stream): bourn (english: small stream), burn (english: stream)
    Sense id: en-bourne-en-noun-EFwKBZgX Disambiguation of Water: 7 6 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 1 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 3 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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