"earthen" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɝθən/ [US], /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/ [UK], /ˈɜː(ɹ)ðən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-earthen.wav Forms: more earthen [comparative], most earthen [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θən, -ɜː(ɹ)ðən Etymology: From Middle English erthen, urthen, from Old English eorþen, yrþen, ierþen (“made of earth”), from Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz. Cognate with Dutch aarden (“earthen”), German irden (“earthen”). By surface analysis, earth + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|erthen}} Middle English erthen, {{inh|en|ang|eorþen}} Old English eorþen, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*irþīnaz}} Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz, {{cog|nl|aarden|t=earthen}} Dutch aarden (“earthen”), {{cog|de|irden|t=earthen}} German irden (“earthen”), {{surf|en|earth|-en}} By surface analysis, earth + -en Head templates: {{en-adj}} earthen (comparative more earthen, superlative most earthen)
  1. Made of earth or mud. Translations (made of earth or mud): χοϊκός (khoïkós) (Ancient Greek), تُرَابِيّ (turābiyy) (Arabic), հողեղեն (hoġeġen) (Armenian), пръстен (prǎsten) (Bulgarian), aarden (Dutch), tera (Esperanto), irdisch (english: “irden” in this sense is archaic) (German), 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (airþeins) (Gothic), terreus (Latin), земляно́й (zemljanój) (Russian), pridd (Welsh), o bridd (Welsh), priddin [literary] (Welsh)
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  2. Made of clay (especially said of pottery). Translations (made of clay): فَخَرِيّ (faḵariyy) (Arabic), خَزَفِيّ (ḵazafiyy) (Arabic), طِينِيّ (ṭīniyy) (Arabic), глинен (glinen) (Bulgarian), hliněný (Czech), kleien (Dutch), savi- (Finnish), de arxila (Galician), irden (German), 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (airþeins) (Gothic), cré (Irish), criaga (Irish), fictilis (Latin), гли́няный (glínjanyj) (Russian)
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  3. (archaic) Earthly. Tags: archaic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: earthenware, earthenwork
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈɝθən/ [US], /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/ [UK], /ˈɜː(ɹ)ðən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-earthen.wav Forms: earthens [present, singular, third-person], earthening [participle, present], earthened [participle, past], earthened [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θən, -ɜː(ɹ)ðən Etymology: From earth + -en. Etymology templates: {{af|en|earth|-en|id2=inchoative}} earth + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} earthen (third-person singular simple present earthens, present participle earthening, simple past and past participle earthened)
  1. (transitive) to provide or add soil to Tags: transitive
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  2. (transitive) to make earthly or earthlike Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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