chaun

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Noun

chaun (plural chauns)

1. (obsolete) A gap or rift[17th century]

Verb

chaun (third-person singular simple present chauns, present participle chauning, simple past and past participle chauned)

1. (obsolete) To open, or yo to yawn.
   • c. 1599 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], The History of Antonio and Mellida. The First Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Mathewe Lownes, and Thomas Fisher, […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     O, chaun thy breast.

References

• “chaun”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nucha

Romansch

Alternative forms

• tgaun (Sursilvan)
• tgàn (Sutsilvan)
• tgang (Surmiran)
• chan (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

Noun

chaun m (plural chauns)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) (male) dog

Coordinate terms

• (sex):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun) chogna
  • (Puter) chagna