toun

See also: Toun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• town, towne, tun, tune

Etymology

From Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːn/

Noun

toun (plural touns)

1. A locally governed settlement, often fortified
2. A town or village
3. A farm settlement or farmstead

Descendants

• English: town, tahn, tawn (Bermuda), toon (Geordie), toune, towne (obsolete)
  • → Chichewa: tawuni
  • → Jersey Dutch: tāun
  • → Pennsylvania German: Taun
  • → Japanese: タウン (taun)
• Geordie English: toon
• Middle Scots: toun, town, tone
  • Scots: toun, toon
• Yola: teoune, teoun

References

• “tǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• ton

Pronoun

toun m

1. (Mistralian) your

Scots

Alternative forms

• toon
• toune, town (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English toun, from Old English tūn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tun/

Noun

toun (plural touns)

1. A town or village.
   • 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Matthew 5:14, page 9:

     Ye ar the licht o the warld. A toun biggit on a hill-tap canna be hoddit […]

     You are the light of the world. A town built on a hilltop can't be hidden […]

2. A farm settlement or farmstead.