chaun
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
Noun
chaun (plural chauns)
Verb
chaun (third-person singular simple present chauns, present participle chauning, simple past and past participle chauned)
- (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
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin canis, canem.
Noun
chaun m (plural chauns)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) (male) dog