rowan

See also: Rowan

English

Etymology 1

Originally Scots and northern English, from Middle English ron, rone, compare also Northern English raan, ran. At first referring to its fruits, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse reynir.

Also related to Norwegian Bokmål rogn, Danish røn. Ultimately related to the root of red.

Alternative forms

roan (archaic)

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊ.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(Northern England, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaʊ.ən/, /ˈɹoʊ.ən/
Rhymes: -əʊən, -aʊən

Noun

rowan (plural rowans)

Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
Synonyms: mountain ash, quickbeam, wicken, wicky
Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.
(obsolete) wych-elm, Ulmus glabra.

Derived terms

flying rowan

Translations

Sorbus aucuparia

Albanian: vadhë e egër f
Arabic: غُبَيْرَاء f (ḡubayrāʔ), غُبَيْرَاء أُورُوبِّيَّة f (ḡubayrāʔ ʔūrūbbiyya)
Armenian: արոսենի (hy) (aroseni)
Bashkir: миләш (miləş), мышар (mışar)
Belarusian: рабіна звычайная f (rabina zvyčajnaja)
Breton: kerzhin-evned
Bulgarian: офика (bg) f (ofika), самодивско дърво (samodivsko dǎrvo)
Catalan: moixera de guilla f
Czech: jeřáb ptačí m
Danish: almindelig røn c, røn c, rønnebærtræ n
Dutch: wilde lijsterbes (nl) f, gewone lijsterbes f
Erzya: пизёл (piźol)
Esperanto: sorparbo
Estonian: harilik pihlakas
Finnish: pihlaja (fi), kotipihlaja (fi)
French: sorbier des oiseleurs (fr) f
Galician: capudre (gl) m, cancereixo (gl) m, canfreixo m, cornabude (gl) m, raño m, sorbeira (gl) f, sorba (gl) f
Georgian: ცირცელი (circeli)
German: Eberesche (de) f, Vogelbeere (de) f
Greek: σουρβιά των πτηνοθήρων f (sourviá ton ptinothíron), σορβιά (el) f (sorviá)
Hungarian: madárberkenye (hu)
Icelandic: ilmreynir (is) m
Ingrian: pihlaja, rebinapuu
Irish: caorthann m
Italian: sorbo degli uccellatori m
Japanese: セイヨウナナカマド
Kazakh: шетен (şeten)
Kyrgyz: четин (ky) (cetin)
Latin: ornus f
Latvian: parastais pīlādzis m, pucene f (dialectism)
Lithuanian: aprastasis šermukšnis m
Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} пасяр (pasâr)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rogn (no) m or f

Nynorsk: rogn m or f, raun m
Old Norse: reynir m
Persian: جیلان (jilân), تیس (fa) (tis), بارانک (fa) (bârânak)
Polish: jarząb pospolity (pl) m, jarzębina (pl) f
Portuguese: tramazeira (pt) f, cornogodinho m
Romanian: scoruș-de-munte (ro) m, scoruș-păsăresc (ro) m
Russian: ряби́на обыкнове́нная f (rjabína obyknovénnaja), ряби́на (ru) f (rjabína)
Scottish Gaelic: : caorann m, caora-caorainn f
Serbo-Croatian: jarebika (sh) f
Spanish: serbal de los cazadores m, azarollo m
Swedish: rönn (sv) c
Turkish: kuş üvezi (tr)
Udmurt: горд палэзь (gord paleź)
Ukrainian: гороби́на звича́йна f (horobýna zvyčájna)
Walloon: håvurna (wa)
Welsh: criafol f pl

tree or shrub of the genus Sorbus

Armenian:
Middle Armenian: սին (sin)
Bashkir: миләш (miləş), мышар (mışar)
Belarusian: рабі́на f (rabína)
Catalan: server (ca) m, servera f, moixera f
Czech: jeřáb (cs) m
Danish: røn c
Dutch: lijsterbes (nl) f
Estonian: pihlakas
Faroese: royniviður m, roynitræ n
Finnish: pihlaja (fi)
French: sorbier (fr) f, alisier (fr) f
Galician: sorbeira (gl) f
German: Mehlbeere (de) f
Greek: σόρβον n (sórvon)
Hungarian: berkenye (hu)
Icelandic: reynir (is) m, reynitré (is) n, reyniberjatré n
Inari Sami: pihlejâš, pihlájâš
Italian: sorbo (it) m
Japanese: ナナカマド (ja) (nanakamado), ナナカマド属 (nanakamado zoku)
Kazakh: шетен (şeten)
Kyrgyz: четин (ky) (cetin)
Latvian: pīlādzis (lv) m, sērmūkslis m
Lithuanian: šermukšnis m
Mansi:
- Northern Mansi: пася̄рйив (pasâ̄rjiv)
Polish: jarząb (pl) m, jarzębina (pl) f
Portuguese: sorveira (pt) f
Russian: ряби́на (ru) f (rjabína)
Scottish Gaelic: : caorann m
Slovak: jarabina (sk) f
Slovene: jerebika f
Swedish: rönn (sv) c
Turkish: üvez (tr)
Udmurt: палэзь (paleź)
Ukrainian: гороби́на f (horobýna)
Vietnamese: thanh hương trà

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} غبيراء
Aragonese: ^{(please verify)} sorbus
Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} quşarmudu
Bashkir: ^{(please verify)} миләш (miləş)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 花楸 (zh) (huāqiū)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} lijsterbes (nl)
Galician: ^{(please verify)} sorba (gl)
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} vörösberkenye
Kazakh: ^{(please verify)} шетен (şeten)
Latgalian: ^{(please verify)} cārmyukša f
Ossetian: ^{(please verify)} цъуй (c’uj)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} oskoruša (sh) f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} sorbus
Turkish: (bitki) ^{(please verify)} üvez (tr)
Upper Sorbian: ^{(please verify)} mučnica
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} thanh lương trà
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} criafolen
Yakut: ^{(please verify)} сарбанньах (sarbannyaq)

Etymology 2

Noun

rowan (plural rowans)

Alternative form of rowen (“aftermath”).

Etymology 3

Noun

rowan (countable and uncountable, plural rowans)

(Scotland) Dated form of roving (“an elongate bundle of fiber”).

Etymology 4

Noun

rowan (countable and uncountable, plural rowans)

(archaic, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of rown (“fish-eggs”).

Anagrams

WARNO, Wrona

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rōan (“to row”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈroː.wɑn/

Verb

rōwan

to row (with oars etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rōwan (strong, class VII)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	rōwan	rōwenne
first person singular	rōwe	rēow
second person singular	rōwest	rēowe
third person singular	rōweþ	rēow
plural	rōwaþ	rēowon, rēon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	rōwe	rēowe
plural	rōwen	rēowen
imperative
singular	rōw
plural	rōwaþ
participle	present	past
	rōwende	(ġe)rōwen

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: rowen
- English: row
- Scots: row