thrown

English

Etymology

From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran.

Morphologically throw +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: thrōn, IPA(key): /θɹəʊn/
  • (General American) enPR: thrōn, IPA(key): /θɹoʊn/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊn
  • Homophone: throne

Verb

thrown

  1. past participle of throw

Adjective

thrown (not comparable)

  1. Launched by throwing.
    a thrown weapon
  2. Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
  3. (slang) Confused; perplexed.
    I was totally thrown by his bizarre remarks.

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θrou̯n/

Verb

thrown

  1. aspirate mutation of trown

Mutation

Mutated forms of trown
radical soft nasal aspirate
trown drown nhrown thrown

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.