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rown¹

  • /ɹəʊn/ UK
  • /ɹoʊn/ US

Rhymes with -əʊn

Where it comes from

From Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwen, ġerōwen, from Proto-Germanic *rōanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), equivalent to row + -en.

verb

  1. dialectal, obsolete, participle, past past participle of row

rown²

  • /ɹaʊn/

Rhymes with -aʊn

Where it comes from

From Middle English rownen, variant of rounen, from Old English rūnian. More at roun.

verb rowns · rowning · rowned

  1. archaic Archaic spelling of roun And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.

rown³

noun rowns

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of rowan

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@misc{rown_2026,
  title = {rown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}