lawn

B2 Topic:House & Home

US /lɔn/ UK /lɔːn/ See IPA manual

Freq #5563

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noun
An area of short, regularly cut grass, usually around a house or in a garden.

He spends every Saturday morning mowing the lawn.

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Forms lawns

Derived forms get-off-my-lawnlawn-bowllawn-chairlawn-mowerlawn-sleeveslawncarelawndalelawnedlawnerlawnfullawngrasslawnless

Etymology

Early Modern English laune (“turf, grassy area”), alteration of laund (“glade”), from Middle English launde, from Old French lande (“heath, moor”), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Akin to Breton lann (“heath”), Old Norse & Old English land. Doublet of land and lande.

launde Middle English lande Old French *landą Proto-Germanic *landā Proto-Celtic *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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# lawn

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /lɔn/
**IPA (UK):** /lɔːn/
**Frequency rank:** 5563

## Meanings
1. An area of short, regularly cut grass, usually around a house or in a garden.

## Examples
- He spends every Saturday morning mowing the lawn.

## Derived Forms
- get-off-my-lawn
- lawn-bowl
- lawn-chair
- lawn-mower
- lawn-sleeves
- lawncare
- lawndale
- lawned
- lawner
- lawnful
- lawngrass
- lawnless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: launde
- Root: lande
- Root: *landą
- Root: *landā
- Root: *lendʰ-

## Etymology
Early Modern English laune (“turf, grassy area”), alteration of laund (“glade”), from Middle English launde, from Old French lande (“heath, moor”), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Akin to Breton lann (“heath”), Old Norse & Old English land. Doublet of land and lande.

## AI Etymology
Lawn is recorded from early Modern English laune (“turf, grassy area”), alteration of laund (“glade”), from Middle English launde, from Old French lande (“heath, moor”), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Akin to Breton lann (“heath”), Old Norse & Old English land. Doublet of land and lande.

## Topics
- House & Home

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