shone

See also: Shone

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: shŏn, IPA^(key): /ʃɒn/

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• (General American) enPR: shōn, shŏn, IPA^(key): /ʃoʊn/, /ʃɑn/

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  • Audio (US); /ʃɑn/:

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• Rhymes: -ɒn, -əʊn
• Homophones: Sean (cot–caught merger), Shawn (cot–caught merger), Sian, shown (US)

Verb

shone

1. simple past and past participle of shine

Anagrams

• hones, hosen

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɦonɛ]

Noun

shone m

1. vocative singular of shon

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English scȳne, scēone (“beautiful, fair, bright”), from Proto-Germanic *skauniz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱoun- (“quick, dashing, beautiful”). Compare Middle Dutch scone (“beautiful, bright”), Dutch schoon (“beautiful”), German schön (“beautiful”).

Alternative forms

• scone, schon, shene

Adjective

shone

1. beautiful, glorious, excellent, resplendent, noble
   • Sainte Nicholaes, godes druþ, tymbre us faire scone hus! — Sainte Nicholaes godes druþ, 1225

     St. Nicolas, beloved by God, build us beautiful, resplendent houses!

   • As glysnande golde ... So schon þat schene ... On lenghe I loked to hyr. — Pearl, 1400

     As glistening gold ... So beautiful that sheen ... Longingly I looked at her.

Descendants

• English: sheen

References

• “shẹ̄ne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

shone

1. alternative form of schonen