tawn

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɔn/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /tɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn, -ɔn, -ɑn
• Homophone: torn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

tawn (third-person singular simple present tawns, present participle tawning, simple past and past participle tawned)

1. (transitive) To tan, make tawny.

Noun

tawn (plural tawns)

1. (rare) A tan.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 5”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn, but slightly bleached withal; HE doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore.

Etymology 2

From town.

Proper noun

tawn

1. (Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).
   • 2013 September 5, James Burton, “Burton's Banter: Our rich dialogue — as moreish as a cold burr...”, in The Bermuda Sun‎, archived from the original on 12 December 2022:

     12:30pm: Went tahn to get some greeze. Parked opposite de lye-berry.

Alternative forms

• tahn

Holonyms

• Bermy, de rock

Noun

tawn (plural tawns)

1. (Bermuda, countable) Pronunciation spelling of town.

Anagrams

• Want, wa'n't, wan't, want

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tau̯n/
• Rhymes: -au̯n

Etymology 1

Verb

tawn

1. first-person plural present/future and imperative of tewi

Etymology 2

Verb

tawn

1. first-person singular counterfactual conditional of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)

   (pe) tawn i hapus ― if I were happy