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darn

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɑɹn/
• (New England) IPA^(key): /daːn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n

Etymology 1

A minced oath of damn.

Adjective

darn (not comparable)

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:damned

Derived terms

• darn tootin'

Translations

Adverb

darn (not comparable)

1. (degree, euphemistic) Damned.

Interjection

darn

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:dammit

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

1. (transitive, euphemistic) Damn.

Synonyms

• dang
• damn

Translations

Noun

darn (plural darns)

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Related to Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”, adjective).

Verb

darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

1. (transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

Usage notes

Predominantly used to describe repairs to stockings or socks. The frequency of references to both follows their general prominence, references to stockings being more historically prominent, references to socks being more recently prominent.

Derived terms

Related terms

• darning needle

Translations

Noun

darn (plural darns)

1. A place mended by darning.

Further reading

• Darning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• DNAR, DNRA, Nard, RAND, Rand, andr-, nard, rDNA, rand, rdna

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *darn, from Proto-Celtic *darnos, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to separate”). Cognate with Breton and Welsh darn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɹn/

Noun

darn m (plural darnow)

1. bit, fragment, piece

   Synonyms: pis, tamm

2. extract, part

Derived terms

Mutation

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈdarn/

Noun

darn m inan

1. (Near Masovian, Garwolin County) alternative form of darń

Further reading

• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “darn”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 190

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh darn, from Proto-Brythonic *darn, from Proto-Celtic *darnos, *darnā, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, separate”). Cognate with Cornish darn, Breton darn, French darne (“piece of fish”) and, more distantly, Polish darń (“sod”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /darn/
• Rhymes: -arn

Noun

darn m or f (plural darnau)

1. a piece, a fragment, a patch

   Synonym: pisyn

2. a part

3. a coin

   Synonym: darn arian

4. a passage

Derived terms

• darnio (“tear to pieces”)
• deuddarn
• tridarn

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “darn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 90-1