chaunge

== English == === Verb === chaunge (third-person singular simple present chaunges, present participle chaunging, simple past and past participle chaunged) Obsolete form of change. === Anagrams === Guanche == Middle English == === Alternative forms === change, chaung, chawnge, cheaunge, chong, chonge === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French change, chaunge, from Latin cambium, from Gaulish cambion (“change”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯nd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃaːnd͡ʒ(ə)/ (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃand͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃɔnd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃɔːnd͡ʒ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== chaunge (plural chaunges) Change; the process of becoming different. Fluctuation, inconstancy; the state of being variable. Replacement; the action of replacing. Exchange (giving in compensation for something received): Moneychanging; the exchange of currency. (rare) A swap of prisoners of war. An exchange (a place for moneychanging). (rare) Transmogrification, transmutation. (rare, hunting) An attempt by a stag to escape pursuit. ===== Related terms ===== eschaunge chaungeable chaungen chaungere ===== Descendants ===== English: change→ Bulgarian: чейндж (čejndž)→ Armenian: չեյնջ (čʻeynǰ), չենջ (čʻenǰ) Scots: cheenge, chinge, cheynge ===== References ===== “cha(u)nge, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== chaunge alternative form of chaungen