tarn

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English terne, tarne (“lake; pond, pool”), from Old Norse tjǫrn (“a small lake without tributaries”), from Proto-Germanic *ternō (“water hole”), perhaps related to *turnaz (“bitter, embittered”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to separate, split; to crack, shatter”). The word is cognate with Danish tjern, Faroese tjørn (“pond”), Icelandic tjörn (“pond”), Norwegian Bokmål tjern (“small forest or mountain lake”) (Norwegian Nynorsk tjern, tjørn), Swedish tjärn (“small forest lake”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɑːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /tɑɹn/, [tɝn] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n Homophone: turn (some US dialects) === Noun === tarn (plural tarns) (Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England. [from late 14th c.] (US, chiefly Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds. ==== Alternative forms ==== tairn ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === tarn (lake) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === ar'n't, natr-, tRNA, Tran, arn't, tran, trna, rant, /rant