urn

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Uruangnirin. === Symbol === urn (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Uruangnirin. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Uruangnirin terms == English == === Alternative forms === urne (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”). Doublet of urna. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɜːn/ (US) IPA(key): /ɝn/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n Homophone: earn === Noun === urn (plural urns) A vase with a footed base. A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee. A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person. (figurative) Any place of burial; the grave. (historical, Roman antiquity) A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius. (botany) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === urn (third-person singular simple present urns, present participle urning, simple past and past participle urned) (transitive) To place in an urn. === Further reading === urn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Nur, nur, run == Dutch == === Alternative forms === urne === Etymology === From Latin urna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʏrn/ Hyphenation: urn Rhymes: -ʏrn === Noun === urn f (plural urnen, diminutive urntje n) funerary urn Synonym: asvaas any other footed vase ==== Derived terms ==== urnenmuur urnenveld == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈurn/ Rhymes: -urn Syllabification: urn === Noun === urn f genitive plural of urna === Anagrams === run