Meaning

5 senses
  1. A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.

    a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

  2. Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.

    Dorn

    шипšip, колю́чкаkoljúčka

    колю́чкаkoljúčka

  3. Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

    the white thorn

    the cockspur thorn

  4. (figuratively)That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

  5. A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).

    See also Etymology of ye (definite article).

    торнtorn

    торнtorn

Examples

70 sentences
  1. Roses have thorns on their stems.

    На стеблах троянд є колючки.

    ruУ розы есть шипы на стебле.

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  2. There are no roses without thorns.

    Немає троянд без шипів.

    ruНет роз без шипов.

    deEs gibt keine Rosen ohne Dornen.

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  3. Every rose has its thorn.

    Кожна троянда має свої колючки.

    deEine dornenlose Rose gibt es nicht.

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  4. Roses have thorns.

    У троянд є шипи.

    ruУ роз есть шипы.

    deDie Rosen haben Dornen.

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  5. Every rose has its thorns.

    Немає троянд без шипів.

    ruНет роз без шипов.

    deEs gibt keine Rosen ohne Dornen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
sharp protective structure of a plant:
letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ):
Русский
By meaning 2
sharp protective structure of a plant:
letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sharp protective structure of a plant:

Origin

From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, fr

From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

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