thorn
A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spikeA modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
» Roses have thorns on their stems.
У розы есть шипы на стебле.
У роз на стебле шипы.
У розы на стебле шипы.
На стеблах троянд є колючки.
Meaning
5 sensesA modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
Dorn
шипšip, колю́чкаkoljúčka
колю́чкаkoljúčka
Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
the white thorn
the cockspur thorn
(figuratively)That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
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 sentencesRoses have thorns on their stems.
На стеблах троянд є колючки.
ruУ розы есть шипы на стебле.
There are no roses without thorns.
Немає троянд без шипів.
ruНет роз без шипов.
deEs gibt keine Rosen ohne Dornen.
Every rose has its thorn.
Кожна троянда має свої колючки.
deEine dornenlose Rose gibt es nicht.
Roses have thorns.
У троянд є шипи.
ruУ роз есть шипы.
deDie Rosen haben Dornen.
Every rose has its thorns.
Немає троянд без шипів.
ruНет роз без шипов.
deEs gibt keine Rosen ohne Dornen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, frFrom 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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