urn
A vase with a footed baseA vase with a footed base.
Meaning
6 sensesA vase with a footed base.
Urne
у́рнаúrna
A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.
Kaffeespender, Teespender, Heißgetränkespender
ча́йникčájnik, кофе́йникkoféjnik
a large pot for making coffee or tea
A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.
Urne
у́рнаúrna
(figuratively)Any place of burial; the grave.
(Roman, historical)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.
A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.
Examples
5 sentencesThis is an urn.
ruЭто урна. — Katie_Yves
The children broke the ancient urn.
ruДети разбили старинную урну. — Karok
deDie Kinder zerbrachen die antike Urne. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom keeps his guitar picks in an urn.
Grandmother's ashes are in an urn at the temple.
ruПрах бабушки находится в урне в храме. — sharptoothed
deDie Asche von Großmutter ist in einer Urne im Tempel. — MUIRIEL
Tom keeps the ashes of his cat in an urn.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”). Doublet of urnFrom Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”). Doublet of urna.
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