stonen

English

Etymology

From Middle English stonen, alteration (due to stone) of earlier stenen, from Old English stǣnen (“stony; of stone, hard as stone; stone, made of stone, built of stone”), from Proto-Germanic *stainīnaz (“made of stone”), equivalent to stone +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch stenen (“stonen”), German Low German stenen (“stonen”), German steinen (“stonen”).

Adjective

stonen (comparative more stonen, superlative most stonen)

  1. (archaic) Consisting or made of stone.
    • 1869, William Barnes, Poems of rural life in common English:
      […] And up these well-worn blocks of stone I came when I first ran alone, The stonen stairs beclimb'd the mound, Ere father put a foot to ground, […]

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From earlier stenen, from Old English stǣnen, from Proto-Germanic *stainīnaz. Equivalent to stone +‎ -en (“adjectival ending”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɔːnən/

Adjective

stonen

  1. Composed or built of stone
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Etymology 2

From stone; equivalent to stone +‎ -en (“infinitival ending”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɔːnən/

Verb

stonen

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To throw stones
  2. (transitive) To stone, execute using stones
  3. (intransitive) To remove or eliminate stones or rocks
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

From stone; equivalent to stone +‎ -en (“plural ending”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɔːnən/

Noun

stonen

  1. plural of stone
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