Yarn

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

English

Pronunciation

• yâ(r)n, /jɑː(r)n/, /jA:(r)n/

Etymology

From the Middle English, from the Old English gearn; which is akin to the Old High German garn, which is yarn, and Greek (chordē), string; Latin hernia, that is rupture, and the Sanskrit (hira), band.

Noun

yarn (uncountable and countable; plural: yarns)

1. a twisted strand of fiber used for knitting
2. ((nautical{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
3. a story, a tale

Translations

fiber

Dutch: garen n. Esperanto: fadeno Finnish: lanka, rihma

Swedish: garn n.

a story

Finnish: tarina, juttu, kertomus

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