taverne
See also: Taverne
English
Noun
taverne (plural tavernes)
- Obsolete form of tavern.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 49, column 2:
- Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?
French
Pronunciation
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Descendants
- → Romanian: tavernă
Further reading
- “taverne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French taverne, from Latin taberna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈvɛrn(ə)/, /ˈtavərn(ə)/
Derived terms
References
- “taverner(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
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