roun

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaʊ̯n/

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• Rhymes: -aʊn
• Hyphenation: roun

From Middle English roun, from Old English rūn, from Proto-Germanic *rūnō; more at round. Doublet of rune and round. The "rune" sense is likely a semantic loan from Old English rūn or one of its Germanic cognate.

roun (plural rouns) (obsolete)

1. A speech or conversation (especially rumoured or whispered).
2. A rune (ancient Germanic character)
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A secret or mystery.

Inherited from Old English rūnian.

roun (third-person singular simple present rouns, present participle rouning, simple past and past participle rouned)

1. (obsolete) To whisper.

• our'n, ourn

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (“leaf”).

roun

1. leaf

• “roun”, in Dusun dictionary, 2025–2026

• IPA^(key): [ˈrou̯n]
• Rhymes: -oun
• Hyphenation: roun

roun

1. genitive plural of rouno

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (“leaf”).

roun

1. leaf

roun

1. alternative form of round

roun

1. alternative form of roune (“conversation”)

roun

1. (Cheshire, Lancashire, Middlesex) alternative form of rounen

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (“leaf”).

roun

1. leaf

• IPA^(key): /run/

roun (comparative rouner, superlative rounest)

1. alternative form of roond

roun

1. alternative form of roond

roun (comparative rouner, superlative rounest)

1. alternative form of roond

roun (plural rouns)

1. alternative form of roond

roun (third-person singular simple present rouns, present participle rounin, simple past and past participle rount)

1. alternative form of roond