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English
Pronunciation
Noun
chaun (plural chauns)
- (obsolete) A gap
Verb
chaun (third-person singular simple present chauns, present participle chauning, simple past and past participle chauned)
- (obsolete) To open; to yawn.
c. 1599 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], The History of Antonio and Mellida. The First Part. , London: for Mathewe Lownes, and Thomas Fisher, , published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page):O, chaun thy breast.
Anagrams
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin canis, canem.
Noun
chaun m (plural chauns)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) (male) dog
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