ston

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See also: Ston, støn, stön, Stoń, stón, and stōn

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

ston (plural stones or ston or (early, rare) stonen)

  1. A stone, boulder, or pebble:
    • c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39)‎, folio 34, recto, lines 15-16; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:
      Iudaſ go þou on þe roc heie upon the ſton / lei þin heued i my barm, ſlep þou þe anon
      "Judas, get up on the rock, high on the stone, / rest your head on my lap and fall asleep right away!"
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 6:16, page 119v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      .· ⁊ þei ſeien to hillis and to ſtoonys falle ȝe on us ⁊ hide ȝe vs fro þe face of hi[m] þat ſittiþ on the troone.· ⁊ fro þe wraþþe of þe lomb ·
      And they said to hills and rocks: "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one that sits on the throne and from the wrath of the lamb "
    1. A millstone or whetstone.
    2. A pebble used in a slingshot.
  2. A solid mass resembling stone, especially:
    1. A piece of hail, a hailstone.
    2. A kidney stone or gallstone.
    3. A pit; the hard seed of a fruit.
    4. A jewel or precious crystal
    5. (colloquial) A testicle.
  3. Stone as a material (especially in construction)
  4. A stone structure or monument, especially a tomb or tombstone.
  5. A stone (unit of mass)

Related terms

Descendants

  • English: stone (see there for further descendants)
  • Geordie English: styen
  • Scots: stane
  • Yola: sthoan
  • → Anglo-Norman: ston

References

Sranan Tongo

Ston

Etymology

From English stone.

Pronunciation

Noun

ston

  1. stone

Swedish

Noun

ston

  1. indefinite plural of sto

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English stone.

Noun

ston

  1. stone
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:12:
      Long kantri Havila i gat gutpela gol, na i gat wanpela kain diwai, blut bilong en i gat gutpela smel. Na i gat wanpela kain ston i dai tumas, em ol i save kolim kanilian.
      →New International Version translation

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

ston (nominative plural stons)

  1. stone

Declension

declension of ston
singular plural
nominative ston stons
genitive stona stonas
dative stone stones
accusative stoni stonis
vocative 1 o ston! o stons!
predicative 2 stonu stonus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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