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English
Etymology
From Middle English stonen, alteration (due to stone) of earlier stenen, from Old English stǣnen (“stony; of stone, hard as stone; stone, made of stone, built of stone”), from Proto-Germanic *stainīnaz (“made of stone”), equivalent to stone + -en. Cognate with Dutch stenen (“stonen”), German Low German stenen (“stonen”), German steinen (“stonen”).
Adjective
stonen (comparative more stonen, superlative most stonen)
- (archaic) Consisting or made of stone.
1869, William Barnes, Poems of rural life in common English:[…] And up these well-worn blocks of stone
I came when I first ran alone,
The stonen stairs beclimb'd the mound,
Ere father put a foot to ground, […]
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From earlier stenen, from Old English stǣnen, from Proto-West Germanic *stainīn, Proto-Germanic *stainīnaz. Equivalent to ston + -en (“made of”).
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Adjective
stonen
- Composed or built of stone.
- Synonym: stenen
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Etymology 2
From stone + -en (infinitival suffix).
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Verb
stonen
- (transitive, intransitive) To throw stones.
- (transitive) To stone, execute using stones.
- (intransitive) To remove or eliminate stones or rocks.
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Etymology 3
From ston + -en (plural suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
stonen
- plural of stone