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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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , 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
Etymology
Inherited from Latin taberna.
Pronunciation
Noun
taverne f (plural tavernes)
- tavern
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Italian
Noun
taverne f
- plural of taverna
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Middle English
Etymology
From Old French taverne, from Latin taberna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈvɛrn(ə)/, /ˈtavərn(ə)/
Noun
taverne (plural tavernes)
- bar, pub
- church-ale
- (rare) storehouse
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Old French
Etymology
From Latin taberna.
Noun
taverne oblique singular, f (oblique plural tavernes, nominative singular taverne, nominative plural tavernes)
- tavern
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