Earn

English

Etymology

Old English earnian

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɜːn/, SAMPA: /3:n/
• (US) enPR: ûrn, IPA: /ɝn/, SAMPA: /3`n/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)n
• Homophones: ern, erne, urn

Verb

Infinitive to Earn

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Earn (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To gain (success) through applied effort or work.

   You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well.

2. (transitive) To receive (money) for working.

   He earns seven million dollars a year as CEO.

   My bank account is only earning one percent interest.

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3. (intransitive) To receive money for working.

   Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent.

4. (transitive) To cause (someone) to receive (money).

   My CD earns me six percent!

Synonyms

• (gain through applied effort or work):
• ((transitive) receive (money) for working):
• (deserve): deserve, merit
• ((intransitive) receive money for working):
• (cause someone to receive money):

Derived terms

Terms derived from "earn"

earner

earnings

earn one's keep

Translations

gain through applied effort or work

Telugu: సంపాదించు (sampaadinchu)

transitive: receive (money) for working

Arabic: كسب ar(ar) (kasaba) Armenian: աշխատել hy(hy) (ašxatel) Chinese: trad. 掙, simpl. 挣 (pinyin: zhèng), trad. 賺, simpl. 赚 (pinyin: zhuàn), trad. 賺取, simpl. 赚取 (pinyin: zhuànqǔ), trad. 獲得, simpl. 获得 (pinyin: huòdé) Czech: vydělat cs(cs) French: gagner fr(fr) German: verdienen de(de) Italian: guadagnare it(it)

Japanese: 稼ぐ ja(ja) (kasegu), 得る ja(ja) (eru) Korean: 벌다 (beolda) Portuguese: ganhar pt(pt) Russian: зарабатывать ru(ru) (zarabátyvat') (impf.), заработать ru(ru) (zarabótat') REDIRECT Template:pf. Scottish Gaelic: coisinn gd(gd) Spanish: ganar es(es) Telugu: సంపాదించు (sampaadinchu)

deserve

Arabic: استحق ar(ar) (istaHaqqa) Chinese: trad. and simpl. 值得 (pinyin: zhíde), trad. 應受, simpl. 应受 (pinyin: yīng shòu) French: mériter fr(fr) German: verdienen de(de) Japanese: 値する ja(ja) (atai-suru)

Polish: zasłużyć pl(pl) Portuguese: merecer pt(pt) Russian: заслуживать ru(ru) (zaslúživat') (impf.), заслужить ru(ru) (zaslužít') (impf.) Spanish: granjear es(es)

intransitive: receive money for working

Czech: vydělávat

Spanish: ganar es(es)

cause someone to receive money

Anagrams

• aenr,
• Arne
• nare
• near
• Nera, Neæra

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *arnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“‘eagle, large bird’”), *or-. Cognate with Old Saxon arn (Dutch arend), Old High German aro (German Aar), Old Norse ǫrn (Swedish örn, Danish ørn), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌰; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Greek ὄρνις, Armenian [[որոր#Template:Hy|որոր]] (oror), “‘gull’”), Old Irish irar (Irish iolar), Lithuanian erēlis, eagle, Old Church Slavonic orlьlъ (Russian орёл, eagle)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æɑrn/

Noun

earn m.

1. eagle

Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	earn	earnas
accusative	earn	earnas
genitive	earnes	earna
dative	earne	earnum

Descendants

• English: erne

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West Frisian

Noun

Earn c. (pl. earnen)[[Category:Template:Fy nouns|Earn]]

1. eagle
2. (figuratively) miser

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