wean

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Verb

1. (transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
2. (broadly, often, transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
3. (intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
4. (broadly, transitive) To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
5. (broadly, intransitive) To cease to depend.
6. (broadly, obsolete, transitive) To raise, to help grow toward maturity

Noun

A young child.

Έννοιες

απογαλακτίζω

ξεκόβω

απογαλακτίζομαι

Συνώνυμα

ablactate

wee ’un

alien

👽

alienate

cease

cut off

depart

detox

detoxify

disengage

estrange

gather

give up

halt

harvest

pick

⛏️

pinch

pluck

pull apart

rip off

separate

snap

straggle

tear off

unteach

withdraw

snap off

snip off

divorce

weaning

stop

🛑

be weaned

ablactation

Μεταφράσεις

sevrer

svezzare

entwöhnen

destetar

desmamar

abstillen

divezzare

spenen

deslletar

desahijar

memeden kesmek

ontwennen

soğutmak

desmamar

sütten kesmek

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/wiːn/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: wenen

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: wenian

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: wennen

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: gewöhnen

Συγγενές με Δανικά: vænne

Συγγενές με Σουηδικά: vänja

Συγγενές με Ισλανδικά: venja

In summary

From Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian (“to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit”), from Proto-West Germanic *wannjan, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to make wont; accustom”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive for; wish; love”).
Cognate with Dutch wennen, German gewöhnen, Danish vænne, Swedish vänja, Icelandic venja. Related via PIE to wone, wont, and wonder, and perhaps win.