warn

Signification

1. To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
2. To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
3. To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
4. (obsolete) To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
5. To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour.
6. To advise or order to go or stay away.
7. To give warning.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wɔːn/

Étymologie

From Middle English warnen, warnien (“to warn; admonish”), from Old English warnian (“to take heed; warn”), from Proto-Germanic *warnōną (“to warn; take heed”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to be aware; give heed”). Cognate with Dutch waarnen (obsolete), German Low German warnen, German warnen, Swedish varna, Icelandic varna.