English Explanatory Dictionary

wean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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. To habituate (someone) to something, especially since childhood.
  3. To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
  4. To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
  5. To cease to depend.
  6. To raise, to help grow toward maturity
noun
  1. A young child.
name
  1. A locality in the Gunnedah council area and the Narrabri council area, northern New South Wales, Australia.

Pronunciation

wēn /wiːn/ en-us-ween.ogg /ˈwiː(ə)n/ /ˈweɪ(ə)n/ [weːn]

Word forms

wean weans weaning weaned

Etymology

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.

Translations

Arabic: فَطَمَ Arabic: اِنْفَطَمَ Belarusian: адняць ад грудзей Belarusian: аднімаць ад грудзей Belarusian: адлучыць ад грудзей Belarusian: адлучаць ад грудзей Bulgarian: отбивам Catalan: deslletar Catalan: desmamar Czech: odstavit Czech: přestat kojit Czech: odvyknout Czech: odnaučit se Danish: afvænne Dutch: afnemen Dutch: spenen Finnish: vieroittaa Finnish: vieroittua French: sevrer German: abstillen German: entwöhnen Greek: απογαλακτίζω Greek: απογαλακτίζομαι Hebrew: גמל Hungarian: elválaszt Ido: ablaktar Irish: scoith Italian: svezzare Ladino: destetar Māori: whakamutu i te kai waiū Māori: whakamakere ū Polish: odstawiać od piersi Polish: odstawić od piersi Portuguese: desmamar Quechua: hanuk'ay Romanian: înțărca Russian: отнима́ть от груди́ Russian: отня́ть от груди́ Russian: отлуча́ть Russian: отлучи́ть Russian: отуча́ть от груди́ Russian: отучи́ть от груди́ Russian: отуча́ть Russian: отучи́ть Spanish: destetar Spanish: desmamar Spanish: destetarse Spanish: desmamarse Swedish: avvänja Turkish: sütten kesmek Turkish: sütten kesilmek Ukrainian: відлучати від грудей Ukrainian: відлучити від грудей Vietnamese: dứt sữa Vietnamese: cai sữa Welsh: diddyfnu Yiddish: אַנטװײנען Japanese: 乳離れさせる Macedonian: одвикнува Thai: หย่านม
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