escarn

• escarni

Deverbal from escarnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire representing Proto-Germanic *skarnjan. Cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkarn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkaɾn]

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escarn m (plural escarns)

1. ridicule; taunt

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Escarn”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

• “escarn”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “escarn”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “escarn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “escarn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.