awning
/ˈɔnɪŋ/noun
awning is spelled A-W-N-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, awning means “A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of awning is awnings.
How many letters and syllables are in awning?
| Letters | 6: A-W-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is awning?
Awning appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce awning?
- UK /ˈɔːnɪŋ/
- US /ˈɔnɪŋ/
- /ˈɑnɪŋ/
Awning has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-awning.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with awning?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as awning from its last stressed vowel (/ɔnɪŋ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: waning.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of awning
- awnings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does awning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
- 2
That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Awning in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | marquise, auvent |
| German | Markise , Sonnenschutz |
| Portuguese | toldo |
| Spanish | toldo, tejaroz, marquesina, marquesa, cobertizo, entoldado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does awning come from?
1615-25 (nautical sense only); from *awn + -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans (“sloping roof”), from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *an(de)bannā (“eaves”) (compare Occitan ambans (“parapet”)), form of *ande- (intensive prefix) (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *bandā (“horn; peak”) (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).