From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en]
1. [en] [en]
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
**** Usage notes
- Written, this is an uncommon ( < 0.5% as common as [en] in the British National Corpus) alternative form of the simple past and past participle EARNED . This form is, however, more commonly spoken than written. Other verbs which can be conjugated in this way are: burn ( burnt ), dream ( dreamt ), dwell ( dwelt ), kneel ( knelt ), lean ( leant ), leap ( leapt ), learn ( learnt ), smell ( smelt ), spell ( spelt ), spill ( spilt ), and spoil ( spoilt ). But those forms are considered standard, whereas "earnt" is often considered non-standard.
**** Derived terms
[en]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
Category:British English forms