WEREN'T Meaning of WEREN'T in English R |wər(.ə)nt, - R |wə̄nt or |wərənt sometimes |wə̄ənt; archaic or Brit |wa(a)](ə)rnt or |we] or ]rənt or ]əntEtymology: by contraction: were not Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012