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Webster 1913 Edition

Fen

Fen

(fĕn)
,
Noun.
[AS.
fen
,
fenn
, marsh, mud, dirt; akin to D.
veen
, OFries.
fenne
,
fene
, OHG.
fenna
, G.
fenn
, Icel.
fen
, Goth.
fani
mud.]
Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.
’Mid reedy
fens
wide spread.
Wordsworth.
☞ Fen is used adjectively with the sense of belonging to, or of the nature of, a fen or fens.
Fen boat
,
a boat of light draught used in marshes.
–
Fen duck
(Zool.)
,
a wild duck inhabiting fens; the shoveler.
[Prov. Eng.]
–
Fen fowl
(Zool.)
,
any water fowl that frequent fens.
–
Fen goose
(Zool.)
,
the graylag goose of Europe.
[Prov. Eng.]
–
Fen land
,
swamp land.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fen

FEN

,
Noun.
[L. fons, Eng. fountain.]
Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; a moor or marsh.
A long canal the muddy fen divides.

Definition 2024

fén

fén

See also: fen, fēn, fěn, and fèn

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fé’n (superseded)
  • faoin (standard language)

Contraction

fén

  1. (Munster) Contraction of fé an ‎(“under the; about the”).

Mandarin

Romanization

fén (Zhuyin ㄈㄣˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 坆
  2. Pinyin transcription of 坟, 墳
  3. Pinyin transcription of 妢
  4. Pinyin transcription of 幩
  5. Pinyin transcription of 弅
  6. Pinyin transcription of 朊
  7. Pinyin transcription of 枌
  8. Pinyin transcription of 梤
  9. Pinyin transcription of 棻
  10. Pinyin transcription of 棼
  11. Pinyin transcription of 橨
  12. Pinyin transcription of 汾
  13. Pinyin transcription of 濆
  14. Pinyin transcription of 炃
  15. Pinyin transcription of 焚
  16. Pinyin transcription of 燌
  17. Pinyin transcription of 燓
  18. Pinyin transcription of 獖
  19. Pinyin transcription of 妢
  20. Pinyin transcription of 盺
  21. Pinyin transcription of 秎
  22. Pinyin transcription of 羒
  23. Pinyin transcription of 肦
  24. Pinyin transcription of 蒶
  25. Pinyin transcription of 蕡
  26. Pinyin transcription of 蚠
  27. Pinyin transcription of 蚡
  28. Pinyin transcription of 豶
  29. Pinyin transcription of 貼
  30. Pinyin transcription of 贰
  31. Pinyin transcription of 轒
  32. Pinyin transcription of 鐼
  33. Pinyin transcription of 隫
  34. Pinyin transcription of 頒, 颁
  35. Pinyin transcription of 馚, 馩
  36. Pinyin transcription of 魵
  37. Pinyin transcription of 黂
  38. Pinyin transcription of 鼖
  39. Pinyin transcription of 鼢
  40. Pinyin transcription of 芬

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wegnos, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰnos, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‎(“to go, transport”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲeːn/

Noun

fén m ‎(genitive féoin, nominative plural féoin)

  1. wagon, cart

Declension

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fén fénL féoinL
Vocative féoin fénL féonu
Accusative fénN fénL féonu
Genitive féoinL fén fénN
Dative fénL fénaib fénaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fén ḟén fén
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Slovak

Etymology

From German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius ‎(“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛːn/

Noun

fén m ‎(genitive singular fénu, nominative plural fény, declension pattern of dub)

  1. foehn
  2. hairdryer

Declension

Synonyms

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲeːn̪ˠ/

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