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Webster 1913 Edition

Ken

Ken

(kĕn)
,
Noun.
[Perh. from
kennel
.]
A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves.
[Slang, Eng.]

Ken

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Kenned
(kĕnd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Kenning
.]
[OE.
kennen
to teach, make known, know, AS.
cennan
to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel.
kenna
to know; akin to D. & G.
kennen
to know, Goth.
kannjan
to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS.
cunnan
to know, Goth.
kunnan
. √45. See
Can
to be able,
Know
.]
1.
To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.
[Archaic or Scot.]
2.
To recognize; to descry; to discern.
[Archaic or Scot.]
“We ken them from afar.”
Addison
’T is he. I
ken
the manner of his gait.
Shakespeare

Ken

,
Verb.
I.
To look around.
[Obs.]
Burton.

Ken

,
Noun.
Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
“Beyond his ken.”
Longfellow.
Above the reach and
ken
of a mortal apprehension.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ken

KEN

,
Verb.
T.
[L. canus, white, caneo, to be white, and this with L. cano, to sing, canto, Eng. to cant, to chant; L. gigno.]
1.
To see at a distance; to descry.
We ken them from afar.
2.
To know; to understand. [This verb is used chiefly in poetry.]

KEN

,
Verb.
I.
To look round.

KEN

,
Noun.
View; reach of sight.
Coasting they kept the land within their ken.

Definition 2025

kén

kén

See also: ken, Ken, KEN, kèn, kēn, kěn, and -ken

Breton

Preposition

kén

  1. until

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkeːn]
  • Hyphenation: kén

Noun

kén ‎(plural kének)

  1. sulfur, sulphur (symbol: S)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kén kének
accusative ként kéneket
dative kénnek kéneknek
instrumental kénnel kénekkel
causal-final kénért kénekért
translative kénné kénekké
terminative kénig kénekig
essive-formal kénként kénekként
essive-modal — —
inessive kénben kénekben
superessive kénen kéneken
adessive kénnél kéneknél
illative kénbe kénekbe
sublative kénre kénekre
allative kénhez kénekhez
elative kénből kénekből
delative kénről kénekről
ablative kéntől kénektől
Possessive forms of kén
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kénem kénjeim
2nd person sing. kéned kénjeid
3rd person sing. kénje kénjei
1st person plural kénünk kénjeink
2nd person plural kénetek kénjeitek
3rd person plural kénjük kénjeik

References

  1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 繭 (“cocoon”; SV: kiển)

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái) kén ‎(茧, 絸, 繭)

  1. (entomology) a cocoon

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