English

Noun

penna ‎(plural pennae)

1. a contour feather

Anagrams

• panne

Breton

Adjective

penna

1. main, principal

Hungarian

Etymology

From the Latin penna ‎(“feather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛnːɒ]
• Hyphenation: pen‧na

Noun

penna ‎(plural pennák)

1. (obsolete) pen
2. (archaic) feather

Declension

Synonyms

• (pen): írótoll

Italian

Etymology

From Latin penna and pinna, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- ‎(“feather, wing”).

Pronunciation

• pénna, IPA^(key): /ˈpenna/

Noun

penna f ‎(plural penne)

1. feather
2. pen
3. (in plural) penne (type of pasta)

Related terms

• pennacchiera
• pennacchio
• pennaiolo
• pennata
• pennello
• penniforme
• pennino

Anagrams

• panne

Latin

Alternative forms

• pinna

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- ‎(“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- ‎(“to fly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpen.na/, [ˈpɛn.na]

Noun

penna f ‎(genitive pennae); first declension

1. feather, especially a flight-feather; pinion
2. wing, fin
3. quill pen

Usage notes

• The two forms penna and pinna coexist in classical Latin, with the pe- spelling reflecting the phonetic evolution of the short Latin i.^[1]
• Some say the two forms penna and pinna were originally two different nouns, the former from old pesna, petna (wing) from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‎(“to fly”), the latter for pitna (a sharp point, cf. Spanish peña and Portuguese penha).

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• pennatus
• pinnula

Coordinate terms

• (feather) plūma, plūmula
• (pen) calamus

See also

• pterus

Descendants

References

• penna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• penna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PENNA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “penna”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• penna in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

1. ↑ Octavia: A Play Attributed to Seneca. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Rolando Ferri. Cambridge University Press, 2003. p392.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

penna c

1. a contour feather, a penna
2. a quill, a feather used for writing
3. a pen
4. a pencil

Declension

Related terms

• blyertspenna
• bläckpenna
• gåspenna
• kulspetspenna
• pennal
• pennfodral
• pennkniv
• pennskaft
• pennskrin
• penntroll
• pennvässare
• reservoarpenna
• stiftpenna
• stålpenna
• vingpenna