fern

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Anagrams 2 German 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective 2.2.1 Related terms 3 Icelandic 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.2.2 Related terms

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English fearn.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /fɜːn/
• (US) IPA: /fɝːn/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)n

[edit] Noun

fern (plural ferns)

1. Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta (formerly known by some as Filicophyta) that lacks seeds and reproduces by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

[edit] Derived terms

• ferny
• male fern

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• bracken

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: efnr
• nerf

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From Old High German ferrana.

[edit] Adjective

fern

1. far away

[edit] Related terms

• Ferne
• Fernsicht
• Fernsehen
• Fernweh
• fern liegen ("das liegt mir fern")

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology

From the stem fer-. Compare tvennur, þrennur.

[edit] Adjective

fern

1. four (used when counting singular nouns, pluralia tantum or groupings (esp. pairs) of items, or when the item counted is missing from the sentence or separated by the preposition af (“of”))

   fernir skór – four pairs of shoes

   fernir tónleikar – four concerts (tónleikar is plurale tantum)

   Þetta má gera á fernan hátt. – This can be done in four ways. (háttur cannot be used in its plural form in this sense)

   Það er fernt sem mig vantar. – There are four [things] that I need. (noun omitted)

   Ég vil fá fernt af öllu. – I want four of everything.

[edit] Derived terms

• ferna

[edit] Related terms

• fer-
• fjórir
• tvennur
• þrennur