pen

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Related terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 4 Mandarin 4.1 Pinyin syllable 4.1.1 Usage notes 5 Mapudungun 5.1 Verb 5.1.1 Synonyms 6 Norwegian 6.1 Adjective 7 Tok Pisin 7.1 Noun 8 Welsh 8.1 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɛn/, SAMPA: /pEn/
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• Rhymes: -ɛn

[edit] Etymology 1

Origin uncertain, perhaps related to pin.

[edit] Noun

pen (plural pens)

1. An enclosed area used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

   There are two steers in the third pen.

2. A place to confine a person; a prison cell.

   They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.

3. (baseball) The bullpen.

   Two righties are up in the pen.

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to pen (third-person singular simple present pens, present participle penning, simple past and past participle penned or pent)

1. (transitive) To enclose in a pen.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Anglo-Norman penne, from Old French penne, from Latin penna 'feather'.

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pen (plural pens)

1. A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.

   He took notes with a pen.

2. (zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.

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ball pen ball-point pen border pen bull pen cartridge pen felt-tip pen fountain pen goose pen

lettering pen pen cancellation pen feather pen-mate penmanship pen name pen pal poison pen

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to pen (third-person singular simple present pens, present participle penning, simple past and past participle penned)

1. (transitive) To write (an article, a book, etc.).

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[edit] Etymology 3

Origin uncertain.

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pen (plural pens)

1. A female swan.

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[edit] Etymology 4

Shortned form of penalty

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pen (plural pens)

1. penalty

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From late Old Norse penni, from Latin penna (“‘feather’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɛn/, [pʰɛnˀ]

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pen c. (singular definite pennen, plural indefinite penne)

1. pen
2. quill
3. pane, peen

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pεn/, SAMPA: /pEn/
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pen m

1. pen (writing utensil)

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• balpen
• kroontjespen
• vulpen

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pen

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, pēn, pén, pěn, or pèn.

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English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Mapudungun

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pen (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. To see.

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• petun

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[edit] Norwegian

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pen

1. beautiful

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pen

1. paint

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pen

1. son