pens

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛnz/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /pɪnz/
  • Homophone: pins
• Rhymes: -ɛnz, -ɪnz

Noun

pens

1. plural of pen
2. (obsolete) plural of penny

Verb

pens

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pen

Anagrams

• EPNS, ESPN, Neps, neps

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pens.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

pens (plural pense)

1. (anatomy) gut

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛns]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpəns]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpens]

Etymology 1

Noun

pens m (invariable)

1. (obsolete) thought

Etymology 2

Verb

pens

1. (Balearic, Alghero) first-person singular present indicative of pensar

Danish

Noun

pens c

1. indefinite genitive singular of pen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pense, from Old French panse (“belly; tripe”), from Latin pantex (“belly; guts”). Cognate with Limburgish pans, West Flemish pense, English paunch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛns/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pens
• Rhymes: -ɛns

Noun

pens f (plural pensen, diminutive pensje n)

1. paunch, rumen

   Synonym: rumen

   In de pens wordt voedsel voorverteerd. ― Food is pre-digested in the rumen.

   • 1871, F. C. Hekmeijer, Geïllustreerd Veeartsenijkundig Handboek voor elken Landman, voor ieder, die Dieren of Vee houdt, publ. B. Dekema, page 546.

     De pens heeft 2 openingen, waarvan de bovenste, de maagmond, in den slokdarm voert, de onderste, grootere, is de netmaag-opening en voert in de tweede maag...

     The rumen has two apertures, of which the upper or cardia leads to the esophagus and the lower and bigger aperture or opening of the reticulum leads to the second stomach...

2. tripe

   Vandaag de dag wordt pens als slachtafval gezien. ― Nowadays, tripe is regarded as offal.

3. (cooking) tripe filled with minced meat

   Synonym: rolpens

   Vroeger werd pens veelal thuis gemaakt. ― In the past, filled tripe was often made at home.

4. potbelly

   Synonyms: bierbuik, buikje, spekbuik

   Zo, jij hebt een aardige pens ontwikkeld! ― Whew, you've developed quite a potbelly!

5. (dialectal) stomach

   Synonym: maag

   De hond heeft een opgezwollen pens. ― The dog has a distended stomach.

   • 1887, W. F. Margadant, Met de adelborsten aan boord van de "Aldebaran", W. Cremer, page 125:

     (Hij) zwoer bij kris en kras dat hij den gevangen monsters (t.w. haaien) dikwijls levende jongen uit hun ”pens” had gehaald...

     (He) swore up and down that he had often extricated live young from the ”stomachs” of the captured monsters (i.e. sharks)...

Derived terms

• bloedpens
• boekpens
• kweepensje
• pensketel
• penslap
• pensmaag
• penssoep
• pensstaafje
• penszak
• rolpens

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pens

Middle English

Alternative forms

• panes, pans

Noun

pens

1. plural of peny (“penny”)

   Synonym: penies

   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Friar's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1603:

     [...] ‘Yif me twelf pens, I may no lenger tarie.’

     [...] ‘Give me twelve pence, I can no longer tarry.’

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English points.

Noun

pens m (definite singular pensen, indefinite plural pensar, definite plural pensane)

1. (rail transport) points

Derived terms

• pensa (verb)

References

• “pens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pence. Doublet of pieniądz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛns/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛns
• Syllabification: pens

Noun

pens m animal

1. penny (one-hundredth of a pound sterling)

Declension

Declension of pens

	singular	plural
nominative	pens	pensy
genitive	pensa	pensów
dative	pensowi	pensom
accusative	pensa	pensy
instrumental	pensem	pensami
locative	pensie	pensach
vocative	pensie	pensy

Further reading

• pens in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Volapük

Noun

pens

1. nominative plural of pen