fen
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English fen, fenne, from Old English fenn (“fen; marsh; mud; dirt”), from Proto-Germanic *fanją (compare West Frisian fean, Dutch veen, German Fenn, Norwegian fen), from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“bog, mire”). Compare Middle Irish en (“water”), enach (“swamp”), Old Prussian pannean (“peat-bog”), Sanskrit पङ्क (paṅka, “marsh, mud, mire, slough”).
Noun
fen (plural fens)
- A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:
- 1807, William Wordsworth, "England, 1802," collected in Poems (1807):
- Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:
- England hath need of thee: she is a fen
- Of stagnant waters […]
- 1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Slave in the Dismal Swamp, from Poems on Slavery:
- In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp / The hunted Negro lay; [...]
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- He was freezing to death in the flat mud of the Suffolk fens, too proud to go home without a catch.
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Translations
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See also
Etymology 2
Noun
fen (plural fens)
Translations
Etymology 3
From fan, by analogy with men as the plural of man.
Noun
- (dated, fandom slang) fans; a plural form used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc.
- 1951 May 21, Winthrop Sargeant, “Through the Interstellar Looking Glass”, in Life[1], volume 30, number 21, page 127:
- Sad to relate, some of the European delegates were probably insurgents rather than true fen. […] But the Europeans could be counted on to take the long view, and many of them would probably turn out to be real fen and fenne after all.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Compare fend.
Interjection
fen
- (obsolete) Used in children's games to prevent or forestall another player's action; a check or bar.
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
fen
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Chuukese
Adjective
fen
Synonyms
Adverb
fen
- past tense marker for verbs
- already
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
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- fen (unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan).
- 1962, Časopis Národního muzea, volume 131, page 165:
- Čínská poštovní správa v roce 1961 vydala ke Dni armády, tj. k 1. srpnu 1961 dvě známky, a to v hodnotách 8 fenů a 10 fenů […]
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Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
fen
Further reading
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin fīnitus. Compare Italian fino.
Adjective
fen (feminine faina)
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse fen, from Proto-Germanic *fanją.
Pronunciation
Noun
fen n (genitive singular fens, plural fen)
Declension
Declension of fen | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fen | fenið | fen | fenini |
accusative | fen | fenið | fen | fenini |
dative | feni | feninum | fenum | fenunum |
genitive | fens | fensins | fena | fenanna |
Derived terms
Friulian
Etymology
Noun
fen m (plural fens)
Related terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pänɜ (“grindstone; grind”).[1]
Verb
fen
Conjugation
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | fenek | fensz | fen | fenünk | fentek | fennek | |
Def. | fenem | fened | feni | fenjük | fenitek | fenik | |||
2nd-p. o. | fenlek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | fentem | fentél | fent | fentünk | fentetek | fentek | ||
Def. | fentem | fented | fente | fentük | fentétek | fenték | |||
2nd-p. o. | fentelek | ― | |||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. fenni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | fenék | fenél | fene | fenénk | fenétek | fenének | ||
Def. | feném | fenéd | fené | fenénk | fenétek | fenék | |||
2nd-p. o. | fenélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fen vala, fent vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | fenendek | fenendesz | fenend | fenendünk | fenendetek | fenendenek | ||
Def. | fenendem | fenended | fenendi | fenendjük | fenenditek | fenendik | |||
2nd-p. o. | fenendelek | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | fennék | fennél | fenne | fennénk | fennétek | fennének | |
Def. | fenném | fennéd | fenné | fennénk (or fennők) |
fennétek | fennék | |||
2nd-p. o. | fennélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fent volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | fenjek | fenj or fenjél |
fenjen | fenjünk | fenjetek | fenjenek | |
Def. | fenjem | fend or fenjed |
fenje | fenjük | fenjétek | fenjék | |||
2nd-p. o. | fenjelek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fent légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | fenni | fennem | fenned | fennie | fennünk | fennetek | fenniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
fenés | fenő | fent | fenendő | fenve (fenvén) | |||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | fenhetek | fenhetsz | fenhet | fenhetünk | fenhettek | fenhetnek | |
Def. | fenhetem | fenheted | fenheti | fenhetjük | fenhetitek | fenhetik | |||
2nd-p. o. | fenhetlek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | fenhettem | fenhettél | fenhetett | fenhettünk | fenhettetek | fenhettek | ||
Def. | fenhettem | fenhetted | fenhette | fenhettük | fenhettétek | fenhették | |||
2nd-p. o. | fenhettelek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | fenheték | fenhetél | fenhete | fenheténk | fenhetétek | fenhetének | ||
Def. | fenhetém | fenhetéd | fenheté | fenheténk | fenhetétek | fenheték | |||
2nd-p. o. | fenhetélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. fenhet vala, fenhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | fenhetendek or fenandhatok |
fenhetendesz or fenandhatsz |
fenhetend or fenandhat |
fenhetendünk or fenandhatunk |
fenhetendetek or fenandhattok |
fenhetendenek or fenandhatnak | ||
Def. | fenhetendem or fenandhatom |
fenhetended or fenandhatod |
fenhetendi or fenandhatja |
fenhetendjük or fenandhatjuk |
fenhetenditek or fenandhatjátok |
fenhetendik or fenandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | fenhetendelek or fenandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | fenhetnék | fenhetnél | fenhetne | fenhetnénk | fenhetnétek | fenhetnének | |
Def. | fenhetném | fenhetnéd | fenhetné | fenhetnénk (or fenhetnők) |
fenhetnétek | fenhetnék | |||
2nd-p. o. | fenhetnélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fenhetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | fenhessek | fenhess or fenhessél |
fenhessen | fenhessünk | fenhessetek | fenhessenek | |
Def. | fenhessem | fenhesd or fenhessed |
fenhesse | fenhessük | fenhessétek | fenhessék | |||
2nd-p. o. | fenhesselek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fenhetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (fenhetni) | (fenhetnem) | (fenhetned) | (fenhetnie) | (fenhetnünk) | (fenhetnetek) | (fenhetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | fenhető | Neg. adj. | fenhetetlen | Adv. part. | (fenhetve / fenhetvén) | ||||
Derived terms
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(Expressions):
Etymology 2
Noun
fen (plural fenek)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fen | fenek |
accusative | fent | feneket |
dative | fennek | feneknek |
instrumental | fennel | fenekkel |
causal-final | fenért | fenekért |
translative | fenné | fenekké |
terminative | fenig | fenekig |
essive-formal | fenként | fenekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | fenben | fenekben |
superessive | fenen | feneken |
adessive | fennél | feneknél |
illative | fenbe | fenekbe |
sublative | fenre | fenekre |
allative | fenhez | fenekhez |
elative | fenből | fenekből |
delative | fenről | fenekről |
ablative | fentől | fenektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
fené | feneké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
fenéi | fenekéi |
Possessive forms of fen | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | fenem | fenjeim |
2nd person sing. | fened | fenjeid |
3rd person sing. | fenje | fenjei |
1st person plural | fenünk | fenjeink |
2nd person plural | fenetek | fenjeitek |
3rd person plural | fenjük | fenjeik |
References
- ^ Entry #728 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Further reading
- fen in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fen, from Proto-Germanic *fanją.
Pronunciation
Noun
fen n (genitive singular fens, nominative plural fen)
Declension
Declension of fen | ||||
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n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fen | fenið | fen | fenin |
accusative | fen | fenið | fen | fenin |
dative | feni | feninu | fenum | fenunum |
genitive | fens | fensins | fena | fenanna |
Istriot
Etymology
Noun
fen
Mandarin
Romanization
fen
- Nonstandard spelling of fēn.
- Nonstandard spelling of fén.
- Nonstandard spelling of fěn.
- Nonstandard spelling of fèn.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fanją.
Noun
fen n (genitive fens, plural fen)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Noun
fȇn m (Cyrillic spelling фе̑н)
Declension
Swedish
Noun
fen
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَنّ (fann).
Noun
fen (definite accusative fenni, plural fenler)
Declension
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | fen | |
Definite accusative | fenni | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | fen | fenler |
Definite accusative | fenni | fenleri |
Dative | fenne | fenlere |
Locative | fende | fenlerde |
Ablative | fenden | fenlerden |
Genitive | fennin | fenlerin |
Synonyms
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- en:Fandom
- en:Science fiction
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