speen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch spene, from Old Dutch *speno, from Frankish *spenō, from Proto-Germanic *spenô (nipple).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /speːn/
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  • Hyphenation: speen
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

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speen f (plural spenen, diminutive speentje n)

  1. a teat, a nipple
    Synonym: tepel
  2. a dummy, a pacifier
    Synonym: fopspeen
  3. a nozzle for bottle-feeding
  4. (archaic) a hemorrhoid
    • 1637, 1 Samuel 5,9b, Statenvertaling.
      [] want Hij sloeg de lieden dier stad van den kleine tot den grote, en zij hadden spenen in de verborgene plaatsen.
      [] for He smote the people of that town from the small to the great, and they had hemorrhoids in their secret parts.
    Synonym: aambei

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: speen

Yola

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English *spene, from Old English spane, from Proto-West Germanic *spanu.

Noun

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speen

  1. spean
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:
      Na speen to be multh, nar flaase to be shaure.
      no teat to be milked, nor fleece to be shorn.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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speen

  1. Alternative form of zpeen (to spend)

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 69