different between agen vs aven

English

Etymology

Variant of again.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?g?n

Adverb

agen (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of again
   • 1832-1837, John Clare, Approaching Night

     O, how I long to be agen

     That poor and independent man,

     With labour's lot from morn to night

     And books to read at candle light;

Preposition

agen

1. Obsolete spelling of again

Anagrams

• Ange, Egan, Gean, Gena, gean, gena, nega-

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch agent, from French agent, from Latin ag?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.??n/
• Hyphenation: a?gèn

Noun

agen

1. agent:
   1. (economics, management, trading) one who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another.

      Synonyms: penghubung, perantara, wakil

      Synonyms: bandar, dealer, distributor, pemasok, penyalur, penyuplai, tauke, pengedar

   2. someone who works for an intelligence agency.
   3. (biology, chemistry) an active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.

      Synonyms: bahan, penyebab

   4. (drama) a person who looks for work for another person.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “agen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From awe +? -en.

Verb

agen

1. Alternative form of awen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French aagier; equivalent to age +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?d??n/

Verb

agen

1. (usually in the past participle) to become older; to age.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: age
• Scots: age

References

• “??en, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-19.

Old English

Etymology 1

Variant of Old English ong?an (“again, eft, back”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /??je?n/

Preposition

a??n

1. against, contra

Adverb

a??n

1. again, anew

Prefix

a??n

1. again, eft, back

Derived terms

• a??nbewendan (“to return”)
• a??ncuman (“to come back”)
• a??n?ecyrran (“to turn again, recur”)
• a??n?ehweorfan (“to change again, return”)
• ag?nhwyrfan (“to turn again, return (agen-whirl)”)
• a??niernan (“to run against, meet”)
• a??nl?dan (“to lead back”)
• a??nsendan (“to send back”)
• a??nstandan (“to stand against, urge, insist upon”)
• a??nyrnan (“to run into, meet with, meet”)

Etymology 2

Literally ‘owned’: originally the past participle of ?gan. Corresponding to Old Saxon ?gan (Dutch eigen), Old High German eigan (German eigen), Old Norse eiginn (Swedish egen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.?en/, [???.?en]

Adjective

?gen

1. own

Declension

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

agen

1. definite singular of ag

Anagrams

• Agne, ange, egna, gena

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French aven.

Noun

aven (plural avens)

1. A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
2. A pothole.

See also

• domepit

References

• Northern Caves, Vols 1-5. Dalesman Publishing, UK. passim

Anagrams

• Evan, Nave, Neva, Vena, nave, neva, vane

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton avon, from Proto-Brythonic *a?on (“river”).

Alternative forms

• avon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.ven/

Noun

aven f (plural avenioù)

1. (archaic) river

French

Etymology

From Occitan avenc, from Gaulish *abon? (“river”), from Proto-Celtic *ab? (“river”). Compare Breton aven, avon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.v?n/

Noun

aven m (plural avens)

1. (geology, caving) pit cave, pit (natural cave with predominantly vertical shafts)

   Synonyms: gouffre, igue

2. (geology) sinkhole (US), swallow hole (UK)

Further reading

• aven on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “aven” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English oven.

Noun

aven

1. oven