different between eng vs peng

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also confer Old English enge (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *ang?, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz.

No mention of the word is found in any surviving Middle English text, save for the Middle English compound word ang-nail. Related to Dutch eng (“narrow”), German eng (“narrow”), Low German enj (“confined, narrow”), Luxembourgish enk (“narrow”).

Adjective

eng

1. (regional, obsolete) Narrow.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Middle English Dictionary
• bosworthtoller.com

Etymology 2

Noun

eng (plural engs)

1. Roman alphabet ?: The Latin-based letter formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Saami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages. In the IPA, it represents the voiced velar nasal, the ng sound in running and rink.

Synonyms

• agma
• (?): engma

Anagrams

• -gen, GEN, Gen, Gen., gen, gen., neg, neg.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *anga, related to Lithuanian angùs (“sluggish, lazy, idle”), éngti (“to strangle”), Latvian îgt (“to wear off, to languish”), and Gothic ???????????????????????? (aggwus, “narrow”).

Adjective

eng m (feminine enge)

1. deaf and dumb

Synonyms

• shtemët

Related terms

• ang

References

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?/, [???]

Noun

eng c (singular definite engen, plural indefinite enge)

1. A meadow.

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• “eng” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “eng” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/
• Hyphenation: eng
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch enge, from Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-West Germanic *ang?, from Proto-Germanic *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?én??us. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.

Adjective

eng (comparative enger, superlative engst)

1. narrow
2. small
3. scary, creepy

Inflection

Derived terms

• doodeng
• engte

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eng
• ?? English: eng

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch enc.

Noun

eng m (plural engen)

1. Alternative form of enk.

Anagrams

• gen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German enge, from Old High German engi, from Proto-West Germanic *ang?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/

Adjective

eng (comparative enger, superlative am engsten)

1. narrow, tight

Declension

Related terms

• Angst
• enganliegend
• engbefreundet
• Enge
• engen
• Engheit
• engherzig
• Engelaut
• Engpaß
• engsichtig

Further reading

• “eng” in Duden online

Kosraean

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *a?in, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ha?in. Compare Tagalog hangin, Malagasy anina, Pohnpeian ahng, Fijian cagi, Tongan angi, Samoan agi, Hawaiian ani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?/

Noun

eng

1. wind

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ?/

Article

eng f

1. Feminine singular indefinite article; a, an

   Si huet zwéin Hënn an eng Kaz

   She has two dogs and a cat

Declension

Mandarin

Romanization

eng

1. Nonstandard spelling of ?ng.

Usage notes

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse eng

Noun

eng f or m (definite singular enga or engen, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)

1. a meadow

Derived terms

• blomstereng
• kløvereng
• slåtteeng

References

• “eng” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic *angij?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

eng f (definite singular enga, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)

1. a meadow

Inflection

References

• “eng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e??/, [????]

Determiner

?ng

1. Alternative form of ?nich

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• engi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *angij? f.

Noun

eng f or n

1. meadow

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• eng1 in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• eng2 in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Uzbek

Etymology

From Old Turkic ????? (? /e?/). Cognate with Azerbaijani ?n, Kyrgyz ?? (eñ), Turkish en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/

Adverb

eng

1. the most ..., the ...-est (marks the superlative degree of adjectives)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/

Noun

eng f (plural engiau)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ng.

Mutation

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i/i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u/u bedol, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd ^{(Category: cy:Latin letter names)}

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese ? (péng).

Noun

peng (usually uncountable, plural pengs)

1. (Chinese mythology) A legendary enormous bird.

Synonyms

• roc

Translations

Etymology 2

From Hokkien ? (peng, “ice”).

Adjective

peng (not comparable)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) iced; with ice added

Etymology 3

Etymology unknown, attested in the UK c. 2000. Documented possibilities include:

1. From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”).
2. From clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute.
3. From Cantonese ???? jau⁶ peng⁴ jau⁶ leng³ (cheap and also good quality) see also ??? peng⁴ leng³ zeng³ (low cost, high quality) often heard from hawkers in major chinatowns

Alternative forms

• pengers, leng, lengers, kweng, kwengers

Adjective

peng (comparative penger, superlative pengest)

1. (MLE) Physically or sexually attractive.

   Synonyms: fit, hot
2. (MLE) Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.

Synonyms

• (sexually attractive): See also Thesaurus:sexy
• (of the highest quality): See also Thesaurus:excellent

Derived terms

• (of the highest quality): peng ting

References

Acehnese

Etymology

From Malay keping, perhaps through Batak hepeng.

Noun

peng

1. money

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin pignus.

Noun

peng m (indefinite plural pengje, definite singular pengu, definite plural pengjet)

1. (law) pledge, pawn
2. hostage
3. feeling of regret, unfulfilled desire, wishful thinking
4. (figuratively) token of assurance

Derived terms

• pengcë

References

German

Alternative forms

• päng

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p??]

Interjection

peng

1. bang (a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound)

Further reading

• “peng” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -g (“frequentative suffix”). Compare pendül.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p???]
• Hyphenation: peng
• Rhymes: -???

Verb

peng

1. (intransitive) to ring, jingle (to give out a loud, resonant sound as when striking together two pieces of metal)
2. (intransitive, of musical instrument) to twang

Conjugation

or

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

• peng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

peng

1. Nonstandard spelling of p?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of péng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of p?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of pèng.

Usage notes

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

peng m (definite singular pengen, indefinite plural pengar, definite plural pengane)

1. Alternative form of penge

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse peningr and pengr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

peng c

1. a coin
2. (mostly in plural) money

   Du ska få en peng när du fyller

   You'll get money for your birthday

   Nyutbildade får inga pengar till semester

   Graduates get no money for vacation

   Pengarna eller livet!

   The money or your life!

Usage notes

• The first sample sentence (Du ska få en peng) gives evidence of a rare exception where the singular of peng is used to mean money, and not a coin. Another example is veckopeng/månadspeng, meaning weekly/monthly allowance. However, compounds are formed with the ancient plural genitive penga-.

Declension

Synonyms

coin

• mynt
• penning
• slant

money

• bagis
• deg
• kontanter
• kosing
• medel
• tillgångar

Related terms

coin

• guldpeng
• pengapung
• pengapåse

money

• fickpengar
• månadspeng
• pengabrist
• pengaflöde
• pengastinn
• skattepengar
• småpengar
• veckopeng

References

• peng in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)