different between fennel vs fenne

English

Etymology

From the Middle English fenel, from the late Old English finuðl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Old French fenoil, from the Vulgar Latin *f?nuclum, f?noclum, from Late Latin f?nuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”); compare the Italian finocchio, the Occitan fenolh, the French fenouil, and the Spanish hinojo. Doublet of finocchio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?n?l/
• Rhymes: -?n?l

Noun

fennel (usually uncountable, plural fennels)

1. A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
2. (cooking) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
3. (cooking) The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.

Synonyms

• sweet anise

Derived terms

• dog fennel
• hog’s fennel
• meridian fennel
• sweet fennel
• water fennel
• Florence fennel

Translations

Further reading

• fennel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English fenne (“marsh, bog”). More at fen.

Noun

fenne (plural fennes)

1. Obsolete form of fen.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fende, fend (“enemy, fiend”). Doublet of fiend.

Noun

fenne (plural fennes)

1. (rare) A dragon.

Etymology 3

From fanne, a blend of fan and femme, and fen, derived from fan by analogy with men (as the plural of man).

Noun

fenne

1. plural of fanne

See also

• fen

Hungarian

Etymology

fen +? -ne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?n??]
• Hyphenation: fen?ne

Verb

fenne

1. third-person singular conditional present indefinite of fen

Middle English

Noun

fenne

1. Alternative form of fen