different between fenny vs fenne

English

Etymology

From Middle English fenny, from Old English fenni?; equivalent to fen +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?f?ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni

Adjective

fenny (comparative more fenny, superlative most fenny)

1. Characteristic of a fen; marshy, swampy.
2. (now only of plants) Living or growing in a fen.

Synonyms

• (characteristic of a fen): fennish, quaggy, uliginous; see also Thesaurus:marshy

Translations

Anagrams

• fynne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fenni

Etymology

From Old English fenni?; equivalent to fen +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?ni?/

Adjective

fenny (plural and weak singular fennye)

1. fenny, marshy; like a fen
2. (rare) rotten, tainted, sinful

Descendants

• English: fenny

References

• “fenn?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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