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fern
English
Etymology
From Middle English ferne, from Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”). Cognate with West Frisian fear, Dutch varen, German Farn, Lithuanian spar?nas, Avestan ????????????????????????? (par?na), Kamkata-viri por, Sanskrit ???? (par?á).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f?n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
Noun
fern (plural ferns)
- Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
Synonyms
- (Pteridophyta): Filicophyta (archaic)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- bracken
Further reading
- fern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- fren, fren', nerf
German
Etymology
From Old High German ferrana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??n/
- Rhymes: -??n
Adjective
fern (comparative ferner, superlative am fernsten)
- remote
- far away
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “fern” in Duden online
- “fern” in Duden online
- “fern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Icelandic
Etymology
From the root fer-. Compare tvennur, þrennur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?rtn/
- Rhymes: -?rtn
Adjective
fern
- four (used when counting singular nouns, pluralia tantum or groupings (especially pairs) of items, or when the item counted is missing from the sentence or separated by the preposition af (“of”))
- fernir skór – four pairs of shoes
- fernir tónleikar – four concerts (tónleikar is plurale tantum)
- Þetta má gera á fernan hátt. – This can be done in four ways. (háttur cannot be used in its plural form in this sense)
- Það er fernt sem mig vantar. – There are four [things] that I need. (noun omitted)
- Ég vil fá fernt af öllu. – I want four of everything.
Inflection
Derived terms
- ferna
Related terms
- fer-
- fjórir
- tvennur
- þrennur
Middle English
Alternative forms
- vern, fearn, farn, varn, firn
Etymology
From Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??rn/, /f?rn/
Noun
fern (plural ferns)
- fern
Descendants
- English: fern
- Scots: farne, fairn
- Yola: fearn
References
- “f??rn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wern? (compare Welsh gwern). Cognate with Old Armenian ????? (geran).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?er?n?/
Noun
fern f (genitive fernae, nominative plural ferna)
- alder
- shield (made of alder wood)
- pole, stake
- the letter F
Inflection
Descendants
- Irish: fearn
- ? Irish: fearnóg
- Manx: farney
- Scottish Gaelic: feàrna
Mutation
Old Saxon
Noun
fern m
- Alternative form of infern
fern From the web:
- what ferns take full sun
- what ferns are edible
- what ferns are safe for cats
- what ferns do well in sun
- what ferns are perennials
- what ferns are toxic to dogs
- what ferns are toxic to cats
- what fern do i have
feen
English
Etymology
From fiend, as a reference to drug fiend or dope fiend.
Pronunciation
Verb
feen (third-person singular simple present feens, present participle feening, simple past and past participle feened)
- (transitive, slang) To want something obsessively; to have a strong desire for.
See also
- jones (verb)
Anagrams
- eefn'
Danish
Noun
feen c
- definite singular of fe
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
feen m
- definite singular of fe
feen From the web:
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