different between kerning vs kening

English

Etymology

From kern (“part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter”) +? -ing, from French carne (“corner”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??n??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??

Noun

kerning (countable and uncountable, plural kernings)

1. (typography) The adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs in a typeface.

Usage notes

Kerning and tracking are sometimes confused; the latter refers to the uniform adjustment of letterspacing for a whole unit of text, while kerning relates to the spacing between two individual glyphs.

Related terms

• tracking

Translations

Verb

kerning

1. present participle of kern

Further reading

• kerning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Noun

kening

1. Misspelling of kenning.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n??/

Noun

kening (first-person possessive keningku, second-person possessive keningmu, third-person possessive keningnya)

1. eyebrow
2. forehead

Further reading

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

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /k?ne?/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /k?n??/
• Rhymes: -?ne?, -ne?, -e?

Noun

kening (Jawi spelling ?????, plural kening-kening, informal 1st possessive keningku, impolite 2nd possessive keningmu, 3rd possessive keningnya)

1. eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)

Further reading

• “kening” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• kining, kinig, keneng, koning

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Noun

kening m

1. king

Inflection

Descendants

• North Frisian: köning, könning, käning
• Saterland Frisian: Köönich
• West Frisian: kening

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian kening, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Noun

kening c (plural keningen, diminutive keninkje)

1. king

Derived terms

• keninginne
• keningskip
• keninklik
• keninkryk

Further reading

• “kening”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011