different between penne vs fenne

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian penne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ne?/

Noun

penne (uncountable)

1. A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.

Translations

Derived terms

• penne rigate

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?n?/, [?p??n?]

Noun

penne c

1. indefinite plural of pen

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin pinna, penna, from Proto-Italic *petn?, from Proto-Indo-European *péth?r? ~ pth?én- (“feather, wing”). Doublet of panne. See also pinacle–panache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?n/
• Homophones: peine, peinent, pêne, pennes

Noun

penne f (plural pennes)

1. large feather
2. penne (pasta)

Further reading

• “penne” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Verb

penne

1. inflection of pennen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Noun

penne f pl

1. plural of penna

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman penne, from Latin penna, from Proto-Italic *petn?, from Proto-Indo-European *péth?r?. Compare feþer.

Alternative forms

• pen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n(?)/

Noun

penne (plural pennes)

2. A pen or other implement for writing.
3. (figuratively) A writer's aptitude or distinguishing features.
4. A quill; the rachis (stem) of a feather.
5. A wing (projection enabling flight) (usually used in the plural)
6. A feather or piece of plumage.
7. (rare) A hollow channel.

Related terms

• penne knyfe
• penner

Descendants

• English: pen
• Scots: pen

References

• “penne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.

Etymology 2

From Old English penn, from Proto-Germanic *penn?.

Noun

penne

2. Alternative form of pen

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