different between pens vs pees

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nz/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /p?nz/
  • Homophone: pins

Noun

pens

1. plural of pen
2. (obsolete) plural of penny

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Verb

pens

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pen

Anagrams

• EPNS, ESPN, Neps, neps

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pens.

Noun

pens (plural pense)

1. (anatomy) gut

Danish

Noun

pens c

1. indefinite genitive singular of pen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pense, from Old French panse (“belly; tripe”), from Latin pantex (“belly; guts”). Cognate with English paunch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ns/
• Hyphenation: pens
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

pens f (plural pensen, diminutive pensje n)

1. paunch, rumen
2. tripe
3. (cooking) tripe filled with minced meat
4. potbelly
5. (dialectal) stomach

Synonyms

• (paunch): rumen
• (potbelly): bierbuik, buikje, spekbuik

Derived terms

• boekpens
• pensmaag

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pens

Middle English

Noun

pens

1. plural of peny

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English points.

Noun

pens m (definite singular pensen, indefinite plural pensar, definite plural pensane)

1. (rail transport) points

Derived terms

• pensa (verb)

References

• “pens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Volapük

Noun

pens

1. nominative plural of pen

English

Noun

pees

1. plural of pee

Verb

pees

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pee

Anagrams

• Sepe, eeps, seep

Belizean Creole

Etymology 1

Noun

pees

1. piece (part of a larger whole)

Etymology 2

Noun

pees

1. peace

References

• Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 261.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?s/
• Hyphenation: pees
• Rhymes: -e?s

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pese. See vezel (“fiber, sinew”).

Noun

pees f (plural pezen, diminutive peesje n)

1. A sinew.

Derived terms

• pezig
• zenuwpees

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pees

1. first-person singular present indicative of pezen
2. imperative of pezen

Middle English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman peis, from Latin pax

Noun

pees (uncountable)

1. peace

Spanish

Verb

pees

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of peer.