different between pinna vs penna

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n?/
• Rhymes: -?n?
• Homophone: Pinner (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology

From Latin pinna (“dorsal fin; wing, feather”)

Noun

pinna (plural pinnas or pinnae)

1. (anatomy) The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
2. (botany) A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.
3. (zoology) A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• PanIN, panni

Estonian

Noun

pinna

1. genitive singular of pind

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish pinne (“stick, spoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pin??/, [?pin??]
• Rhymes: -in??
• Syllabification: pin?na

Noun

pinna

1. spoke (of a wheel, ie. in bicycle)
2. (nautical) tiller

   Synonym: peräsinkampi

3. (music) sound post (dowel inside an instrument of violin family)
4. (colloquial) point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
5. (colloquial) temper, nerve, fuse (in the sense of losing one's temper)

   Marian pinna paloi.

   Maria lost her temper.

   Marialla on lyhyt pinna.

   Maria's got a short fuse.

6. (colloquial) percent

Declension

Synonyms

• (point): piste
• (temper): hermot
• (percent): prosentti

Compounds

• irtopinna
• pinnasänky
• pinnatuoli
• pyöränpinna

Anagrams

• napin, nipan, panin, panni

Italian

Noun

pinna f (plural pinne)

1. fin
2. flipper

Anagrams

• panni

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, could be a merger of two etymons:

• in the sense "fin", from Proto-Indo-European *(s)piHn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”), cognate to Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”), Sanskrit ????? (sphyá, “splinter, staff”), English fin;
• in other senses, a dialectal form of penna with either pre-nasal (as in dignus) or post-labial (as in firmus) raising, from Proto-Italic *petn?, from Proto-Indo-European *péth?r? ~ pth?én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth?- (“to fly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pin.na/, [?p?n?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pin.na/, [?pin??]

Noun

pinna f (genitive pinnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of penna (“wing, feather”)
2. a fin
   1. a merlon, cop (the raised part of a parapet or battlement)
3. (Medieval Latin) a peg, pin, bolt

Usage notes

• Senses (2) and (3) are not found for the form penna.

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne (eds.) (1975–2013) , “pinna”, in Dictionary of medieval Latin from British sources?^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, ?ISBN, OCLC 1369101

Further reading

• pinna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pinna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pinna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pinna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pinna in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pinna in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• pinna in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Maltese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

pinna f

1. pen (writing instrument)

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin penna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pinna/
• Hyphenation: pin?na

Noun

pinna f (plural pinni)

1. feather
2. pen
3. fin

English

Etymology

From Latin penna (“feather”). Doublet of panne.

Noun

penna (plural pennae)

1. a contour feather

Anagrams

• panne

Breton

Adjective

penna

1. main, principal

Hungarian

Etymology

From the Latin penna (“feather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?n??]
• Hyphenation: pen?na
• Rhymes: -n?

Noun

penna (plural pennák)

1. (archaic) quill pen, pen, quill (a feather used for writing)

   Synonyms: toll, írótoll

Declension

Further reading

• penna in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin penna and pinna, from Proto-Italic *petn?, from Proto-Indo-European *péth?r? ~ pth?én- (“feather, wing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pen.na/
• Rhymes: -enna

Noun

penna f (plural penne)

1. feather
2. pen

3. (cooking, in the plural) penne (type of pasta)

Related terms

• pennacchiera
• pennacchio
• pennaiolo
• pennata
• pennello
• penniforme
• pennino
• penne rigate
• penne lisce

Anagrams

• panne

Latin

Alternative forms

• pinna

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *petn?, from Proto-Indo-European *péth?r? ~ pth?én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth?- (“to fly”), with pinna apparently representing a dialectal variant with pre-nasal raising.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pen.na/, [?p?n?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pen.na/, [?p?n??]

Noun

penna f (genitive pennae); first declension

1. wing (of natural or supernatural creatures)
   1. (figuratively) wing as a symbol of speed
2. feather, especially a flight-feather; pinion
3. quill pen

Usage notes

• Unlike its variant pinna, is not found in the meanings "fin" or "raised part of a parapet".

Declension

First-declension noun.

Coordinate terms

• (wing) ?la
• (feather) pl?ma, pl?mula
• (pen) calamus

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• pterus

References

• “penna” on page 1459 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “pinna” on page 1520 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “penna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 458

Further reading

• penna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• penna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• penna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• penna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• penna in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old Spanish

Noun

penna f (plural pennas)

1. rock

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin penna

Pronunciation

Noun

penna c

1. a contour feather, a penna
2. a quill, a feather used for writing
3. a pen
4. a pencil

Declension

Related terms

• blyertspenna
• bläckpenna
• gåspenna
• kulspetspenna
• pennal
• pennfodral
• pennkniv
• pennskaft
• pennskrin
• penntroll
• pennvässare
• reservoarpenna
• stiftpenna
• stålpenna
• vingpenna