different between yen vs nen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

From Medhurst and Hepburn’s romanizations, under the influence of earlier Portuguese romanizations, of Japanese ? (“round; a round object”) as ye or yen, now ? (en), from Chinese ?? (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”): ? (“silver”) + ? (“circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar”). Cognate with Chinese ? (yuán, “monetary unit, especially RMB”) and Korean ? (won, “North or South Korean won”). Doublet of won and yuan.

Noun

yen (plural yen)

1. The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
2. A coin or note worth one yen.

Synonyms

• JPY

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain, but probably from Cantonese ? (jan⁵, “craving”) originally in reference to opium addiction, ?? or ?? (jin¹-jan⁵): ?, ? (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the later yen (“opium”) and yen-yen.

Noun

yen (plural yens)

2. A strong desire, urge, or yearning.

   Synonyms: craving, desire, hankering, jones, longing, urge, yearning

   • 1934, Lew Levenson, chapter XX, in Butterfly Man, New York, N.Y.: Castle Books, ?OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Castle Books, [1960?], ?OCLC, page 208:

     She repeated the words: "You for me and me for you," then hummed: "Two for tea and tea for two …" Her voice trailed off … "All I got is a yen for Diana and my sweet little cute little Zigzag."

Translations

Verb

yen (third-person singular simple present yens, present participle yenning, simple past and past participle yenned)

1. (transitive) To have a strong desire for.

Translations

Etymology 3

From Chinese ?, ? (y?n), or Cantonese ?, ? (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the earlier yen (“strong desire”) and later yen-yen.

Noun

yen (uncountable)

1. (slang) Opium.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opium

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• Japanese yen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -yne, NYE, Ney, Nye, eny, ney, nye

Bambara

Adverb

yen

1. there

See also

• yan

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (en, “yen, circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?n/
• Hyphenation: yen
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

yen m (plural yens)

1. yen, Japanese monetary unit and coin.

French

Etymology

From Japanese.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /j?n/
• Homophone: hyène (hyène can have aspirate or mute h, whereas yen is always "aspirate")

Noun

yen m (plural yens)

1. yen (currency)

Further reading

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

Ido

Etymology 1

From Esperanto jen, from German jener.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jen/

Interjection

yen

1. look here, behold, lo

Conjunction

yen

1. here is, there is

Synonyms

• yen hike
• yen ibe

Preposition

yen

1. here is

Synonyms

• yen ke

Derived terms

• yena
• yene

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ?.

Noun

yen (plural yen)

1. yen (Japanese currency)

Indonesian

Etymology

From the influence of earlier Portuguese romanizations, of Japanese ? (“round; a round object”) as ye or yen, now ? (en), from Chinese ?? (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”): ? (“silver”) + ? (“circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar”). Cognate with Chinese ? (yuán, “monetary unit, especially RMB”) and Korean ? (won, “North or South Korean won”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?n/, /jen/
• Hyphenation: yèn

Noun

yen (first-person possessive yenku, second-person possessive yenmu, third-person possessive yennya)

1. yen, the unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.

References

Further reading

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

Koko-Bera

Pronoun

yen (accusative yintéw, dative yintéw)

1. you; second person singular pronoun, nominative case

References

• 2008, Paul Black, Pronominal Accretions in Pama-Nyungan, in Morphology and Language History ?ISBN, edited by Claire Bowern, Bethwyn Evans, Luisa Miceli)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

yen m (definite singular yenen, indefinite plural yen, definite plural yenane)

1. (numismatics) yen

References

• “yen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish lleno.

Adjective

yen

1. full

Spanish

Etymology

From Japanese ? (en).

Pronunciation

Noun

yen m (plural yenes)

1. yen

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ye? (“sleeve”).

Noun

yen (definite accusative yeni, plural yenler)

1. sleeve

Verb

yen

1. second-person singular imperative of yenmek

Volapük

Etymology

From Japanese ? (en)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jen]

Noun

yen (nominative plural yens)

1. yen

Declension

Zhuang

Etymology

From Mandarin ??? (xiàn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /je?n??/
• Tone numbers: yen⁵
• Hyphenation: yen

Noun

yen (old orthography yen)

1. county

English

Pronoun

nen

1. (Tyneside) none

Anagrams

• NNE

Abinomn

Noun

nen

1. elder brother

Ainu

Etymology

From ne (“interrogatory root”) +? n (“person”). See nep, nekon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ne?n]

Pronoun

nen (Kana spelling ??)

1. (interrogative) who

Synonyms

• hunna

See also

Catalan

Alternative forms

• nin (“Mallorca”)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ninus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?n?n/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?n?n/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?nen/

Noun

nen m (plural nens, feminine nena)

1. boy, male child

Further reading

• “nen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nen” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “nen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Noun

nen

1. ceiling

References

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

Dutch

Article

nen

1. (Brabant) Alternative form of ne

Usage notes

See usage notes at ne.

German

Article

nen

1. Nonstandard form of 'n.

Japanese

Romanization

nen

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Ladin

Pronoun

nen

1. some

Mandarin

Romanization

nen (Zhuyin ???)

1. Nonstandard spelling of nèn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle Low German

Etymology

Probably shortened from Old Saxon nihen (“not one”).

Pronunciation

• Stem vowel: ê²
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /n??n/

Article

nên

1. no, none; used and inflected in the same way as the article ên.
   • ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra?ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:

     Gy ?ynt de ?node?te vn? de grote?te thiran. den men vinden mach in alle der werlnde_[sic]. vn? ik hebbe nene? min?che? ny ghe?een noch ghehort de iuw ye wat gudes na ?echt heft.

     You are the vilest and greatest tyrant that one might find in all the world, and I have not seen nor heard one human, that has ever said a good thing about you.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• n?n

Etymology

Blend of ne (“not”) +? ?n (“one”). Akin to Old English n?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ne?n/, [?n??n]

Determiner

n?n

1. no, not one

Pronoun

n?n

1. none, no-one, nobody

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: neen, naan
• West Frisian: neen

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?/

Adverb

nen

1. not even (introduces an emphatic negation or exclusion)

   • Nen ela outro??i anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q? nõ rogue de coraçõ

     Not even she can’t tell us, if God helps me, that one shouldn’t beg heartily

Conjunction

nen

1. nor (introduces each except the first term of a series, indicating that none of them is true)

   • Porend a ?ant e?critura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn? miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ?anta maria.

     However, the Holy Scripture, which doesn’t lie nor err, tells of a great miracle that Virgin Holy Mary worked in England.

Descendants

• Fala: nin
• Galician: nin
• Portuguese: nem

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English name.

Noun

nen

1. name

Derived terms

• deinen

Volapük

Preposition

nen

1. without

Welsh

Noun

nen f (plural nennau or nennoedd, not mutable)

1. heaven

Synonyms

• nef