fén

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fen"

Czech

Etymology

From German Föhn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛːn]

Noun

fén m inan

1. foehn
2. hairdryer

Declension

Declension of fén (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	fén	fény
genitive	fénu	fénů
dative	fénu	fénům
accusative	fén	fény
vocative	féne	fény
locative	fénu	fénech
instrumental	fénem	fény

Further reading

• “fén”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “fén”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “fén”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Irish

Alternative forms

• fé’n (superseded)
• faoin (standard language)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲeːn̪ˠ/

Contraction

fén

1. (Munster) Contraction of fé an (“under the; about the”).

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• fen — nonstandard

Romanization

fén (fen², Zhuyin ㄈㄣˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坆
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墳／坟
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 妢
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幩／𪩸
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弅
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朊
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 枌
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梤
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棻
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棼
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 橨／𰗺
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汾
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濆／𣸣
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 炃
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 焚
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燌／𰞻
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燓
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獖／𰡞
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玢
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盺
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秎
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 羒
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肦
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒶／𰱍
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕡／𰱟
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚠
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚡
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豶／豮
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貼／贴
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贰
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轒／𮝷
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鐼／𫔁
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隫／𱀡
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頒／颁
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馚, 馩／𬳟
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魵／𫚍
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黂／𱋱
38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼖
39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼢
40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 芬

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wegnos, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰnos, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to go, transport”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸʲeːn]

Noun

fén m (genitive féoin, nominative plural féoin)

1. wagon, cart

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fén	fénL	féoinL
Vocative	féoin	fénL	féonuH
Accusative	fénN	fénL	féonuH
Genitive	féoinL	fén	fénN
Dative	fénL	fénaib	fénaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: féan

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fén	ḟén	fén pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Slovak

Alternative forms

• fön, föhn

Etymology

Derived from German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feːn]

Noun

fén m inan

1. foehn
2. hairdryer

   Synonym: sušič

Declension

Declension of fén

	singular	plural
nominative	fén	fény
genitive	fénu	fénov
dative	fénu	fénom
accusative	fén	fény
locative	féne	fénoch
instrumental	fénom	fénmi

Further reading

• “fén”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024