fén

See also: fen, fēn, fěn, and fèn

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛːn]

Noun

fén m

1. foehn
2. hairdryer

Further reading

• fén in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• fén in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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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• fé’n (superseded)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”).

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Mandarin

Romanization

fén (Zhuyin ㄈㄣˊ)

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

References

• Wenlin Pinyin dictionary

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Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲeːn/

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 /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Slovak

Alternative forms

• fön
• föhn

Etymology

From German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛːn/

Noun

fén m (genitive singular fénu, nominative plural fény, genitive plural fénov, declension pattern of dub)

1. foehn
2. hairdryer

Declension

Declension of fén

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

Synonyms

• (hair dryer): sušič

Further reading

• fén in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk