Synonyms for pen

Grammar : Noun, verb

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Phonetic Transcription : pɛn

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Définition of pen

Origin : "writing implement," late 13c., from Old French pene "quill pen; feather" (12c.) and directly from Latin penna "a feather, plume," in plural "a wing," in Late Latin, "a pen for writing," from Old Latin petna, pesna, from PIE *pet-na-, suffixed form of root *pet- "to rush; to fly" (see petition (n.)).
Latin penna and pinna "a feather, plume;" in plural "a wing;" also "a pinnacle; battlement" (see pin (n.)) are treated as identical in Watkins, etc., but regarded as separate (but confused) Latin words by Tucker and others, who derive pinna from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (cf. spike (n.1)) and see the "feather/wing" sense as secondary.
In later French, this word means only "long feather of a bird," while the equivalent of English plume is used for "writing implement," the senses of the two words thus are reversed from the situation in English. Pen-and-ink (adj.) is attested from 1670s. Pen name is recorded from mid-19c.

noun enclosure
noun writing instrument
verb enclose
verb write

Example sentences :

There is a reference to “pen and ink” in the 3d Epistle of John xiii.
Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore

There was a pen the nibs of which were of ruby, set in gold, made by Doughty.
Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore

But here, run away with my pen, I suffer my mother to be angry with me on her own account.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

I lay down my pen here, that you may consider of it a little, if you please.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

And I cannot tell what turn my mind had taken to dictate so oddly to my pen.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

They were performed by those who could better wield the sword than the pen.
Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James

Indeed, by some, it was not supposed to be from his Lordship's pen at all.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

Even now, Burke did not look up, and his pen continued to hurry over the paper.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

He waited until he saw her sit down at the desk and take up a pen.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

What I suffered then, and still suffer, is not for pen to write or paper to record.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

Antonyms for pen

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