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Synonyms for fen

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fen
Phonetic Transcription : fɛn

Définition of fen

Origin :
  • Old English fenn "mud, mire, dirt; fen, marsh, moor," from Proto-Germanic *fanjam- (cf. Old Saxon feni, Old Frisian fenne, Middle Dutch venne, Dutch veen, Old High German fenna, German Fenn "marsh," Old Norse fen, Gothic fani "mud"), from PIE *pen- "swamp" (cf. Gaulish anam "water," Sanskrit pankah "bog, marsh, mud," Old Prussian pannean "swampland"). Italian and Spanish fango, Old French fanc, French fange "mud" are loan-words from Germanic. The native Latin word was limus or lutum.
  • noun marsh
Example sentences :
  • For a first book ‘A Daughter of the Fen’ is full of promise.
  • Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes
  • Beyond, flows the Fen River, and before him is the city gate.
  • Extract from : « The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's » by A. Mildred Cable
  • There was not a light in any house she passed, not even in Mr. Fen Llewellen's cottage.
  • Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr
  • Shall we try to circle this fen and get across, or go back again?
  • Extract from : « Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • But do you think it will take off all the water, and spoil the fen, Dave?
  • Extract from : « Dick o' the Fens » by George Manville Fenn
  • A fresh cry came from off the fen, and it was so unmistakably the word “Help!”
  • Extract from : « Dick o' the Fens » by George Manville Fenn
  • One of the farmers, I suppose, from the other side of the fen.
  • Extract from : « Dick o' the Fens » by George Manville Fenn
  • “Then it was no one over our side of the fen,” said Dick thoughtfully.
  • Extract from : « Dick o' the Fens » by George Manville Fenn
  • They came chiefly from the Fen country and were only partially trained.
  • Extract from : « Q.6.a and Other places » by Francis Buckley
  • One of these is the raft-spider, which is found in the fen districts of England.
  • Extract from : « The Animal World, A Book of Natural History » by Theodore Wood

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