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fen
1[ fen ]
/ fɛn /
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noun
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
the Fens, a marshy region W and S of The Wash, in E England.
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Origin of fen
1before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Norse fen quagmire, Gothic fani mud, Dutch ven,German Fenn fen, bog
Words nearby fen
femoral vein, femorotibial, femto-, femtometer, femur, fen, fenagle, fence, fence in, fence lizard, fence-mending
Other definitions for fen (2 of 2)
fen2
[ fen ]
/ fɛn /
noun, plural fen.
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the People's Republic of China, the hundredth part of a yuan or the tenth part of a jiao.
Origin of fen
2First recorded in 1905–10, fen is from the Chinese word fēn
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British Dictionary definitions for fen (1 of 2)
fen1
/ (fɛn) /
noun
low-lying flat land that is marshy or artificially drained
Word Origin for fen
Old English fenn; related to Old High German fenna, Old Norse fen, Gothic fani clay, Sanskrit panka mud
British Dictionary definitions for fen (2 of 2)
fen2
/ (fɛn) /
noun plural fen
a monetary unit of the People's Republic of China, worth one hundredth of a yuan
Word Origin for fen
from Mandarin Chinese
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