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Noun
pens
Verb
pens
- third-person singular simple present indicative of pen
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Noun
pens (plural pense)
Catalan
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Etymology 1
Noun
pens m (invariable)
Etymology 2
Verb
pens
Danish
Noun
pens c
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pense, from Old French panse (“belly; tripe”), from Latin pantex (“belly; guts”). Cognate with Limburgish pans, West Flemish pense, English paunch.
Pronunciation
Noun
pens f (plural pensen, diminutive pensje n)
- paunch, rumen
- Synonym: rumen
- In de pens wordt voedsel voorverteerd. ― Food is pre-digested in the rumen.
- 1871, F. C. Hekmeijer, Geïllustreerd Veeartsenijkundig Handboek voor elken Landman, voor ieder, die Dieren of Vee houdt, publ. B. Dekema, page 546.
- De pens heeft 2 openingen, waarvan de bovenste, de maagmond, in den slokdarm voert, de onderste, grootere, is de netmaag-opening en voert in de tweede maag...
- The rumen has two apertures, of which the upper or cardia leads to the esophagus and the lower and bigger aperture or opening of the reticulum leads to the second stomach...
- tripe
- Vandaag de dag wordt pens als slachtafval gezien. ― Nowadays, tripe is regarded as offal.
- (cooking) tripe filled with minced meat
- Synonym: rolpens
- Vroeger werd pens veelal thuis gemaakt. ― In the past, filled tripe was often made at home.
- potbelly
- (dialectal) stomach
- Synonym: maag
- De hond heeft een opgezwollen pens. ― The dog has a distended stomach.
- 1887, W. F. Margadant, Met de adelborsten aan boord van de "Aldebaran", W. Cremer, page 125:
- (Hij) zwoer bij kris en kras dat hij den gevangen monsters (t.w. haaien) dikwijls levende jongen uit hun ”pens” had gehaald...
- (He) swore up and down that he had often extricated live young from the ”stomachs” of the captured monsters (i.e. sharks)...
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- Afrikaans: pens
Middle English
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Noun
pens
- plural of peny (“penny”)
- Synonym: penies
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Friar's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1603:
- [...] ‘Yif me twelf pens, I may no lenger tarie.’
- [...] ‘Give me twelve pence, I can no longer tarry.’
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
pens m (definite singular pensen, indefinite plural pensar, definite plural pensane)
Derived terms
- pensa (verb)
References
- “pens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English pence. Doublet of pieniądz.
Pronunciation
Noun
pens m animal
- penny (one-hundredth of a pound sterling)
Declension
Declension of pens
Further reading
- pens in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pens in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Volapük
Noun
pens
- nominative plural of pen
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