You can make 7 words from fen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of fen
fen efn fne nfe enf nef
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fen. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fen.
Definitions and meaning of fen
fen
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɛn/
Rhymes: -ɛn
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishfen, fenne, from Old Englishfenn(“fen; marsh; mud; dirt”), Proto-West Germanic*fani, from Proto-Germanic*fanją, from Proto-Indo-European*pen-(“bog, mire”).
See also West Frisianfean, Dutchveen, GermanFenn, Norwegianfen; also Middle Irishen(“water”), enach(“swamp”), Old Prussianpannean(“peat-bog”), Sanskritपङ्क(paṅka, “marsh, mud, mire, slough”).
Noun
fen (pluralfens)
A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
1807, William Wordsworth, "England, 1802," collected in Poems (1807):
Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee: she is a fen
Of stagnant waters […]
1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Slave in the Dismal Swamp, from Poems on Slavery:
In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp / The hunted Negro lay; [...]
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From Chinese分(fēn). Doublet of hoon and fan.
Noun
fen (pluralfenorfens)
A unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan.
Translations
Etymology 3
From fan, by analogy with men as the plural of man.
Noun
fen
(dated, fandom slang)a plural of fan used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc.
Coordinate terms
fenne
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Compare fend.
Interjection
fen
(obsolete)Used in children's games to prevent or forestall another player's action; a check or bar.
Etymology 5
From Middle English*vene, Kentish variant of *fine, from Old Englishfyne(“moisture, mold, mildew”), from Proto-Germanic*funiz, *fun-(“moisture, mold”); compare vinew.
Noun
fen (uncountable)
(obsolete) A kind of mildew that grows on hops.
Anagrams
ENF, nef
Catalan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central)[ˈfɛn]
IPA(key): (Balearic)[ˈfən]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈfen]
Verb
fen
inflection of fendre:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Chuukese
Adjective
fen
holy
Synonyms
pin
Adverb
fen
past tense marker for verbs
already
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈfɛn]
Rhymes: -ɛn
Etymology 1
Noun
fenm inan
fen(unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan)
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
fen
genitive plural of fena
Further reading
fen in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latinfīnitus. Compare Italianfino.
Adjective
fen (femininefaina)
fine
subtle
pure
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norsefen, from Proto-Germanic*fanją.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /feːn/
Rhymes: -eːn
Noun
fenn (genitive singularfens, pluralfen)
bog, quagmire
Declension
Derived terms
fenbressa
fendíki
fenjutur
Friulian
Etymology
From Latinfēnum,from faenum.
Noun
fenm (pluralfens)
hay
Related terms
fenoli
Hungarian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈfɛn]
Hyphenation: fen
Rhymes: -ɛn
Etymology 1
From Proto-Ugric*pänV-, from Proto-Finno-Ugric*pänɜ(“grindstone; grind”).
Verb
fen
(transitive) to sharpen, to whet, to hone
Synonyms:köszörül, élesít, élez
(dialectal) to rub, to smear
Synonyms:ken, dörgöl
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
fen (pluralfenek)
fen(unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan)
Holonyms:jüan, zsenminpi
Meronym:csiao
Declension
References
Further reading
(to whet): fen in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norsefen, from Proto-Germanic*fanją.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɛːn/
Rhymes: -ɛːn
Noun
fenn (genitive singularfens, nominative pluralfen)
fen, marsh, morass
Declension
Istriot
Etymology
From Latinfaenum.
Noun
fen
hay
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to Italianfieno, from Latin fenum.
Noun
fen
hay
Mandarin
Romanization
fen
Nonstandard spelling of fēn.
Nonstandard spelling of fén.
Nonstandard spelling of fěn.
Nonstandard spelling of fèn.
Usage notes
Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
Alternative forms
fenne, ven
Etymology
From Old Englishfenn; from Proto-West Germanic*fani, from Proto-Germanic*fanją. The "dung" sense is influenced by Old Frenchfien.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɛn/
Noun
fen (pluralfennes)
fen, bog, swamp
dirt, muddiness
dung, feces
(rare) rubbish, refuse
(rare) quagmire, lure
Declension
Descendants
English: fen
Scots: fen
Yola: ven
References
“fen, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
“fen, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*fanją.
Noun
fenn (genitivefens, pluralfen)
bog, quagmire
Declension
References
“fen”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɛn/
Rhymes: -ɛn
Syllabification: fen
Etymology 1
Borrowed from GermanFöhn, from Old High Germanphonno, from Vulgar Latin*faōnius, from LatinFavōnius.
Noun
fenm inan
(meteorology) foehn (warm dry wind blowing down the northern sides of the Alps)
(meteorology) foehn (any similar wind)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Chinese分.
Noun
fenm inan
fen(unit of Chinese currency)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
fen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from GermanFöhn.
Noun
fȇnm (Cyrillic spellingфе̑н)
hair dryer
(meteorology) foehn
Declension
Swedish
Noun
fen
definite singular of fe
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkishفن(fen, “kind, variety; art, science”), from Arabicفَنّ(fann), ultimately from Persianپند(pand, “knack, trick”).