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All 4 letters words made out of fern

fern efrn fren rfen erfn refn fenr efnr fner nfer enfr nefr frne rfne fnre nfre rnfe nrfe ernf renf enrf nerf rnef nref

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Definitions and meaning of fern

fern

Etymology

From Middle English fern, from Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”).

Cognate with West Frisian fear, Dutch varen, German Farn, Lithuanian spar̃nas, Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (par^əna), Ashkun pā́r, Kamkata-viri pór, Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɜːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɝn/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /fɘːn/, [fɜːn]
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n

Noun

fern (plural ferns)

1. Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

Synonyms

• (Pteridophyta): Filicophyta (archaic)

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Translations

See also

• bracken

Further reading

• fern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• fren, fren', nerf

German

Etymology

From Old High German ferrana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁn/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁn

Adjective

fern (strong nominative masculine singular ferner, comparative ferner, superlative am fernsten)

1. remote
2. far away

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Further reading

• “fern” in Duden online
• “fern” in Duden online
• “fern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

Etymology

From the root fer-. Compare tvennur, þrennur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛrtn/
• Rhymes: -ɛrtn

Adjective

fern

1. four (used when counting singular nouns, pluralia tantum or groupings (especially pairs) of items, or when the item counted is missing from the sentence or separated by the preposition af (“of”))

   fernir skór – four pairs of shoes

   fernir tónleikar – four concerts (tónleikar is plurale tantum)

   Þetta má gera á fernan hátt. – This can be done in four ways. (háttur cannot be used in its plural form in this sense)

   Það er fernt sem mig vantar. – There are four [things] that I need. (noun omitted)

   Ég vil fá fernt af öllu. – I want four of everything.

Inflection

Derived terms

• ferna

Related terms

• fer-
• fjórir
• tvennur
• þrennur

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vern, fearn, farn, varn, firn

Etymology

From Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛːrn/, /fɛrn/

Noun

fern (plural ferns)

1. fern

Derived terms

• ferny

Descendants

• English: fern
• Scots: farne, fairn
• Yola: vearne, fearn

References

• “fē̆rn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wernā (compare Welsh gwern). Cognate with Old Armenian գերան (geran).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲer͈n͈/

Noun

fern f (genitive fernae, nominative plural ferna)

1. alder
2. shield (made of alder wood)
3. pole, stake
4. the letter F

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: fearn
  • ⇒ Irish: fearnóg
• Manx: farney
• Scottish Gaelic: feàrna

Mutation

Old Saxon

Noun

fern m

1. Alternative form of infern