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hen

/ˈhen/HEN
/ˈhɛn/HEN

Meaninga female fowl

Common meaning: a female bird

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KAN‘ring, sing’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 46, p. 731 · scan
  2. Old Englishhenn‘hen, hen’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishhensource
  4. Englishhen‘a female bird’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English henn ‘a female fowl’.

Roots

  • henn Old English “a female fowl”

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