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faen

See also: fän

Asturian

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Verb

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faen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of faer

Bislama

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Etymology

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From English fine. Cognate with Pijin faen and Tok Pisin fain.

Noun

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faen

  1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)
    Majistret i givim faen long wan man we hem i drong long rod.
    The magistrate gave a fine to a man who was drunk in the street.
    • 2008, Miriam Meyerhoff, Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech‎[1] (overall work in English), →ISBN, page 344:
      Bang i wantem mi faen from mi ovaspen.
      The bank wants me to pay a fine because I am in overdraft.

Verb

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faen (intransitive)

  1. to be fined
    Mi faen from mi draev faealaet.
    I was fined because I was driving too fast.

References

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  • Crowley, Terry (2003), “faen”, in A New Bislama Dictionary, 2nd edition, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, →ISBN, page 78

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Contraction of fanden (“the Devil”), from late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Frisian with the original meaning "the tempter, he who tempts". Compare Old Norse fjándinn (“the enemy”), definite of fjándi (“enemy, foe, devil”). Cognate with Danish fanden, Icelandic fjandi, Faroese fanin and Swedish fan. See also djevel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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faen m

  1. the Devil, Satan
  2. (about persons) devil, bastard
    Stakkars faen, jeg synes synd på deg.
    Poor devil, I pity you.
    Du er en sleip faen.
    You’re a cunning devil.
    Hvordan skal en fattig faen overleve her?
    How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?

Synonyms

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Interjection

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faen

  1. damn, shit, hell, fuck
    Fy faen!
    Fuck!, Oh, shit!
    Faen ta deg!
    Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)
    Det var som faen!
    I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!
    Ikke faen!
    Hell no!

Usage notes

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Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Contraction of fanden (“the Devil”), from late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Frisian with the original meaning "the tempter, he who tempts". Compare Old Norse fjándinn (“the enemy”), definite of fjándi (“enemy, foe, devil”). Cognate with Danish fanden and Swedish fan. See also djevel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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faen m

  1. the Devil, Satan
  2. (about persons) devil, bastard
    Stakkars faen, eg føler med deg.
    Poor devil, I pity you.
    Du er ein sleip faen.
    You’re a cunning devil.
    Korleis skal ein fattig faen overleve her?
    How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?

Synonyms

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Interjection

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faen

  1. damn, shit, hell, fuck
    Fy faen!
    Fuck!
    Faen ta deg!
    Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)
    Det var som faen!
    I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!
    Ikkje faen!
    Hell no!
    Kva faen som skjer her?!
    What the hell happens here?!

Usage notes

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Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pijin

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Etymology

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From English fine. Cognate with Bislama faen and Tok Pisin fain.

Noun

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faen

  1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)
    Hem go long kot mo hem pem faen long 5,000 dola.
    He went to court and he paid a fine of 5,000 dollars.

Verb

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faen (transitive faenem) (intransitive)

  1. to be fined
    Wanfala mere hem faen from hem no peem fi long maket.
    A woman was fined because she did not pay her market license.
  2. to fine, to give a fine [transitive]
    Olketa faen yu long haomas?
    How much did they fine you?

References

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  • Jourdan, Christine with Maebiru, Ellen (2002), “faen”, in Pijin: A trilingual cultural dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; 526), Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 45

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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faen

  1. soft mutation of maen

Mutation

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Mutated forms of maen
radical soft nasal aspirate
maen faen unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Zhuang

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Chinese 分 (MC pjun).

Verb

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faen (Sawndip form 𰂐, 1957–1982 spelling fən)

  1. to divide; to split up
  2. to assign; to allot
  3. to distinguish; to differentiate

Noun

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faen (1957–1982 spelling fən)

  1. grade; mark; score; point

Classifier

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faen (1957–1982 spelling fən)

  1. fen; cent; penny
  2. minute (unit of time)
  3. minute (unit of angle)
  4. a unit of length equivalent to 3+1⁄3 mm
  5. a unit of area equivalent to 66+2⁄3 square metres
  6. a unit of weight equivalent to 1⁄2 gram
  7. a rate of interest, calculated as 1⁄10 of the capital for annual interest or 1⁄100 of the capital for monthly interest

Etymology 2

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Compare Bouyei wanl, Shan ၽၼ်း (phán), Sui vanl, Proto-Be *vənᴬ², Proto-Hlai *fjən.

Noun

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faen (Sawndip forms 𥸹 or 魂 or 粉 or 𮂹 or 斈 or 粒, 1957–1982 spelling fən)

  1. seed
    Synonyms: ceh, (dialectal) faenz, (dialectal) vaen, (dialectal) hoen
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