eend

See also: Eend

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːnd/

Noun

eend (plural eends)

(Early Modern, rare) Alternative form of end.
- 1582, “The Third Booke of Virgil His Æneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC, page 53:
  Too the eend in thy trauail thow maiſt the moꝛe heedly be leſſon'd, / And paſſe to Italian region, thus ſhoꝛtly reherſing / Peece meale pꝛettie parings: foꝛ too tell a ſummarie total,
(obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of end.
- [1687, Chriſtopher Cooper, “Chap. XIX: Of Barbarous Speaking”, in The Engliſh Teacher, London: John Richardſon, for the Author, page 77; republished Menston: Scolar Press, 1969:
  He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] eend, end.]
- 1785, Tim Bobbin [pseudonym; John Collier], The Lancaſhire Dialect: Containing the Adventures and Misfortunes of a Lancaſhire Clown […] ‎^[1], London: [the Booksellers in Town and Country], →OCLC, page 18:
  […] For I thowt, I heard ſummot coming, an if truth mun be ſpok'n, I'r ſo fearfully breed, at meh hure ſtood on eend, for theaw knows I noather knew whooa, or whot it moot be.
- 1900, Ed[ward] Mott, “A Plague of Egypt”, in The Black Homer of Jimtown‎^[2], New York: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 45:
  One eend dat chain it bean in de jack feesh's gullet, an' t'udduh eend dat chain it bean in the frog's gullet.

Verb

eend (third-person singular simple present eends, present participle eending, simple past and past participle eended)

(Early Modern, rare) Alternative form of end
- 1582, “The Firste Booke of Virgil His Æneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC, page 6:
  O deere companions (foꝛ we erſt haue taſted of hardnes) / Bꝛawn'd with wooꝛſe vẽturs, thee mighty God alſo shal eend this.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch eend, from Middle Dutch ent, eent, from Old Dutch ened, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪə̯nt/
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Noun

eend (plural eende, diminutive eendjie)

duck

Dutch

Een vrouwelijke wilde eend (Anas platyrhynchos) met kuikentjes.

Een mannelijke krooneend (Netta rufina) in vlucht.

Een Citroën 2CV ofwel eend.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ent, eent, from Old Dutch ened, from Proto-West Germanic *anad, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts. Cognate with German Ente.

The sense “Citroën 2CV” is shared with German Ente. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːnt/, (Northern Dutch) [ei̯nt], (Southern Dutch) [eːnt]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: eend
Rhymes: -eːnt

Noun

eend f (plural eenden, diminutive eendje n)

A duck, waterfowl of the family Anatidae excluding the subfamily Anserinae; in non-scientific usage the term may be reserved for only the smaller (not goose-like) members of the Anatidae or reserved for females only.
Synonyms: doks, drijfsijs

Coordinate term: woerd
(informal) A Citroën 2CV car.
Synonym: lelijke eend

Derived terms

Related terms

anas unox

Descendants

Afrikaans: eend
Jersey Dutch: êntśe (from the diminutive)

Anagrams

Deen

Low German

Noun

eend f (plural eenda)

(Brazilian Pomeranian) alternative form of Aant (“duck”)

Middle English

Noun

eend

(Late Middle English) alternative form of ende (“end”)