English

Pronunciation

• IPA : /pen/
• SAMPA : /pen/

Noun

pen (plural: pens )

1. A utensil, usually tubular in form, containing ink used to write or make marks.

Related terms

• penmanship
• ball-point pen
• cartridge pen
• felt-tip pen
• fountain pen
• poison pen

Translations

• Dutch: pen f
• Finnish: mustekynä
• French: stylo m
• German: Stift m
• Indonesian: pen, pena
• Irish: peann m
• Italian: penna f
• Japanese: ペン (pen)
• Portuguese: caneta f
• Russian: ручка f
• Spanish: pluma f
• Swedish: penna

Transitive verb

to pen (penned , penned)

1. To write (an article, a book, etc)

Translations

• French: écrire
• Italian: scrivere
• Portuguese: escrever

Noun

pen

1. An enclosed area used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

Translations

• French: enclos m
• Italian: recinto m, chiuso m, (for sheep) ovile m, recinto, chiuso

Transitive verb

to pen (penned / pent , penned / pent)

1. To enclose. The irregular past tense pent is primarilly used in a figurative sense in the phrase "pent up".

Noun

pen

1. A female swan.

Translations

• French: cygne femelle m (there is no special word in French for pen in this sense)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA : /pεn/
• SAMPA : /pEn/

Noun

pen m

1. pen (writing utensil)

Norwegian

Adjective

1. beautiful