pen
see also: PEN, Pen
Pronunciation Noun
PEN
Noun
Pen
Proper noun
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see also: PEN, Pen
Pronunciation Noun
pen (plural pens)
- An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
- There are two steers in the third pen.
- (slang) A prison cell.
- They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.
- (baseball) The bullpen.
- Two righties are up in the pen.
- French: enclos
- German: Pferch, Zwinger
- Italian: recinto, chiuso, (for sheep) ovile
- Portuguese: curral, cercado
- Russian: заго́н
- Spanish: corral
- French: cellule
- German: Karzer, Zelle, Arrestzelle
- Italian: cella
- Portuguese: cela
- Russian: кле́тка
- Spanish: celda, calabozo, mazmorra
pen (pens, present participle penning; past and past participle penned)
- (transitive) To enclose in a pen.
- German: einsperren, einpferchen
- Italian: recintare
- Portuguese: prender, enclausurar
- Russian: запира́ть
pen (plural pens)
- A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
- He took notes with a pen.
- (figurative) A writer, or his style.
- He has a sharp pen.
- (colloquial) Marks of ink left by a pen.
- He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt.
- A light pen.
- (zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
- (now, rare, poetic, dialectal) A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.
- (poetic) A wing.
- French: plume, stylo
- German: Kugelschreiber (ballpoint pen), Stift, Federhalter, Füllhalter (fountain pen), Feder
- Italian: penna
- Portuguese: caneta
- Russian: ру́чка
- Spanish: pluma (not a ballpoint pen), bolígrafo, boli (colloquial, short form for bolígrafo), lapicera, lapicero, esfero, lapiz de pasta
- Italian: osso di seppia
pen (pens, present participle penning; past and past participle penned)
- (transitive) To write (an article, a book, etc.).
- French: écrire
- German: niederschreiben, verfassen
- Italian: scrivere
- Portuguese: escrever
- Russian: писа́ть
- Spanish: escribir
pen (plural pens)
- A female swan.
- French: cygne femelle
- German: Schwanenweibchen, weiblicher Schwan, Schwänin
- Italian: cigno femmina
- Portuguese: cisne
- Russian: лебёдка
- Spanish: cigne, cisne
pen (plural pens)
- (soccer, slang) penalty
PEN
Noun
pen
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of polyethylene#English|polyethylene naphthalate#English|naphthalate.
- (speed skating) Abbreviation of penalty#English|penalty. a scorecard score when a skater is penalized out of their skate
Pen
Proper noun
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