faen
Asturian
Verb
faen
- third-person plural present indicative of faer
Bislama
Etymology
From English fine.
Noun
faen
- A fine
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Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- fanden (juxtaposed form)
- fan
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): [fɑːən]
Noun
faen m
- the Devil, Satan
- (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
- (The Devil, Satan): fanden, den vonde, Gamle-Erik, hinmannen, djevelen, satan/Satan
- (devil, bastard): stakkar
Interjection
faen
- 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
Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.
Synonyms
- helvete, pokker, søren
Derived terms
- bry seg faen om noe
- faens
- faenskap
- gi faen
- som bare faen
- være full av faen
References
- “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- fan (juxtaposed form)
- fanden
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): [fɑːən]
Noun
faen m
- the Devil, Satan
- (about persons) devil, bastard
- Stakkars faen, eg føler med deg.
- Poor devil, I pity you.
- Du er en sleip faen.
- You’re a cunning devil.
- Korleis skal ein fattig faen overleve her?
- How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?
Synonyms
- (The Devil, Satan): fanden, den vonde, Gamle-Erik, hinmannen, djevelen, satan/Satan
- (devil, bastard): stakkar
Interjection
faen
- 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!
Usage notes
Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.
Derived terms
- bry seg faen om
- faens
- faenskap
- gi faen
- gje faen
- gjeve faen
- som berre faen
- vere full av faen
References
- “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Further reading
- FAEN! (Lasse Gjertsen about the word faen at YouTube)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /vaːɨ̯n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /vai̯n/
Noun
faen
- Soft mutation of maen.
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
maen | faen | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /fan˨˦/
- Tone numbers: faen1
- Hyphenation: faen
Etymology 1
From Chinese 分 (MC pɨun).
Verb
faen (Sawndip form 𰂐, 1957–1982 spelling fən)
- to divide; to split up
- to assign; to allot
- to distinguish; to differentiate
Noun
faen (1957–1982 spelling fən)
- grade; mark; score; point
Classifier
faen (1957–1982 spelling fən)
- fen; cent; penny
- minute (unit of time)
- minute (unit of angle)
- a unit of length equivalent to 3 1⁄3 mm
- a unit of area equivalent to 66 2⁄3 square metres
- a unit of weight equivalent to 1⁄2 gram
- 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
Compare Bouyei wanl, Shan ၽၼ်း (phán), Sui vanl, Proto-Be *vənᴬ², Proto-Hlai *fjən.
Noun
faen (Sawndip forms 𥸹 or 魂 or 粉 or 𮂹 or 斈 or 粒, 1957–1982 spelling fən)
- seed
- Synonyms: ceh, (dialectal) faenz, (dialectal) vaen, (dialectal) hoen