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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
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
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
Interjection
faen
- damn, shit, hell, fuck
Faen ta deg!- Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)
Det var som faen!- I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!
Usage notes
Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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
Noun
faen m
- the Devil, Satan
- (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
Interjection
faen
- damn, shit, hell, fuck
Faen ta deg!- Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)
Det var som faen!- I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!
Usage notes
Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Further reading
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
faen
- Soft mutation of maen.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Zhuang
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Chinese 分 (MC pjun).
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