pens

• IPA^(key): /pɛnz/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /pɪnz/
  • Homophone: pins
• Rhymes: -ɛnz, -ɪnz

pens

1. plural of pen
2. (obsolete) plural of penny

pens

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pen

• EPNS, ESPN, Neps, neps

From Dutch pens.

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pens (plural pense)

1. (anatomy) gut

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛns]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpəns]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpens]

pens m (invariable)

1. (obsolete) thought

pens

1. (Balearic, Alghero) first-person singular present indicative of pensar

pens c

1. indefinite genitive singular of pen

From Middle Dutch pense, from Old French panse (“belly; tripe”), from Latin pantex (“belly; guts”). Cognate with Limburgish pans, West Flemish pense, English paunch.

• IPA^(key): /pɛns/

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• Hyphenation: pens
• Rhymes: -ɛns

pens f (plural pensen, diminutive pensje n)

1. paunch, rumen

   Synonym: rumen

   In de pens wordt voedsel voorverteerd. ― Food is pre-digested in the rumen.

   • 1871, F. C. Hekmeijer, Geïllustreerd Veeartsenijkundig Handboek voor elken Landman, voor ieder, die Dieren of Vee houdt, publ. B. Dekema, page 546.

     De pens heeft 2 openingen, waarvan de bovenste, de maagmond, in den slokdarm voert, de onderste, grootere, is de netmaag-opening en voert in de tweede maag...

     The rumen has two apertures, of which the upper or cardia leads to the esophagus and the lower and bigger aperture or opening of the reticulum leads to the second stomach...

2. tripe

   Vandaag de dag wordt pens als slachtafval gezien. ― Nowadays, tripe is regarded as offal.

3. (cooking) tripe filled with minced meat

   Synonym: rolpens

   Vroeger werd pens veelal thuis gemaakt. ― In the past, filled tripe was often made at home.

4. potbelly

   Synonyms: bierbuik, buikje, spekbuik

   Zo, jij hebt een aardige pens ontwikkeld! ― Whew, you've developed quite a potbelly!

5. (dialectal) stomach

   Synonym: maag

   De hond heeft een opgezwollen pens. ― The dog has a distended stomach.

   • 1887, W. F. Margadant, Met de adelborsten aan boord van de "Aldebaran", W. Cremer, page 125:

     (Hij) zwoer bij kris en kras dat hij den gevangen monsters (t.w. haaien) dikwijls levende jongen uit hun ”pens” had gehaald...

     (He) swore up and down that he had often extricated live young from the ”stomachs” of the captured monsters (i.e. sharks)...

• Afrikaans: pens

• panes, pans

pens

1. plural of peny (“penny”)

   Synonym: penies

   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Friar's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1603:

     [...] ‘Yif me twelf pens, I may no lenger tarie.’

     [...] ‘Give me twelve pence, I can no longer tarry.’

From English points.

pens m (definite singular pensen, indefinite plural pensar, definite plural pensane)

1. (rail transport) points

• pensa (verb)

• “pens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

 

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pens

Wikipedia ^pl

Borrowed from English pence. Doublet of pieniądz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛns/

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• Rhymes: -ɛns
• Syllabification: pens

pens m animal

1. penny (one-hundredth of a pound sterling)

• pens in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

pens

1. nominative plural of pen