fern

See also: Fern

English

A fern.

Etymology

From Middle English ferne, from Old English fearn, from Proto-Germanic *farną, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (wing, feather), from *perH- (to fly).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɜːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /fɝn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n

Noun

fern (plural ferns)

  1. Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

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German

Etymology

From Old High German ferrana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁn

Adjective

fern (comparative ferner, superlative am fernsten)

  1. remote
  2. far away

Declension

Derived terms

  • gegenwartsfern
  • gesellschaftsfern
  • lösungsfern
  • marktfern
  • menschenfern
  • realitätssfern
  • wirklichkeitsfern
  • zukunftsfern

Further reading

  • fern in Duden online
  • fern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

Etymology

From the root fer-. Compare tvennur, þrennur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛrtn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrtn

Adjective

fern

  1. four (used when counting singular nouns, pluralia tantum or groupings (especially pairs) of items, or when the item counted is missing from the sentence or separated by the preposition af (“of”))
    fernir skórfour pairs of shoes
    fernir tónleikarfour concerts (tónleikar is plurale tantum)
    Þetta má gera á fernan hátt. – This can be done in four ways. (háttur cannot be used in its plural form in this sense)
    Það er fernt sem mig vantar. – There are four [things] that I need. (noun omitted)
    Ég vil fá fernt af öllu. – I want four of everything.

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wernā (compare Welsh gwern). Cognate with Old Armenian գերան (geran).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲer͈n͈/

Noun

fern f

  1. alder
  2. shield (made of alder wood)
  3. pole, stake
  4. the letter F

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fern ḟern fern
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Saxon

Noun

fern m

  1. Alternative form of infern
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