pens

• IPA^(key): /pɛnz/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /pɪnz/
  • Homophone: pins

pens

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

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pens

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pen

• EPNS, ESPN, Neps, neps

From Dutch pens.

pens (plural pense)

1. gut

pens c

1. genitive singular indefinite of pen

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

• IPA^(key): /pɛns/

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• Hyphenation: pens
• Rhymes: -ɛns

pens f (plural pensen, diminutive pensje n)

1. paunch, rumen
2. tripe
3. (cooking) tripe filled with minced meat
4. potbelly
5. (dialectal) stomach

• (paunch): rumen
• (potbelly): bierbuik, buikje, spekbuik

• boekpens
• pensmaag

• Afrikaans: pens