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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fen1 /fɛn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Ecology, Geographylow land covered wholly or partially with water;
boggy land;
marsh.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fen1 (fen),USA pronunciation n. - Ecology, Geographylow land covered wholly or partially with water;
boggy land;
a marsh. - Place Names the Fens, a marshy region W and S of The Wash, in E England.
- bef. 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Norse fen quagmire, Gothic fani mud, Dutch ven, German Fenn fen, bog
- Currencyan aluminum coin and monetary unit of the People's Republic of China, the hundredth part of a yuan or the tenth part of a jiao.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fen /fɛn/ n - low-lying flat land that is marshy or artificially drained
Etymology: Old English fenn; related to Old High German fenna, Old Norse fen, Gothic fani clay, Sanskrit panka mud |