fern

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fern, from Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”). Cognate with Scots fairn (“fern”), West Frisian fear (“fern”), Dutch varen (“fern”), German Farn, Farm (“fern”), Luxembourgish Far (“fern”), Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (parəna), Ashkun pār (“leaf”), Kamkata-viri por, přor, Prasuni parëg (“leaf”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “wing”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɜːn/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /fɝn/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /fɜːn/, [fɘːn] (Early Modern) IPA(key): /fɛːrn/, /fɛrn/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n === Noun === fern (plural ferns) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (Pteridophyta): Filicophyta (archaic) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== bracken === References === === Further reading === fern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === fren', nerf, fren, NeRF == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German verren, from Old High German ferrana, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ferrai, same as English far. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛʁn/ Rhymes: -ɛʁn === Adjective === fern (strong nominative masculine singular ferner, comparative ferner, superlative am fernsten) remote far away ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Preposition === fern [with genitive; or with dative] (higher register) far away from something === Further reading === “fern (adjective)” in Duden online “fern (preposition)” in Duden online “fern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Icelandic == === Etymology === From the root fer-. Compare tvennur, þrennur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛ(r)t⁽ʰ⁾n/ Rhymes: -ɛrtn === Adjective === fern 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 skór ― four pairs of shoes fernir tónleikar ― four 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. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ferna ==== Related terms ==== fer- fjórir tvennur þrennur == Middle English == === Alternative forms === feerne, ferne, vern fearn (Early Middle English); fearne (Late Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛ̝ːrn/ === Noun === fern (plural ferns) fern ==== Derived terms ==== ferny ==== Descendants ==== English: fern Middle Scots: farne, fairn Scots: fairn Yola: vearne, fearn ==== References ==== “fē̆rn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *wernā (compare Welsh gwern). Cognate with Old Armenian գերան (geran). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɸʲern̪/ === Noun === fern f (genitive fernae, nominative plural ferna) alder shield (made of alder wood) pole, stake the letter F ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: fearn ⇒ Irish: fearnóg Manx: farney Scottish Gaelic: feàrna === Mutation === == Old Saxon == === Noun === fern m alternative form of infern