fern
See also: Fern
English
A fern.
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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 West Frisian fear, Dutch varen, German Farn, Lithuanian spar̃nas, Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (parəna), Ashkun pā́r, Kamkata-viri pór, Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɜːn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fɝn/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /fɘːn/, [fɜːn]
Audio (US) (file) - 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
- adder's fern
- air fern (hydrozoan skeletons)
- Alice's fern
- American climbing fern
- artillery fern
- asparagus fern (in genus Asparagus)
- bamboo fern
- Barnsley fern
- basket fern
- bead fern
- bladder fern
- Boston fern
- buckler fern
- chain fern
- Christmas fern
- cinnamon fern
- climbing maidenhair fern
- cloak fern
- duckweed fern
- evergreen wood fern
- fern bar
- fern bush (Chamaebatiaria millefolium)
- fern cake
- fern house
- fern-leaf
- fern pine
- fern seed
- ferny
- filmy fern
- hare's-foot fern
- Hartford fern
- hay-scented fern
- horseshoe fern
- ice fern
- Japanese climbing fern
- king fern
- lady fern
- leatherleaf fern
- lip fern
- maidenhair fern
- male fern
- mosquito fern
- netted chain fern
- New York fern
- northern lady fern
- oak fern
- ostrich fern
- parsley fern
- rabbit's-foot fern
- rattlesnake fern
- royal fern
- seed fern
- sensitive fern
- shield fern
- staghorn fern
- sweetfern (in genus Comptonia)
- sword fern
- Tara fern
- tree fern
- umbrella fern
- vegetable fern
- Venus hair fern
- walking fern
- whisk fern
- wig tree fern
- Wilson's filmy fern
- wood fern
Translations
plant
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See also
German
Etymology
From Old High German ferrana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛʁn/
audio (file) audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʁn
Adjective
fern (strong nominative masculine singular ferner, comparative ferner, superlative am fernsten)
Declension
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Derived terms
- fernsehen
- gegenwartsfern
- gesellschaftsfern
- lösungsfern
- marktfern
- menschenfern
- realitätssfern
- wirklichkeitsfern
- zukunftsfern
Related terms
- fern liegen
- Ferne
- Fernglas
- Fernheizung
- Fernrohr
- Fernsehen
- Fernsicht
- Fernstrom
- Fernstudium
- Fernuniversität
- Fernunterricht
- Fernverkehr
- Fernwärme
- Fernwasserleitung
- Fernweh
- Fernwirkung
- Fernzug
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛrtn/
- 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.
Inflection
positive (strong declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | fernt |
| accusative | fernan | ferna | fernt |
| dative | fernum | fernri | fernu |
| genitive | ferns | fernrar | ferns |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | fernir | fernar | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) |
| accusative | ferna | fernar | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) |
| dative | fernum | fernum | fernum |
| genitive | fernra | fernra | fernra |
positive (weak declension)
Derived terms
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛːrn/, /fɛrn/
Noun
fern (plural ferns)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Descendants
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): /fʲer͈n͈/
Noun
fern f (genitive fernae, nominative plural ferna)
Inflection
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Saxon
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