pen

Also used as

pen is also the ellipsis of vapor pen.

pen is also the plural of pan.

pen meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of pen in a sentence

• Please use a pen, not a pencil, when filling out this form. Use black or blue ink only.
• "Doesn't it make sense that she kept an extra pen in her cupboard, and one in her bag?2023 August 29, Geri Krotow, A Wasp in the Woods, Tule Publishing, →ISBN:
• It was in this era, too, that author and Scotland the Brave songwriter Cliff Hanley penned The Glasgow Underground, a tongue-in-cheek love letter to the Subway in song.2021 December 29, Conrad Landin, “Glasgow Subway: a city institution”, in RAIL, number 947, page 45:

All 40 example sentences with pen

Synonyms of pen

• biro
• swaness

Forms of pen

Past tense of pen: penned

Plural of pen: pens

Origin of pen

From Middle English pen, penne (“enclosure for animals”), from Old English penn (“enclosure, fold, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *pennō, *pannijō (“pin, bolt, nail, tack”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pin. Sense “prison” originally figurative extension to “enclosure for persons” (1845), later influenced by penitentiary (“prison”), being analyzed as an abbreviation (1884).

From Middle English pennen, from Old English *pennian (“to close, lock, bolt”, attested in onpennian (“to open”)), derived from penn (see above). Akin to Low German pennen (“to secure a door with a bolt”).

From Middle English penne, from Anglo-Norman penne, from Old French penne, from Latin penna (“feather”), from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to rush, fly”, whence petition), root of *petra-, whence Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”, whence pterodactyl), and also of Sanskrit पत्रम् (patram, “wing, feather”), Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “pen”), Old Norse fjǫðr (“feather”), Old English feþer, feðer (Modern English feather); note the /p/ → /f/ Germanic sound change. Doublet of panne, penna, and pinna. See feather and πέτομαι (pétomai) for more. Not related to pencil.

Words formed from pen

• pent
• pent-up
• pen up
• pen test
• blast pen
• bullpen
• cattle pen
• cowpen
• crush pen
• henpen
• hogpen
• impen
• penkeeper
• penkeeping
• Pen Mill
• pennage
• pentrough
• pigpen
• playpen
• potato pen
• shuck pen
• unpen
• goose-pen
• 3D pen
• ball pen
• ball-point pen
• beard pen
• border pen
• bow pen
• brush pen
• bull pen
• cartridge pen
• conductive pen
• dab pen
• dip one's pen in someone's inkwell
• dip pen
• don't dip your pen in company ink
• electric pen
• EpiPen
• eraser pen
• feather pen
• felt pen
• felt-tipped pen
• felt-tip pen
• fountain pen
• fude pen
• fude-pen
• gel pen
• geometric pen
• glass dip pen
• glass pen
• goose pen
• injector pen
• ink pen
• J pen
• judge's pen
• keelyvine pen
• knight of the pen
• laser pen
• lettering pen

Related words

• pin-pen merger
• pin
• prison

Phrases with pen

• Le Pen
• pen in
• epi pen
• May Pen
• nib pen
• pen gun
• pen pal
• sea pen
• pen guns
• pen name
• pen pals
• reed pen

Words that rhyme with pen

• hen
• glen
• Penn
• Glenn
• misken
• ten
• then
• den
• n
• when
• Guyenne
• ben

Questions about pen

What does pen mean?

Pen means an enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

What is pen in Hindi?

Pen in Hindi is लेखनी (lekhnī), क़लम (qalam), पेन (pen). See Pen meaning in Hindi.

How do you use pen in a sentence?

Please use a pen, not a pencil, when filling out this form. Use black or blue ink only.

What part of speech is pen?

Pen can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce pen?

Pen is pronounced /pɛn/ (UK).

What is the plural of pen?

The plural of pen is pens.