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Synonyms for pen
pɛnpen
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Princeton's WordNet
pennoun
a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
Synonyms:
penitentiary, playpenpennoun
an enclosure for confining livestock
Synonyms:
penitentiary, playpenplaypen, pennoun
a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
Synonyms:
penitentiary, playpenpenitentiary, pennoun
a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
Synonyms:
penitentiary, playpenpenverb
female swan
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penitentiary, playpenwrite, compose, pen, inditeverb
produce a literary work
"She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
Synonyms:
spell, draw up, compose, compile, save, indite, publish, frame, drop a line, write
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PEN
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #400 | save | |
| #614 | write | |
| #1784 | frame | |
| #3033 | ink | |
| #4269 | pen | |
| #4738 | publish | |
| #6948 | stylus | |
| #6986 | spell | |
| #6996 | compile | |
| #9442 | pencil | |
| #12983 | feather | |
| #16080 | compose | |
| #22890 | plume | |
| #23599 | nep | |
| #30117 | paddock | |
| #30133 | quill | |
| #35275 | crayon | |
| #42735 | aup | |
| #44315 | penitentiary | |
| #67680 | playpen |
How to use pen in a sentence?
If God ever commands the spirit of wisdom to depart from me, well, I reckon that I'll never be able to compose the written word again. Not in music, and not in literature. If there is a blank page before me, it wouldn't matter if my right hand held a thousand dollar ink pen from the House of Montblanc, or an ink pen branded Paper Mate, not one word would be jotted from the ink of either or, and the page would remain blank.
But words came halting forth, wanting Inventions stayInvention, Natures child, fled step-dame Studys blows...Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite,Fool, said my Muse to me look in thy heart and write.
You can put a pig in a palace and that doesn't make him a prince! You can put a prince in a pig pen and he wont't become a pig.
Normally, scribes would doodle or write snatches of lettering after cutting their nibs, to make sure they were the correct width, these pen-tests ranged from the sort of scribbled lines that people still do today to words, names, full sentences, or simple drawings. Sometimes we even find pretty good drawings.
The election of Le Pen would be catastrophic. It would be worse for the refugees, it would be worse for the most vulnerable people in France.
Translations for pen
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- penAfrikaans
- زريبة, قلم, حظيرة, قلم حبرArabic
- qələmAzerbaijani
- ручкаBelarusian
- писалкаBulgarian
- লিখন, লিখনী, কলম, লেখাBengali
- bolígrafCatalan, Valencian
- peroCzech
- pinWelsh
- pen, hunsvaneDanish
- Stift, weiblicher Schwan, Pferch, Kugelschreiber, Schwanenweibchen, einsperren, niederschreiben, verfassen, Füllhalter, Federhalter, SchwäninGerman
- κελί, στρούγκα, μαντρί, στυλό, μαντρώνω, στάνηGreek
- plumoEsperanto
- corral, pluma, escribir, celda, bolígrafo, lapicera, boliSpanish
- sulg, sulepeaEstonian
- lumaBasque
- خودکار, قلمPersian
- kynäillä, häkki, kynäilijä, selli, mustekynä, lentosulka, karsina, kynä, selkäkilpiFinnish
- pennurFaroese
- cellule, stylo, écrire, enclos, plume, cygne femelleFrench
- cró, peannIrish
- peannScottish Gaelic
- bolígrafoGalician
- עֵטHebrew
- क़लम, पेन, लेखनीHindi
- karám, tollHungarian
- գրիչArmenian
- pena, penIndonesian
- plumoIdo
- kví, penni, tröð, rétt, stíaIcelandic
- cella, recinto, penna, recintare, scrivere, ovile, chiusoItalian
- ボールペン, ペンJapanese
- კალამიGeorgian
- karamuKikuyu, Gikuyu
- қаламсап, қаламKazakh
- ប៉ាកា, ឋានវតី, ដងប៉ាកាKhmer
- 펜Korean
- پێنووس, نووسینKurdish
- калем, калемсапKyrgyz
- haraLatin
- StëftLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ປາກກາLao
- plunksna, rašiklisLithuanian
- pildspalvaLatvian
- pene, rāiheMāori
- тoр, пенкало, ќелија, трло, пишуваMacedonian
- लेखणीMarathi
- kalam, pena, pen, pen mataMalay
- pinnaMaltese
- ကလောင်Burmese
- pennNorwegian
- कलमNepali
- schrijven, cellen, cel, ren, omheining, pen, opschrijvenDutch
- penn, hunnsvaneNorwegian Nynorsk
- kve, føre i pennen, innhegne, skrive, innhegning, hunnsvaneNorwegian
- କଲମOriya
- ручкӕ, фыссӕнOssetian, Ossetic
- pióro, łabędzica, pisać, długopisPolish
- curral, caneta, cisne, cercado, enclausurar, prender, escrever, celaPortuguese
- qillqanaQuechua
- загон, ручка, лебёдка, авторучка, лебёдушка, заключать, написать, запирать, писать, пероRussian
- hemijska olovka, pero, хемијска оловка, kemijska olovka, перо, labudica, кемијска оловкаSerbo-Croatian
- පෑනSinhala, Sinhalese
- peroSlovak
- peroSlovene
- stilolapsAlbanian
- hage, penna, bläckpennaSwedish
- seli, jela, zizi, kalamuSwahili
- కలం, కలము, పెన్నుTelugu
- қалам, ручкаTajik
- ปากกาThai
- ruçka, agylTurkmen
- plumaTagalog
- kalemTurkish
- قەلەمUyghur, Uighur
- перо, ручкаUkrainian
- قلم, پینUrdu
- ruchkaUzbek
- bút mực, cây viết chì, viết chì, cây bút, bútVietnamese
- jisvanVolapük
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