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eend

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

eend (plural eends)

  1. (obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of end.
    • [1687, Chriſtopher Cooper, “Chap. XIX: Of Barbarous Speaking”, in The Engliſh Teacher, London: John Richardſon, for the Author, page 77; republished Menston: Scolar Press, 1969:
      He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] eend, end.]
    • 1785, Tim Bobbin [pseudonym; John Collier], The Lancaſhire Dialect: Containing the Adventures and Misfortunes of a Lancaſhire Clown […] ‎, London: [the Booksellers in Town and Country], →OCLC, page 18:
      […] For I thowt, I heard ſummot coming, an if truth mun be ſpok'n, I'r ſo fearfully breed, at meh hure ſtood on eend, for theaw knows I noather knew whooa, or whot it moot be.
    • 1900, Ed[ward] Mott, “A Plague of Egypt”, in The Black Homer of Jimtown‎, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 45:
      One eend dat chain it bean in de jack feesh's gullet, an' t'udduh eend dat chain it bean in the frog's gullet.
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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch eend, from Middle Dutch ent, eent, from Old Dutch ened, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪə̯nt/
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Noun

eend (plural eende, diminutive eendjie)

  1. duck

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ent, eent, from Old Dutch ened, from Proto-West Germanic *anad, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts. Cognate with German Ente.

The sense “Citroën 2CV” is shared with German Ente. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːnt/, (Northern Dutch) [ei̯nt], (Southern Dutch) [eːnt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: eend
  • Rhymes: -eːnt

Noun

eend f (plural eenden, diminutive eendje n)

  1. A duck, waterfowl of the family Anatidae excluding the subfamily Anserinae; in non-scientific usage the term may be reserved for only the smaller (not goose-like) members of the Anatidae or reserved for females only.
    Synonyms: doks, drijfsijs
    Coordinate term: woerd
  2. (informal) A Citroën 2CV car.
    Synonym: lelijke eend

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: eend
  • Jersey Dutch: êntśe (from the diminutive)

Anagrams

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German aned, from Old Saxon anud.

Noun

eend f (plural eenda)

  1. (Brazilian Pomerian) duck

See also

Middle English

Noun

eend

  1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of ende (“end”)

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