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See also: Jenny and Jenný

English

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Etymology

Partially from generic use of the female given name Jenny (cf. Jane) and partially from informal pronunciations of engine.

Pronunciation

Noun

jenny (plural jennies)

  1. A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
  2. A female creature of certain kinds:
    1. a female donkey
    2. a female wren
    3. (Australia) a female crab.
  3. A catmill.
  4. In billiards and similar games, a powerful follow shot with plenty of topspin.
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
      Cream's potting had been extraordinary, extraordinary, I remember, said Goff. I never saw anything like it. We were watching breathless, as he set himself for a long thin jenny, with the black of all balls.

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Translations

Verb

jenny (third-person singular simple present jennies, present participle jennying, simple past and past participle jennied)

  1. To wind finished lace onto cards ready for sale.

Derived terms

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Finnish

Etymology

From genua by association with the given name.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjenːy/, [ˈje̞nːy]
  • Rhymes: -enːy
  • Syllabification(key): jen‧ny
  • Hyphenation(key): jen‧ny

Noun

jenny

  1. (nautical, sailing) synonym of genua

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
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Old Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /jɛnniː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /jɛnni/

Adjective

jenny

  1. alternative form of iny

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • Rhymes: -ɛnnɘ
  • Syllabification: jen‧ny

Adjective

jenny (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (regional or dialectal, Kuyavia) alternative form of inny

Declension

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1867), “jenny”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
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