"Ken" meaning in All languages combined

See Ken on Wiktionary

Proper name [Danish]

Head templates: {{head|da|proper noun}} Ken
  1. a male given name of English origin Categories (topical): Danish given names, Danish male given names
    Sense id: en-Ken-da-name-tqI-UVWF Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [English]

IPA: /kɛn/, /kɪn/ [pin-pen-merger] Audio: En-us-ken.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛn Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ken
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Kenneth. Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names Derived forms: Ken Burns effect
    Sense id: en-Ken-en-name-iGB~Aoyt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 33 12
  2. (colloquial, in combination) Kensington in London. Tags: colloquial, in-compounds
    Sense id: en-Ken-en-name-S3uJZaLE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

IPA: /kɛn/, /kɪn/ [pin-pen-merger] Audio: En-us-ken.ogg [US] Forms: Kens [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛn Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Ken (plural Kens)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Ken-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [Estonian]

Etymology: Borrowed from English Ken, Kenneth in modern times. Also a rare variant of Kents, a short form of Latin Innocentius. Etymology templates: {{der|et|en|Ken}} English Ken, {{m|et|Kents}} Kents, {{der|et|la|Innocentius}} Latin Innocentius Head templates: {{head|et|proper noun}} Ken
  1. a male given name Categories (topical): Estonian given names, Estonian male given names
    Sense id: en-Ken-et-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Estonian entries with incorrect language header

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} Ken
  1. Rōmaji transcription of けん Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: けん

Proper name [Norwegian]

Head templates: {{head|no|proper noun}} Ken
  1. a male given name of English origin, the short form of Kenneth Categories (topical): Norwegian given names, Norwegian male given names
    Sense id: en-Ken-no-name-F930g0cV Categories (other): Norwegian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Ken meaning in All languages combined (7.4kB)

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        "Norwegian given names",
        "Norwegian lemmas",
        "Norwegian male given names",
        "Norwegian proper nouns",
        "Norwegian terms derived from English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name of English origin, the short form of Kenneth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Kenneth",
          "Kenneth#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ken"
}

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