"Jen" meaning in English

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Jenny"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Jenna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Jenessa"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "10": "Jeannette",
        "11": "Jeannine",
        "12": "Jenna",
        "13": "Jenny",
        "14": "Jessie",
        "15": "Jo",
        "16": "Jody",
        "17": "Juanita",
        "18": "Shanae",
        "19": "Sinead",
        "2": "Ivanka",
        "20": "Vanna",
        "3": "Jan",
        "4": "Janelle",
        "5": "Janet",
        "6": "Janey",
        "7": "Janine",
        "8": "Jeanette",
        "9": "Jeanie"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Usually a clipped or hypocoristic form of Jennifer, although also used for Jean, Jeanette, Jeannette, etc.\nDoublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in these secondary derivations.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English female given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
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        },
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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          "name": "English diminutives of female given names",
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Lemmas",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 April 27, Daniel Dale, “New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’”, in CNN:",
          "text": "The New York Post also temporarily took down and then revised and republished an article about the Fox reporter’s exchange with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Middle English masculine personal name, a short form of Old French Jehan"
      ],
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          "Old French"
        ],
        [
          "Jehan",
          "Jehan"
        ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɛn/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Gen"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gen"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Jenn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jen"
}

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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English clippings",
    "English diminutives of female given names",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English female given names from Cornish",
    "English female given names from French",
    "English female given names from Hebrew",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Jenny"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jenna"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jenessa"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "10": "Jeannette",
        "11": "Jeannine",
        "12": "Jenna",
        "13": "Jenny",
        "14": "Jessie",
        "15": "Jo",
        "16": "Jody",
        "17": "Juanita",
        "18": "Shanae",
        "19": "Sinead",
        "2": "Ivanka",
        "20": "Vanna",
        "3": "Jan",
        "4": "Janelle",
        "5": "Janet",
        "6": "Janey",
        "7": "Janine",
        "8": "Jeanette",
        "9": "Jeanie"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna",
      "name": "dbt"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Usually a clipped or hypocoristic form of Jennifer, although also used for Jean, Jeanette, Jeannette, etc.\nDoublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in these secondary derivations.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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        "English female given names",
        "English given names",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2021 April 27, Daniel Dale, “New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’”, in CNN:",
          "text": "The New York Post also temporarily took down and then revised and republished an article about the Fox reporter’s exchange with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name."
      ],
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        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Middle English masculine personal name, a short form of Old French Jehan"
      ],
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          "Old French",
          "Old French"
        ],
        [
          "Jehan",
          "Jehan"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɛn/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Gen"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gen"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Jenn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jen"
}