See hen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "traveller‘s-joy, Clematis vitalba",
"translation": "traveller‘s-joy, Clematis vitalba",
"word": "barf yr hen ŵr"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "as old as sin",
"translation": "as old as sin",
"word": "cyn hyned â phechod"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "it is easy to rekindle love with an old flame",
"translation": "it is easy to rekindle love with an old flame",
"word": "hawdd cynnau tân ar hen aelwyd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "old and infirm",
"translation": "old and infirm",
"word": "hen a methedig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Ancient",
"Egypt"
],
"word": "Hen Aifft"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "stanza of folk poetry",
"translation": "stanza of folk poetry",
"word": "hen bennill"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "antique",
"translation": "antique",
"word": "hen beth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "old people, the elderly",
"translation": "old people, the elderly",
"word": "hen bobl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "about time",
"translation": "about time",
"word": "hen bryd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "great grandfather",
"translation": "great grandfather",
"word": "hen dad-cu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "great grandfather",
"translation": "great grandfather",
"word": "hen daid"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Old Testament",
"translation": "Old Testament",
"word": "Hen Destament"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "pity, shame",
"translation": "pity, shame",
"word": "hen dro"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "quite enough",
"translation": "quite enough",
"word": "hen ddigon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"raw_tags": [
"of Days"
],
"tags": [
"Ancient"
],
"word": "Hen Ddihenydd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "old man, old Adam",
"translation": "old man, old Adam",
"word": "hen ddyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "great grandmother",
"translation": "great grandmother",
"word": "hen fam-gu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Old Bailey",
"translation": "Old Bailey",
"word": "Hen Feili"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "spinster, old maid",
"translation": "spinster, old maid",
"word": "hen ferch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "hen ffasiwn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Old French",
"translation": "Old French",
"word": "Hen Ffrangeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "babbler",
"translation": "babbler",
"word": "hen geg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "old shrew",
"translation": "old shrew",
"word": "hen gnawes"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "old fogey",
"translation": "old fogey",
"word": "hen gono"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Old Believer",
"translation": "Old Believer",
"word": "Hen Gredadun"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "old crock",
"translation": "old crock",
"word": "hen groc"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Auld Alliance",
"translation": "Auld Alliance",
"word": "Hen Gynghrair"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Old Welsh",
"translation": "Old Welsh",
"word": "Hen Gymraeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "horrible woman",
"translation": "horrible woman",
"word": "hen jaden"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "bachelor",
"translation": "bachelor",
"word": "hen lanc"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "old hand",
"translation": "old hand",
"word": "hen law"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "great grandmother",
"translation": "great grandmother",
"word": "hen nain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "staff notation",
"translation": "staff notation",
"word": "hen nodiant"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Old-Norse"
],
"word": "Hen Norseg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Old Stone Age, Palaeolithic",
"translation": "Old Stone Age, Palaeolithic",
"word": "Hen Oes y Cerrig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Old North (Brittonic southern Scotland and northern England)",
"translation": "Old North (Brittonic southern Scotland and northern England)",
"word": "Hen Ogledd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Ancient-Greek"
],
"word": "Hen Roeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Ancient-Rome"
],
"word": "hen Rufain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Old-English"
],
"word": "Hen Saesneg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "horrible woman",
"translation": "horrible woman",
"word": "hen sguthan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Welsh national anthem",
"translation": "Welsh national anthem",
"word": "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Ancient Greece",
"translation": "Ancient Greece",
"word": "hen wlad Groeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Old Irish",
"translation": "Old Irish",
"word": "Hen Wyddeleg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "there's no fool like an old fool",
"translation": "there's no fool like an old fool",
"word": "henach henach, ffolach ffolach"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "elder; alderman",
"translation": "elder; alderman",
"word": "henadur"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "oldish, quaint",
"translation": "oldish, quaint",
"word": "henaidd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "old age",
"translation": "old age",
"word": "henaint"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "threadbare",
"translation": "threadbare",
"word": "hendraul"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "winter dwelling",
"translation": "winter dwelling",
"word": "hendref"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Whitland",
"translation": "Whitland",
"word": "Hendy-gwyn ar Daf"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "ancient monument",
"translation": "ancient monument",
"word": "heneb"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "to age",
"translation": "to age",
"word": "heneiddio"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Hereford",
"translation": "Hereford",
"word": "Henffordd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "ancient language, Welsh",
"translation": "ancient language, Welsh",
"word": "heniaith"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "old age",
"translation": "old age",
"word": "henoed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "elder",
"translation": "elder",
"word": "henuriad"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "old country, Wales",
"translation": "old country, Wales",
"word": "henwlad"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "old man",
"translation": "old man",
"word": "henwr"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "as old as sin",
"translation": "as old as sin",
"word": "mor hen â phechod"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "the old know, the young think they know",
"translation": "the old know, the young think they know",
"word": "yr hen a ŵyr, yr ifanc a dybia"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "the Old World",
"translation": "the Old World",
"word": "yr Hen Fyd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "the Ancient World",
"translation": "the Ancient World",
"word": "yr Henfyd"
}
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"ipa": "/heːn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eːn"
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"rhymes": "-ɛn"
}
],
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}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Rhymes:Welsh/ɛn/1 syllable",
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"Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
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"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh links with redundant wikilinks",
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"Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
"Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
"Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
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"english": "traveller‘s-joy, Clematis vitalba",
"translation": "traveller‘s-joy, Clematis vitalba",
"word": "barf yr hen ŵr"
},
{
"english": "as old as sin",
"translation": "as old as sin",
"word": "cyn hyned â phechod"
},
{
"english": "it is easy to rekindle love with an old flame",
"translation": "it is easy to rekindle love with an old flame",
"word": "hawdd cynnau tân ar hen aelwyd"
},
{
"english": "old and infirm",
"translation": "old and infirm",
"word": "hen a methedig"
},
{
"tags": [
"Ancient",
"Egypt"
],
"word": "Hen Aifft"
},
{
"english": "stanza of folk poetry",
"translation": "stanza of folk poetry",
"word": "hen bennill"
},
{
"english": "antique",
"translation": "antique",
"word": "hen beth"
},
{
"english": "old people, the elderly",
"translation": "old people, the elderly",
"word": "hen bobl"
},
{
"english": "about time",
"translation": "about time",
"word": "hen bryd"
},
{
"english": "great grandfather",
"translation": "great grandfather",
"word": "hen dad-cu"
},
{
"english": "great grandfather",
"translation": "great grandfather",
"word": "hen daid"
},
{
"english": "Old Testament",
"translation": "Old Testament",
"word": "Hen Destament"
},
{
"english": "pity, shame",
"translation": "pity, shame",
"word": "hen dro"
},
{
"english": "quite enough",
"translation": "quite enough",
"word": "hen ddigon"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"of Days"
],
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"Ancient"
],
"word": "Hen Ddihenydd"
},
{
"english": "old man, old Adam",
"translation": "old man, old Adam",
"word": "hen ddyn"
},
{
"english": "great grandmother",
"translation": "great grandmother",
"word": "hen fam-gu"
},
{
"english": "Old Bailey",
"translation": "Old Bailey",
"word": "Hen Feili"
},
{
"english": "spinster, old maid",
"translation": "spinster, old maid",
"word": "hen ferch"
},
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "hen ffasiwn"
},
{
"english": "Old French",
"translation": "Old French",
"word": "Hen Ffrangeg"
},
{
"english": "babbler",
"translation": "babbler",
"word": "hen geg"
},
{
"english": "old shrew",
"translation": "old shrew",
"word": "hen gnawes"
},
{
"english": "old fogey",
"translation": "old fogey",
"word": "hen gono"
},
{
"english": "Old Believer",
"translation": "Old Believer",
"word": "Hen Gredadun"
},
{
"english": "old crock",
"translation": "old crock",
"word": "hen groc"
},
{
"english": "Auld Alliance",
"translation": "Auld Alliance",
"word": "Hen Gynghrair"
},
{
"english": "Old Welsh",
"translation": "Old Welsh",
"word": "Hen Gymraeg"
},
{
"english": "horrible woman",
"translation": "horrible woman",
"word": "hen jaden"
},
{
"english": "bachelor",
"translation": "bachelor",
"word": "hen lanc"
},
{
"english": "old hand",
"translation": "old hand",
"word": "hen law"
},
{
"english": "great grandmother",
"translation": "great grandmother",
"word": "hen nain"
},
{
"english": "staff notation",
"translation": "staff notation",
"word": "hen nodiant"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Norse"
],
"word": "Hen Norseg"
},
{
"english": "Old Stone Age, Palaeolithic",
"translation": "Old Stone Age, Palaeolithic",
"word": "Hen Oes y Cerrig"
},
{
"english": "Old North (Brittonic southern Scotland and northern England)",
"translation": "Old North (Brittonic southern Scotland and northern England)",
"word": "Hen Ogledd"
},
{
"tags": [
"Ancient-Greek"
],
"word": "Hen Roeg"
},
{
"tags": [
"Ancient-Rome"
],
"word": "hen Rufain"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-English"
],
"word": "Hen Saesneg"
},
{
"english": "horrible woman",
"translation": "horrible woman",
"word": "hen sguthan"
},
{
"english": "Welsh national anthem",
"translation": "Welsh national anthem",
"word": "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau"
},
{
"english": "Ancient Greece",
"translation": "Ancient Greece",
"word": "hen wlad Groeg"
},
{
"english": "Old Irish",
"translation": "Old Irish",
"word": "Hen Wyddeleg"
},
{
"english": "there's no fool like an old fool",
"translation": "there's no fool like an old fool",
"word": "henach henach, ffolach ffolach"
},
{
"english": "elder; alderman",
"translation": "elder; alderman",
"word": "henadur"
},
{
"english": "oldish, quaint",
"translation": "oldish, quaint",
"word": "henaidd"
},
{
"english": "old age",
"translation": "old age",
"word": "henaint"
},
{
"english": "threadbare",
"translation": "threadbare",
"word": "hendraul"
},
{
"english": "winter dwelling",
"translation": "winter dwelling",
"word": "hendref"
},
{
"english": "Whitland",
"translation": "Whitland",
"word": "Hendy-gwyn ar Daf"
},
{
"english": "ancient monument",
"translation": "ancient monument",
"word": "heneb"
},
{
"english": "to age",
"translation": "to age",
"word": "heneiddio"
},
{
"english": "Hereford",
"translation": "Hereford",
"word": "Henffordd"
},
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"english": "ancient language, Welsh",
"translation": "ancient language, Welsh",
"word": "heniaith"
},
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"english": "old age",
"translation": "old age",
"word": "henoed"
},
{
"english": "elder",
"translation": "elder",
"word": "henuriad"
},
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"english": "old country, Wales",
"translation": "old country, Wales",
"word": "henwlad"
},
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"english": "old man",
"translation": "old man",
"word": "henwr"
},
{
"english": "as old as sin",
"translation": "as old as sin",
"word": "mor hen â phechod"
},
{
"english": "the old know, the young think they know",
"translation": "the old know, the young think they know",
"word": "yr hen a ŵyr, yr ifanc a dybia"
},
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"english": "the Old World",
"translation": "the Old World",
"word": "yr Hen Fyd"
},
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"english": "the Ancient World",
"translation": "the Ancient World",
"word": "yr Henfyd"
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"antonyms": [
{
"word": "ifanc"
},
{
"word": "ieuanc"
},
{
"word": "newydd"
}
],
"glosses": [
"old, aged; ancient, antique, pristine, former; inveterate, chronic; original; senior, elder"
],
"links": [
[
"old",
"old"
],
[
"aged",
"aged"
],
[
"ancient",
"ancient"
],
[
"antique",
"antique"
],
[
"pristine",
"pristine"
],
[
"former",
"former"
],
[
"inveterate",
"inveterate"
],
[
"chronic",
"chronic"
],
[
"original",
"original"
],
[
"senior",
"senior"
],
[
"elder",
"elder"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-mutable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"stale, mouldy, musty, fusty"
],
"links": [
[
"stale",
"stale"
],
[
"mouldy",
"mouldy"
],
[
"musty",
"musty"
],
[
"fusty",
"fusty"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-mutable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"unreformed, old, traditional (of style or mode of expressing dates according to the Julian Calendar); reckoned according to the Old Style (of festival)"
],
"links": [
[
"unreformed",
"unreformed"
],
[
"traditional",
"traditional"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-mutable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/heːn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eːn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛn"
}
],
"word": "hen"
}
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