fern en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /fɝn/ (Canada, General-American)
- /fɜːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /fɛrn/ (Early, Modern)
- /fɛːrn/ (Early, Modern)
- [fɘːn] (Australia)
- (US) audio
- /fɜːn/ (Australia)
Etymology
From Middle English fern, from Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Germanic *farnaz (“fern”), from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”). Cognates Cognate with Scots fairn (“fern”), North Frisian farne (“fern”), West Frisian fear (“fern”), Dutch varen (“fern”), German Farn, Farm (“fern”), Luxembourgish Far (“fern”); also Breton raden (“fern”), Cornish reden (“ferns; brackens”), Welsh rhedyn (“ferns; brackens”), Latvian paparde (“fern; bracken”), spārns (“wing”), Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”), Bulgarian and Macedonian папрат (paprat, “fern”), Czech kapraď (“fern”), Polish paproć (“fern”), Russian па́пороть (páporotʹ), па́поротник (páporotnik, “fern”), Serbo-Croatian па̏пра̄т, pȁprāt (“fern”), Slovak papraď (“fern”), Slovene praprot (“fern”), Ukrainian па́пороть (páporotʹ, “fern”), Central Kurdish پەڕ (perr, “feather”), Persian پر (par, “feather; wing; leaf”), Ashkun pār (“leaf”), Kamkata-viri por, přor (“leaf”), Prasuni parëg (“leaf”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “wing; leaf”).
Meanings
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Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
Beyond here the tides are not felt, and we now entered upon a district of elevated forest, with a finer vegetation. Large trees stretch out their arms across the stream, and the steep, earthy banks are clothed with ferns and zingiberaceous plants.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 103:
- (broadly) A light green color inspired by the color of ferns.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ferns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Fernside · sensitive fern · fernbird · leatherleaf fern · Alice's fern · fern bar · giant fern · autumn fern · sword fern (Nephrolepis spp. etc. · fern ally · fernseed · cinnamon fern · ferny · sweet fern · buckler fern · ferndom · coral fern · male fern · fernowl · vegetable fern · asparagus fern · lip fern · fernery · Goldie's fern · deer fern · cloak fern · fernene · New York fern · lady fern · Barnsley fern · Fern Gully · serpentine fern · resurrection fern · fernlike · Venus hair fern · Tara fern · wood fern · grape fern · fern cake · fernroot · basket fern · parsley fern · fern pine · fern-leaf tree · ferned · nonfern · water fern · maidenhair fern · interrupted fern · man fern · adder's fern · bamboo fern · waterfall fern · hay-scented fern · hard fern · Ferndale · tree fern · fern tree · fernless · ostrich fern · ice fern · chain fern · Fern Hill · bulblet fern · fernbrake · vessel fern · ball fern · hammock fern · horseshoe fern · ribbon fern · finger fern · sago fern · bead fern · beech fern · duckweed fern · hare's-foot fern · shield fern · hardfern) · fernane · bird's-nest fern · filmy fern · Hartford fern · fernland · rabbit's-foot fern · walking fern · climbing fern · oak fern · silver fern · woodfern · fern gully · fern seed · Goldie's wood fern · fern house · fern weevil · mosquito fern · nanofern · bladder fern · rustyback fern · elephant fern · umbrella fern · royal fern · twinsorus fern · fernshaw · whisk fern · Massachusetts fern · rattlesnake fern · ferning · fern bush · sweetfern · oriental vessel fern · fern moss · king fern · coffee fern · Fern Bay · Boston fern · mule's foot fern · air fern · basket fern · staghorn fern · Christmas fern · artillery fern · fragile fern · seed fern · giant wood fern
Relateds
Synonyms
Filicophyta (Pteridophyta)
Translations (128)
ceb pakó (plant) · ivv tamidok (plant) · hi फर्न (plant) · sc fíliche (plant) · es shapumba (plant) · fi saniainen (plant) · ja 羊歯 (plant) · fr fougère (plant) · cs kapraď (plant) · dsb paproś (plant) · km បណ្ណង្គជាតិ (plant) · oc falguièra (plant) · xmf გუმარა (plant) · fo trøllakampur (plant) · ru па́поротник (plant) · sva გვიმბრა (plant) · es yogo (plant) · gl folgueira (plant) · hu páfrány (plant) · izh sananjalka (plant) · sco fairn (plant) · gl felgo (plant) · bn ফার্ন (plant) · et sõnajalg (plant) · cmn 蕨類 /蕨类 (plant) · ro ferigă (plant) · sc fírigu (plant) · as ঢেকীয়া (plant) · sva გუ̂იმორ (plant) · vo filig (plant) · sva გუ̂იმრა (plant) · sh па̏пра̄т (plant) · lv paparde (plant) · id paku (plant) · fo trøllakambur (plant) · cy rhedynen (plant) · pt samambaia (plant) · grc πτέρις (plant) · da bregne (plant) · es calimete (plant) · sv bräken (plant) · ltg papardis (plant) · vi dương xỉ (plant) · my ဒရင်ကောက်ပင် du (plant) · ce чураш (plant) · fa سرخس (plant) · unm ahshikëmënshi (plant) · lt papartis (plant) · el φτέρη (plant) · uk па́пороть (plant) · uz qirqquloq (plant) · sc fíbixi (plant) · bg папрат (plant) · sl práprot (plant) · gl fento (plant) · vec féłese (plant) · zdj kudju (plant) · eu ira (plant) · gl dentabrún (plant) · th เฟิร์น (plant) · de Farnkraut (plant) · hy պտեր (plant) · cs kapradina (plant) · myv карёлго (plant) · tl pako (plant) · be па́параць (plant) · nap felece (plant) · ka გვიმრა (plant) · sh pȁprāt (plant) · kmr serxes (plant) · nb bregne (plant) · sk papraď (plant) · mk папрат (plant) · he שָׂרָךְ (plant) · sq fier (plant) · fur felet (plant) · pl paproć (plant) · eo filiko (plant) · xmf გუიმარა (plant) · pt feto (plant) · nl varen (plant) · sva გუ̂იმბრა (plant) · es helecho (plant) · ia filice (plant) · ml പന്നൽ (plant) · roa-gal faeugieur' (plant) · kmr teraş (plant) · xmf გვიმორა (plant) · izh sannikkain (plant) · ga raithneach (plant) · az ayıdöşəyi (plant) · oc falguièira (plant) · gl fieito (plant) · sw mkangaga (plant) · rup fearicã (plant) · gl botrico (plant) · nn bregne (plant) · tr eğrelti otu (plant) · sva იფხ (plant) · kw reden (plant) · ms paku (plant) · sv ormbunke (plant) · la filix (plant) · mn ойм (plant) · scn fìlici (plant) · be па́паратнік (plant) · ja 歯朶 (plant) · de Farn (plant) · ca falguera (plant) · kk қырыққұлақ (plant) · ca falaguera (plant) · gv rhennagh (plant) · ar سَرْخَس (plant) · pam paku (plant) · ko 양치류 (plant) · it felce (plant) · mn ᠣᠶᠢᠮᠤ (plant) · is burkni (plant) · gd raineach (plant) · ang fearn (plant) · az qıjı (plant) · sva გუ̂რიმბ (plant) · ab аҭы́рас (plant) · mi huruwhenua (plant) · msk pako (plant) · br raden (plant) · wyi buyet (plant) · xmf გვიმარა (plant)