faenum

Meaning

1. (declension-2, neuter) hay
2. (broadly, declension-2, neuter, rare) any dried plant
3. (declension-2, neuter) fenugreek

Concepts

hay

Translations

heno

feno

foin

kuru ot

fieno

fenc

Heu

forragem

hooi

σανός

relva

تِبْن

saman

fen

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfae̯.nũː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fēnom, from earlier *θēnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-no- (“yield”), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”), with semantic shift "to suckle" > "to bring forth" > "produce, yield" > "hay". See also Latin fecundus (“fertile”).