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Jen
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Appendix:Variations of "jen"
English
Etymology 1
Usually a clipped or hypocoristic form of en Jennifer, although also used for en Jean, en Jeanette, en Jeannette, etc. en Ivanka Jan Janelle Janet Janey Janine Jeanette Jeanie Jeannette Jeannine Jenna Jenny Jessie Jo Jody Juanita Shanae Sinead Vanna in these secondary derivations.
Pronunciation
en /d͡ʒɛn/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jen.wav Southern England
en Gen gen Jenn
Proper noun
en female.
en Daniel Dale New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/politics/new-york-post-fact-check-kamala-harris-book-migrants/index.html 2021-04-27 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816081708/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/politics/new-york-post-fact-check-kamala-harris-book-migrants/index.html
Middle English masculine personal name, a short form of Old French Jehan
Derived terms
en Jenny, en Jenna, en Jenessa
Etymology 2
From the atonal and diacriticless en cmn-wadegiles - romanization of the en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 妊 Rèn, an ancient surname also used as an adjective meaning "pregnant". en Ren.
Pronunciation
rŭn
Proper noun
en Chinese.
Alternative forms
en Jên
en 1-syllable words female given names from Cornish female given names from French female given names from Hebrew diminutives of female given names clippings heteronyms