Henとは

語源 1

A mother hen with chicks.

From Middle English hen, from 古期英語 henn (“hen”), from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan-, *kana- (“to sing”). Cognate with Dutch hen (“hen”), West Frisian hin (“hen”), German Low German Heen (“hen”), German Henne (“hen”), Icelandic hæna (“hen”), Danish høne (“hen”), Swedish höna (“hen”). Related also to 古期英語 hana (“cock, rooster”).

別の表記

• henne (廃れた用法)

名詞

hen (複数形 hens)

1. A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for its eggs.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 2, in The Mirror and the Lamp‎^[3]:

     She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.

2. A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
3. (まれに) A female fish or crustacean.
4. (figuratively, depreciatory) A woman, particularly
   • 1785, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue:

     Hen, a woman. A cock and hen club; a club composed of men and women.

   1. (Britain, informal) A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of her "hen night" festivities.
5. (Britain, informal) A hen night.
6. (Scotland, informal) An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.

   Don't cry, hen. Everything will be all right.

7. (figuratively, derogatory, まれに) A henlike person of either sex.
8. The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.

同意語

• (female bird): hen-bird
• (bride-to-be): (米国用法) bachelorette
• (M. mercenaria): hard clam, hen-clam, hen-fish

等位語

• (male chicken または other bird): cock

派生語

参考

• broody

語源 2

From Middle English henne, heonne, hinne, from earlier henene, heonenen, henen, from 古期英語 heonan, hionan, heonane, heonone (“hence, from here, away, from how”), from Proto-Germanic *hina, *hinanō (“from here”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Dutch heen (“away”), German hin (“hence, from here”), Danish hen (“away, further, on”). 参考 hence.

副詞

hen (not comparable)

1. (dialectal) Hence.

語源 3

From hen (“hence, away”), or a variant of hench.

動詞

hen (三人称単数 現在形 hens, 現在分詞 henning, 過去形および過去分詞形 henned)

1. (dialectal) To throw.

アナグラム

• NHE, Neh.