peen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1

Probably from a North Germanic source, compare dialectal Norwegian penn (“peen”), Danish pind (“peg”), German Pinne (“the peen of a hammer”), Old Swedish pæna (“to pound iron with a hammer”).

Alternative forms

• pane, pean, pein, piend

Noun

a ball-peen hammer

peen (plural peens)

1. The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.

Derived terms

• ball-peen hammer
• cross peen hammer
• straight peen hammer

Translations

end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end

• Bulgarian: острата част на чук (ostrata čast na čuk)
• Catalan: pena (ca) f
• Finnish: haarapää (wedge-shaped); pallopää (fi), kuulapää (spherical)
• French: panne (fr) f
• German: Finne (de) f (wedge-shaped), Kugel (de) f (spherical)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: penn (no) m

• Polish: rąb m

Verb

peen (third-person singular simple present peens, present participle peening, simple past and past participle peened)

1. (transitive) To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.

Derived terms

• chisel peen
• cross peen
• peen over
• point peen

See also

• Ball-peen hammer
• Shot peening
• Peening

Etymology 2

Clipping of penis, with the spelling changed to maintain the original pronunciation.

Noun

peen (plural peens)

1. (slang) Penis.
   • 2009, Danny Evans, Rage Against the Meshugenah: Why it Takes Balls to Go Nuts‎^[1], New American Library, published 2009, →ISBN:

     With all due respect (and that may be very little), the real truth is that being a dad is sometimes an imposition of pain far worse than any up-the-peen catheter could ever deliver.

   • 2010, Andrea Lavinthal, Jessica Rozler, Your So-Called Life: A Guide to Boys, Body Issues, and Other Big-Girl Drama You Thought You Would Have Figured Out By Now, Harper, published 2010, →ISBN, page 32:

     Where to touch a man that will drive him wild every time (Hint: It's probably his peen.)

   • 2012, Fanny Merkin, Andrew Shaffer, Fifty Shames of Earl Grey: A Parody, Da Capo Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 49:

     It's so quiet you could hear a peen go soft.

   • 2021 September 2, Paul Simms, “The Prisoner” (2058: from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎^[2], season 3, episode 1, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):

     “Guillermo, you will now take Colin Robinson's peen and scrotum and crush it in your hand.” “What?” “Good idea.” “No.” “Yeah.” “He's gonna do it.” “I'm afraid I can't, Master. As much as I would love to, something compels me not to.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:peen.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:penis.

Derived terms

• epeen
• hemipeen

Anagrams

• neep, pene, pene-

Basque

Noun

peen

1. genitive plural of pe

Dutch

Alternative forms

• pee

Etymology

Originally the plural of pee, perhaps from Middle Dutch *pede, with plural peden (with a single attestation), of uncertain origin. Compare schoen and teen, also originally plurals but later singulars. Proposed cognates include English pith and French pied.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peːn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: peen
• Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

peen f (plural penen, diminutive peentje n)

1. (botany) carrot (Daucus carota)

   Synonym: wortel

Derived terms

• bospeen
• waspeen
• wilde peen
• winterpeen

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *peeni. Cognate with Finnish pieni.

Adjective

peen (genitive peene, partitive peent, comparative peenem, superlative kõige peenem)

1. fine (of small pieces, small size)
2. thin
3. fine (of good quality)
4. fancy

Inflection

Declension of peen (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		peen	peened
accusative	nom.
	gen.	peene
genitive			peente
partitive		peent	peeni
illative		peende peenesse	peentesse peenisse
inessive		peenes	peentes peenis
elative		peenest	peentest peenist
allative		peenele	peentele peenile
adessive		peenel	peentel peenil
ablative		peenelt	peentelt peenilt
translative		peeneks	peenteks peeniks
terminative		peeneni	peenteni
essive		peenena	peentena
abessive		peeneta	peenteta
comitative		peenega	peentega

Derived terms

• peenendama
• peenestama
• peenike
• peenus

Finnish

Noun

peen

1. genitive singular of pee

Ingrian

Alternative forms

• peeni

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *peeni. Cognates include Finnish pieni and Estonian peen.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpeːni/, [ˈpeːnʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpeːn/, [ˈpe̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -eːnʲ, -eːn
• Hyphenation: peen

Adjective

peen (comparative peenemp)

1. small
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Mänimmä yli peenen joen, yli suuren niityn mänimmä.

     We crossed a small river, we crossed a big meadow.

   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 40:

     Peen tulo saatii siint pellost.

     A small income was received from this field.

2. little, young
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Tahtoi Ljoșa peent velloa Borjaa noissa opettammaa kirjaa lukomaa.

     Ljoša wanted to begin to teach [his] little brother Borja to read a book.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:

     A et oo peen?

     And aren't you [too] young [for that]?

Declension

Declension of peen (type 5/suur, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	peen	peenet
genitive	peenen	peeniin
partitive	peentä, peent	peeniä
illative	peenee	peenii
inessive	peenees	peeniis
elative	peenest	peenist
allative	peenelle	peenille
adessive	peeneel	peeniil
ablative	peenelt	peenilt
translative	peeneks	peeniks
essive	peenennä, peeneen	peeninnä, peeniin
exessive1)	peenent	peenint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (small): heeno

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “small”): suur (“big”)

Derived terms

• Peen Otava
• peenys

References

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 13
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 404

Spanish

Verb

peen

1. third-person plural present indicative of peer