pen - English word #582

Translation

A thin tool that you hold in your hand to write with ink.

Word origin

From Latin penna, meaning a feather, because old pens were made from quills.

Gender

Pluralpens

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"Pen" is the tool used to write.

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"Pens" is the plural, meaning more than one pen.

borrow ?

Here "pen" is the thing the speaker wants to write with.

write

To make letters, words, or numbers on paper or a screen using a pen, pencil, or keys.

paper

The thin flat material you write or print on; also a newspaper or a piece of writing.

book

A set of printed pages joined together that you read.

hand

The part of your body at the end of your arm, with fingers and a thumb.

table

A piece of furniture with a flat top and legs that you put things on or sit at.

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