femen

See also: fèmen

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfe.mən]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfe.men]

Verb

femen

third-person plural present indicative of femar

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English fǣman, from Proto-West Germanic *faimijan; compare fomen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːmən/

Verb

femen

To emit foam from the mouth; to be irate.
To flow or stream out.

Usage notes

Replaced by fomen after the 14th century.

Conjugation

Conjugation of femen (weak in -ed/-de)

infinitive	(to) femen, feme
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	feme	femed, femde
2nd-person singular	femest	femedest, femdest
3rd-person singular	femeth	femed, femde
subjunctive singular	feme	femed, femde
imperative singular	feme	—

plural¹	femen, feme	femeden, femede, femden, femde
imperative plural	femeth, feme	—

participles	femynge, femende	femed, yfemed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

“femen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Verb

femen

inflection of femar:
1. third-person plural present subjunctive
2. third-person plural imperative

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