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hen.

old, aged; ancient, antique, pristine, former; inveterate, chronic; original; senior, elder

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/heːn/
  1. old, aged; ancient, antique, pristine, former; inveterate, chronic; original; senior, elder

    not-mutable
  2. stale, mouldy, musty, fusty

    not-mutable
  3. unreformed, old, traditional (of style or mode of expressing dates according to the Julian Calendar); reckoned according to the Old Style (of festival)

    not-mutable
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Brythonic *hen, from Proto-Celtic *senos, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.