fene

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛnɛ]

fene

1. vocative singular of fen

From the Hungarian verb fen (“to hone, sharpen”) +‎ -e (obsolete present-participle suffix). For the suffix, compare fürge, lenge. Originally, it was used as an adjective for infuriated, ready-to-attack wild animals (e.g. fene farkas (“enraged wolf”)), later it became a noun with the same sense which is now obsolete.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛnɛ]
• Hyphenation: fe‧ne
• Rhymes: -nɛ

fene (not comparable)

1. (archaic) enraged

   Synonyms: ádáz, szilaj, dühödt

2. (mildly vulgar or colloquial) damned, damn, darn

   Synonyms: nyavalyás, átkozott

fene (usually uncountable, plural fenék)

1. (mildly vulgar or colloquial) damn, hell

   A fene egye meg! ― Damn it.

   Mi a fene ez? ― What the hell is this?

3. (archaic) ulcer, canker, gangrene, sore

fene (not comparable)

1. (mildly vulgar or colloquial, as an intensifier) damn(ed), bloody, helluva

   Synonyms: átkozottul, rohadtul, szörnyen, borzasztóan, veszettül

   Fene nagy hideg volt. ― It was damn cold.

• fene in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Old Irish féin (“self”).

fene

1. obsolete form of hene

fene

1. (Northern) alternative form of feynen

fene

1. inflection of fenar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative