penmate

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noun

An animal sharing its pen with another.

OriginEnglish mate ← Middle English mate ← Middle Low German mate →
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Meanings

nounpenmate (plural penmates)

plural penmates

  1. An animal sharing its pen with another.

Origin

  1. Englishpen
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  4. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  5. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  6. Proto-Germanic*matjô
  7. Proto-West Germanic*gamatjô
  8. Old Saxongimato
  9. Middle Low Germanmate
  10. Middle Englishmate
  11. Englishmate
  12. Englishpenmate

From pen + -mate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Tempeanpeteman
Cite this entry
APA

penmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penmate

MLA

“penmate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penmate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “penmate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penmate.

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