väkänen — meaning in English

English meaning

• barb noun A sharp point angled backward on an arrow, hook, or wire, designed to make it hard to pull out.
• chevron noun A V-shaped stripe or pattern, often used as a badge of military or police rank.
• horn noun A hard, pointed growth on the head of certain animals, such as cattle, goats, or rhinos.

Senses

väkänen is used for these senses in English:

• barb (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
• chevron A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
• horn (countable) A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư.

barb — full definition

1. noun A sharp point angled backward on an arrow, hook, or wire, designed to make it hard to pull out.
2. noun A sharp, cutting remark meant to hurt or provoke.
3. noun Any of various small freshwater fish with whisker-like barbels near the mouth.
4. verb To fit something with barbs.

chevron — full definition

1. noun A V-shaped stripe or pattern, often used as a badge of military or police rank.
2. noun A V-shaped road marking used to show a safe following distance between vehicles.

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