žena

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *genāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛna/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛna

Noun

žena f

1. woman
2. wife

Further reading

• žena in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• žena in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian žena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒěːnḁ/

Noun

žena f

1. woman

References

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *genāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒěna/
• Hyphenation: že‧na

Noun

žèna f (Cyrillic spelling жѐна)

1. woman
2. wife

References

• “žena” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *genāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒe.na/

Noun

žena f (genitive singular ženy, nominative plural ženy, genitive plural žien, declension pattern of žena)

1. woman

References

• žena in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *genāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛ̀ːna/
• Tonal orthography: žéna

Noun

žêna f (genitive žêne or žené, nominative plural žêne or žené)

1. wife

See also

• móž
• ženska
• žalik žena