sene

See also: sené, sēne, sēnē, and -sene

English

Etymology 1

From Old French sene.

Alternative forms

Noun

sene (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Senna.

Etymology 2

From Samoan sene, in turn from English cent.

Noun

sene (plural senes)

  1. A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a Samoan tala.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sina, sin (“sinew”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seːnɘ/, [ˈseːnɘ]

Noun

sene c (singular definite senen, plural indefinite sener)

  1. sinew, tendon
Inflection

Etymology 2

See sen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seːnɘ/, [ˈseːnɘ]

Adjective

sene

  1. definite of sen
  2. plural of sen

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senem, accusative case form of senex, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ne/, [ˈs̪ɛːn̺e]
  • Stress: sène
  • Hyphenation: se‧ne

Noun

sene m (plural seni)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) An old man
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXI, lines 58–60:
      Uno intendëa, e altro mi rispuose: ¶ credea veder Beatrice e vidi un sene ¶ vestito con le genti glorïose.
      One thing I meant, another answered me; ¶ I thought I should see Beatrice, and saw an old man ¶ habited like the glorious people.
    • Synonyms: vecchio, vegliardo
    • Antonyms: giovane, giovanotto

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

sene

  1. ablative singular of senex

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

sene

  1. definite singular of sen
  2. plural of sen

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sina or sin

Alternative forms

Noun

sene f, m (definite singular sena or senen, indefinite plural sener, definite plural senene)

  1. (anatomy) a tendon
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

sene m (definite singular senen, indefinite plural sener, definite plural senene)

  1. alternative form of scene

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sina or sin

Alternative forms

Noun

sene f (definite singular sena, indefinite plural sener, definite plural senene)

  1. (anatomy) a tendon
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

sene m (definite singular senen, indefinite plural senar, definite plural senane)
sene f (definite singular sena, indefinite plural sener, definite plural senene)

  1. alternative form of scene

References

Samoan

Etymology

From English cent

Noun

sene

  1. a hundredth of a Samoan tala
  2. cent; penny

Descendants

See also

Swedish

Adjective

sene

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of sen.

Tauya

Noun

sene

  1. stone

References

  • Lorna MacDonald, A Grammar of Tauya

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic سَنَة‎ (sana).

Noun

sene (objective definite seneyi)

  1. year

Synonyms

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