seng

See also: Seng, sèng, and sēng

Ambonese Malay

Preposition

seng

  1. without

Danish

seng

Etymology

From Old Norse sæng, sæing.

Noun

seng c (singular definite sengen, plural indefinite senge)

  1. bed (a piece of furniture to sleep on)

Declension

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Malay

Chemical element
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Indonesian seng, from English zinc, from German Zink, from Zinken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seŋ/
  • Rhymes: -seŋ, -eŋ

Noun

seng (Jawi spelling سيڠ)

  1. Alternative form of zink

Mandarin

Romanization

seng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of sēng.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of seng – see 勝 (“to be able to bear; to be able to withstand; to be equal to; to match; etc.”).
(This character, seng, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 勝.)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sæing, sæng.

Noun

seng f, m (definite singular senga or sengen, indefinite plural senger, definite plural sengene) (genitive form sengs)

  1. (furniture) a bed

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sæing, sæng.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛŋː/

Noun

seng f (definite singular senga, indefinite plural senger, definite plural sengene) (genitive form sengs)

  1. (furniture) a bed

Derived terms

References

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