Cène

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cene"

French

Etymology

From Middle French and Old French cene, an ecclesiastical borrowing from Latin cēna, from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-sna, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛn/

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• Homophones: saine, saines, scène, scènes, Seine

Noun

Cène f (uncountable)

1. Holy Communion
2. (art) Last Supper

Further reading

• “Cène”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.