seng

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[edit] Danish

seng

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse sæng, sæing.

[edit] Noun

seng c. (singular definite sengen, plural indefinite senge)

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

[edit] Inflection


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

seng

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having the tone, sēng.

[edit] Usage notes

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


[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

seng m. and f. (definite singular senga/sengen; indefinite plural senger; definite plural sengene)

  1. bed