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English

Etymology 1

From Japanese 銭.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛn/
    • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

sen (plural sens or sen)

  1. A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
  2. A coin of this value.
    • 2013, Charles F. C. Ladd, Jr., Around the World at Seventeen (page 70)
      Before leaving the Kyndam I had bought in exchange what I thought to be enough yens and sens to see me through.

Etymology 2

From a syncopation of Middle English selven, selfen, variants of selfe, self. More at self.

Noun

sen

  1. (Yorkshire, East Midlands) self.
    "Hear all, see all, say nowt. Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt. An if ivver tha does owt fer nowt, mek sure tha does it fer thi sen."
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Indonesian sen, from Dutch cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”). See further etymology at cent.

Noun

sen (plural sens or sen)

  1. A unit of Indonesian currency, worth one hundredth of a rupiah.

Etymology 4

From Malay sen, from English cent. See further etymology at cent.

Noun

sen (plural sens or sen)

  1. A unit of Malaysian currency, worth one hundredth of a ringgit.
  2. A coin of this value.

Etymology 5

From Thai เส้น (sên).

Noun

sen (uncountable)

  1. A unit of length equal 20 wa, 40 meters

Anagrams

Abenaki

Noun

sen (inanimate, plural senal)

  1. stone, rock
    senika
    there are a lot of rocks

Basque

Noun

sen ?

  1. mind

See also

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”), compare Turkish sen (“you”).

Pronoun

sen (plural siz, possessive adjective seniñ)

  1. you
Inflection
object your: saña
reflexive yourself: özüñ
possessive your: seniñ

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Czech sen, from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *súpnas, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.

Noun

sen m inan

  1. dream
    Měl jsem o tobě sen. ― I had a dream about you.
    To by mě ani ve snu nenapadlo. ― I wouldn't even dream of that.
    Bylo to jako ze sna. ― It was totally out of a dream.
    Polovinu času tráví ve snách. ― He lives in a dream half the time.
Declension

Template:cs-decl-noun

The form sna is usually only used after the preposition ze (ze sna) and the form snách is usually only used after the preposition ve (ve snách).

See also

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sen

  1. Template:genitive plural of

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn (“late”), from Proto-Germanic *sainaz, *sainijaz, cognate with Old English sǣne.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sen (neuter sent, plural and definite singular attributive sene)

  1. late (proximate in time)
  2. belated, tardy
  3. slow

Inflection

Inflection of sen
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular sen senere senest2
Indefinite neuter singular sent senere senest2
Plural sene senere senest2
Definite attributive1 sene senere seneste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin sine. Compare Spanish sin, Italian senza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sen]
  • Hyphenation: sen

Preposition

sen

  1. without

Derived terms

  • sen- (“without, -less”)

Finnish

Etymology

The genitive and genitive-looking accusative singular of the demonstrative pronoun se.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsen/, [ˈs̠e̞n]
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification(key): sen

Pronoun

sen

  1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of se
  2. (demonstrative) it (accusative; direct object)
    Voisitko tehdä sen?
    Could you do it, please?
  3. (demonstrative) its (genitive)
    Tuo rotta on varsinainen kiusankappale! Joudun keräämään sen jätöksiä kuistiltani joka aamu.
    That rat is really a nuisance! I have to gather its poopoo from my veranda every morning.
  4. (+ comparative) (the ...) the (establishes a parallel)
    Mitä enemmän, sen parempi.
    The more the better.

Inflection

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Latin sinus.

Noun

sen m (plural sens)

  1. (anatomy) bosom, breast
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

sen f

  1. want, need, desire

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese sen, from Latin sine.

Pronunciation

Preposition

sen

  1. without
Antonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese sem; either from a substrate language, or more likely from Old Occitan sen (“judgement”) and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sinn (“sense, mind”) (cf. Vulgar Latin *sennus).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

sen m (plural sens)

  1. (archaic) judgement
  2. (anatomy) temple
    Synonyms: tempa, vidalla

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

sen m (plural sens)

  1. (usually in the plural) fly maggots and eggs deposited in meat or food
    Synonyms: careixa, sese, vareixa

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “sien”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto sen, French sans, Italian senza, Spanish sin, ultimately from Latin sine.

Pronunciation

Preposition

sen

  1. without (not having)

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛn]
  • Hyphenation: sèn

Etymology 1

From Dutch cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Noun

sèn (first-person possessive senku, second-person possessive senmu, third-person possessive sennya)

  1. cent
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Min Nan: 占, 仙.

Etymology 2

Noun

sèn (first-person possessive senku, second-person possessive senmu, third-person possessive sennya)

  1. Nonstandard form of sein.

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sen

Adverb

sen

  1. (+ min) Establishes a correlation between multiple comparatives in a sentence; ..., the ...
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Min alemmaal ono päivyt maan päält, sen pitemp on kupahain, a min hää ono ylempään, sen lyhemp ono kupahain.
      The lower the sun is along the earth, the longer is the shadow, and the higher it is, the shorter is the shadow.
    Min enemmän siä sööt, sen suuremp siä oot. ― The more you eat, the bigger you are.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sen

Pronoun

sen

  1. accusative singular of se
  2. (nonstandard) genitive singular of se

Determiner

sen

  1. accusative singular of se
  2. (nonstandard) genitive singular of se

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 514

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Contraction

sen

  1. (literary, archaic) Contraction of se ne.
Usage notes
  • This contraction can be used only before verbs beginning with any consonant except for an impure s.[1]

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Contraction

sen

  1. Contraction of seno.

References

  1. ^ https://books.google.ru/books?id=2KFWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=%22men%22+%22sen%22+%22ten%22+italian+grammar&source=bl&ots=xbqZikF9Fo&sig=ACfU3U3ngM0Rix1ZnZxrI34iT_BW_1aH3A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4i5LK7frjAhVtsYsKHfrZDOQQ6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22men%22%20%22sen%22%20%22ten%22%20italian%20grammar&f=false

Japanese

Romanization

sen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せん

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese သိန်း (sin:).

Noun

sen

  1. hundred thousand

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese cem.

Numeral

sen

  1. hundred (100)

Lashi

Etymology

Borrowed from a Southeastern Asian language. Compare Burmese သိန်း (sin:) and Thai แสน (sɛ̌ɛn).

Pronunciation

Numeral

sen

  1. hundred thousand (100,000)

Usage notes

  • When used as a quantifier, sen should be preceded by da (“one”).

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latvian

Adverb

sen

  1. long ago, for a long time; (deprecated template usage) adverbial form of sens
  1. tas noticis sen ― it happened long ago
    viņš jau sen dzīvo Rīgā ― he has lived in Riga for a long time

Louisiana Creole French

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
 <  99 100 101  > 
    Cardinal : sen

Etymology

From French cent (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

Numeral

sen

  1. hundred.

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛn/
  • Hyphenation: sèn

Noun

sen (Jawi spelling سين, plural sen-sen, informal 1st possessive senku, 2nd possessive senmu, 3rd possessive sennya)

  1. cent

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

sen

  1. Nonstandard spelling of sēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of sěn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Nga La

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *shan, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t(y)a-n ~ tsa-n.

Adjective

sen

  1. red

References

  • Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn.

Adjective

sen (neuter singular sent, definite singular and plural sene, comparative senere, indefinite superlative senest, definite superlative seneste)

  1. late

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sin, sina, from Proto-Germanic *senawō, from Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”).

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. sinew, tendon

Etymology 2

From Japanese 銭.

Noun

sen m (plural senen)

  1. a Japanese sen

References

Anagrams

Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ.

Noun

sen m

  1. dream

Declension

Template:zlw-ocs-decl-noun-dub

Descendants

Further reading

Old French

Noun

sen oblique singular, m (oblique plural sens, nominative singular sens, nominative plural sen)

  1. Alternative form of sens

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *senos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos.

Adjective

sen (comparative siniu, superlative sinem)

  1. old

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sen sen sen
Vocative sin*
sen**
Accusative sen sin
Genitive sin sine sin
Dative siun sin siun
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative sin sena
Vocative senu
sena†
Accusative senu
sena†
Genitive sen
Dative senaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
sen ṡen unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sennus, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *sinn.

Noun

sen m (oblique plural sens, nominative singular sens, nominative plural sen)

  1. direction; orientation
  2. sense; ability to reason

Descendants

References

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

sen m inan

  1. dream
  2. sleep

Declension

Declension of sen
singular plural
nominative sen sny
genitive snu snów
dative snowi snom
accusative sen sny
instrumental snem snami
locative śnie snach
vocative śnie sny

Derived terms

adjectives
adverb
nouns
verb

Further reading

  • sen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Verb

sen

  1. second-person plural or formal singular present indicative of si

Romanian

Etymology

From French sen.

Noun

sen m (plural seni)

  1. sen (Japanese currency)

Declension

Declension of sen
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sen senul (niște) seni senii
genitive/dative (unui) sen senului (unor) seni senilor
vocative senule senilor

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) si
  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) se
  • (Puter, Vallader) sü

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

sen

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) up, upward, upwards

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

sen m (genitive singular sna, nominative plural sny, genitive plural snov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. dream

Declension

Declension of sen
singular plural
nominative sen sny
genitive sna snov
dative snu snom
accusative sen sny
locative sne snoch, snách
instrumental snom snami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “sen”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Abbreviation of seno (“sine”).

Symbol

sen

  1. (mathematics) A symbol of the trigonometric function sine.

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse seinn (“late”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sen (comparative senare, superlative senast)

  1. late
    en sen kväll
    a late evening
    Jag är redan sen till ett möte
    I’m already late for a meeting
Declension
Inflection of sen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sen senare senast
Neuter singular sent senare senast
Plural sena senare senast
Masculine plural3 sene senare senast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sene senare senaste
All sena senare senaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
Antonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Syncopic form of sedan, from Old Swedish siþan, from Old Norse síðan.

Pronunciation

Adverb

sen (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of sedan.
    Först gjorde vi si, och sen gjorde vi så
    First we did like this, and then we did like that

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English chain.

Noun

sen

  1. chain

Etymology 2

From English cent.

Noun

sen

  1. cent
Descendants

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سن (sen, “thou”), from Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”). Cognate to siz (“you”) derived from the same root. Compare Old Turkic 𐰾𐰤 (sen, “you”), Karakhanid سَنْ‏ (sen, “you”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sen

  1. you (singular, informal)

Declension

Declension of sen
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) sen siz
definite accusative (belirtme) seni sizi
dative (yönelme) sana size
locative (bulunma) sende sizde
ablative (ayrılma) senden sizden
genitive (tamlayan) senin sizin

Usage notes

  • It is one of the two words that have irregular dative case declension. (The other words are ben and biz also have irregular genitive case declension.)

See also

Turkish personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ben biz
2nd person familiar sen siz
polite siz sizler
3rd person o onlar

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”).

Pronoun

sen

  1. (personal) you (singular, informal)

Declension

Declension of sen
singular plural
nominative sen siz
accusative seni sizi
genitive seniň siziň
dative saňa size
locative sende sizde
ablative senden sizden

See also

Turkmen personal pronouns
Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Locative Ablative
singular 1st person men meni meniň maňa mende menden
2nd person sen seni seniň saňa sende senden
3rd person ol ony onuň oňa onda ondan
plural 1st person biz bizi biziň bize bizde bizden
2nd person siz sizi siziň size sizde sizden
3rd person olar olary olaryň olara olarda olardan

Uyghur

Romanization

sen

  1. Latin (ULY) transcription of سەن (sen)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Chinese 蓮 (OC *k.[r]ˤe[n]) (B-S) (SV: liên).

Compare the village name Kim Liên 金蓮 (MC kim len), whose demotic name (tên Nôm) is Sen.

Noun

(classifier cây, bông, hoa) sen • (𬞮)

  1. lotus
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly from French jeune servante (“young maidservant”). Attested since 19th century.[1]

Noun

(classifier con) sen

  1. a maidservant
    • 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, Cơm Thầy Cơm Cô (Master's Food, Mistress's Food), Ch 4. "Cuốn Tiểu Thuyết của Con Sen Đũi (The Novella of Đũi the Maidservant)"
      Trong khi ngồi trước đèn để thuật lại câu chuyện này, tôi cũng muốn cho mơ màng để cái cuộc giãi bày tâm sự của con sen có được một chút thi vị
      While sitting before the lamp to recount this story, I also want to make it dreamy so that the maidservant's pouring her heart out shall have a little bit of poetic beauty.
    Synonym: Ô-sin; người giúp việc; người ở

Etymology 3

From Etymology 2, with owners of cats and dogs perceived humorously as servants to their pets.[2]

Noun

(classifier con) sen

  1. (slang, humorous) Owner of cat or dog.

References

  1. ^ Ngọc Tiến, "Nghề Giúp Việc Xưa" (Domestic Works of Old)] Hà Nội Mới (in Vietnamese). Original (29 September 2013); republication (8 August 2016)/
  2. ^ Đông Hà, "Vì sao con sen là kẻ hầu người hạ? (Why is 'con sen' a servant?)" Vietcetera (in Vietnamese)

Welsh

Verb

sen (not mutable)

  1. Contraction of basen.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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  1. Tendon.

Alternative forms

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