carena

See also: Carena, carená, and caréna

English

Noun

carena (uncountable)

1. Aminophylline.
   • 1945, League of Nations, Bulletin of the Health Organisation, page 591:

     ... (theophylline dissolved in ethylendiamine; corresponding to the brands of aminophylline and carena), by intravenous or intragluteal injections for from 3-10 days, according to the severity of the symptoms.

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin carīna (“keel”), influenced by Ligurian / Italian carena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kəˈɾe̞.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəˈɾə.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəˈɾɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈɾe.na]

Noun

carena f (plural carenes)

1. (nautical) keel (of a ship)
2. (construction) ridgepole
3. (agriculture) ridge (between two furrows)
4. (geology) ridge, crest
   • 2001, Oriol de Bolòs i Capdevila, Vegetació dels Països Catalans:

     Per una banda, prats secs als sòls poc profunds de les carenes, per l'altra, prats molls i jonqueres al fons de les valls.

     On the one side, dry meadows on the shallow soil of the ridges, on the other, wet meadows and rush beds at the bottom of the valleys.

Derived terms

• carenar
• carenejar
• carener

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “carena”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “carena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Etymology 2

Verb

carena

1. inflection of carenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈrɛ.na/, /kaˈre.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
• Hyphenation: ca‧rè‧na, ca‧ré‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin carīna, with some pronunciations influences from Ligurian.

Alternative forms

• carina (archaic)

Noun

carena f (plural carene)

1. (nautical) keel (of a ship)

   Synonym: chiglia

Etymology 2

Form of carenare.

Verb

carena

1. inflection of carenare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “carena”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Aracne, aracne, arance, arcane, carnea, rancea

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘𑀭𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• चरेन (Devanagari script)
• চরেন (Bengali script)
• චරෙන (Sinhalese script)
• စရေန or ၸရေၼ (Burmese script)
• จเรน or จะเรนะ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩁᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈເຣນ or ຈະເຣນະ (Lao script)
• ចរេន (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄢𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

carena

1. instrumental singular of cara (“walker; frequenting”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾẽ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾe.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧re‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin carīna.

Noun

carena f (plural carenas)

1. (nautical) bottom (parts of a vessel that is always underwater)
2. (colloquial) teasing

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carena

1. inflection of carenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “carena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “carena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caréner, from Latin carenare.

Verb

a carena (third-person singular present carenează, past participle carenat) 1st conjugation

1. to careen

Conjugation

    conjugation of carena (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a carena
gerund			carenând
past participle			carenat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	carenez	carenezi	carenează	carenăm	carenați	carenează
	imperfect	carenam	carenai	carena	carenam	carenați	carenau
	simple perfect	carenai	carenași	carenă	carenarăm	carenarăți	carenară
	pluperfect	carenasem	carenaseși	carenase	carenaserăm	carenaserăți	carenaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să carenez	să carenezi	să careneze	să carenăm	să carenați	să careneze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		carenează			carenați
	negative		nu carena			nu carenați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾena/ [kaˈɾe.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ca‧re‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin carīna.

Noun

carena f (plural carenas)

1. (nautical) bottom (parts of a vessel that is always underwater)
2. (colloquial) teasing

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carena

1. inflection of carenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “carena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025