cena

See also: Cena, cená, cenà, cenâ, cenā, ceną, ċena, and cé na

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛna/

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• Rhymes: -ɛna

Noun

cena f

1. price
2. prize

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	cena	ceny
genitive	ceny	cen
dative	ceně	cenám
accusative	cenu	ceny
vocative	ceno	ceny
locative	ceně	cenách
instrumental	cenou	cenami

Related terms

• ocenit

Further reading

• cena in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• cena in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin cēna, from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-s-nh₂ (“portion”), from *ker-, *sker-. Compare Spanish cena and Portuguese ceia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.na/

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• Hyphenation: cé‧na

Noun

cena f (plural cene)

1. dinner (evening meal)

Derived terms

• cenare
• cenata
• cenerella
• cenetta
• cenettina
• cenina
• cenino
• cenona
• cenone
• cenuccia
• L'Ultima Cena

 

Verb

cena

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

See also

• colazione
• pranzo

Anagrams

• acne
• cane

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā (compare Umbrian śesna, Oscan kersnu), from Proto-Indo-European *kert-s-nh₂ (“portion”), from root (s)kert- (“to cut”), from *(s)ker- (compare Lithuanian kérti, Armenian քերթել (kʿertʿel, “to skin”), Sanskrit कृन्तति (kṛntáti, “he cuts (in pieces)”)). Related to cortex, scortum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.na/, [ˈkeː.n̪a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.na/, [ˈt͡ʃɛː.na]

Noun

cēna f (genitive cēnae); first declension

1. dinner
2. (law, historical) gwestva, a duty levied by Welsh kings twice a year upon the free men of their kingdom

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cēna	cēnae
Genitive	cēnae	cēnārum
Dative	cēnae	cēnīs
Accusative	cēnam	cēnās
Ablative	cēnā	cēnīs
Vocative	cēna	cēnae

Derived terms

• antecēnium
• cēnāculum
• cēnāticus
• cēnō
• cēnula
• concēna
• domicēnium

 

Related terms

• cēnācellum
• cēnāculāria
• cēnāculārium
• cēnāculārius
• cēnāculātus
• cēnāssō
• cēnāticum
• cēnātiō
• cēnātiuncula
• cēnātor
• cēnātōria
• cēnātōrium
• cēnātōrius
• cēnāturiō
• cēnātus
• cēnitō
• concēnātiō
• incēnātus
• incēnō
• percēnō
• succēnō

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: tsinã
• Catalan: cena
• Dalmatian: caina
• French: cène
• Friulian: cene
• Italian: cena
• Occitan: cena
• Old Portuguese: cẽa
  • Galician: cea
  • Portuguese: ceia
• Piedmontese: sin-a, sen-a
• Romanian: cină
• Romansch: tschaina
• Sardinian: chena, cena
• Sicilian: cena
• Spanish: cena
• Venetian: sena, çéna, ẑena

References

• cena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the main dish: caput cenae (Fin. 2. 8. 25)
    
  • to invite some one to dinner: aliquem vocare, invitare ad cenam
    
  • to accept an invitiation to dinner: promittere (ad cenam) (Off. 3. 14. 58)
    
  • during dinner; at table: inter cenam, inter epulas
    
  • to invite oneself to some one's house for dinner: condicere alicui (ad cenam)
    
  • to welcome some one to one's table: adhibere aliquem cenae or ad cenam, convivio or in convivium
    
  • to set a repast before a person: cenam alicui apponere
    
• cena in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cena in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Verb

cēnā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cēnō

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Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Slavic.

Noun

cena f (4th declension)

1. price

Declension

Declension of cena (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	cena	cenas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	cenu	cenas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	cenas	cenu
dative (datīvs)	cenai	cenām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	cenu	cenām
locative (lokatīvs)	cenā	cenās
vocative (vokatīvs)	cena	cenas

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, from *kʷey- (“to pay”), whence English pain and penalty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.na/

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Noun

cena f

1. price

Declension

declension of cena

	singular	plural
nominative	cena	ceny
genitive	ceny	cen
dative	cenie	cenom
accusative	cenę	ceny
instrumental	ceną	cenami
locative	cenie	cenach
vocative	ceno	ceny

Related terms

• (verbs) cenić, doceniać, oceniać, wyceniać
• (nouns) cennik, ocena, przecena, wycena
• (adjectives) cenny, cenowy, drogocenny

Further reading

• cena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin scaena.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.nɐ/

Noun

cena f (plural cenas)

1. scene
2. stage

   Synonym: palco

   em cena ― on stage

3. (Portugal, informal) thing

   Synonyms: coisa, troço, treco, negócio, bagulho, bagaça, trem, pira, bang

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:cena.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) cijéna

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsěːna/
• Hyphenation: ce‧na

Noun

céna f (Cyrillic spelling це́на)

1. price
2. value, worth

Declension

Declension of cena

	singular	plural
nominative	cena	cene
genitive	cene	cena
dative	ceni	cenama
accusative	cenu	cene
vocative	ceno	cene
locative	ceni	cenama
instrumental	cenom	cenama

Derived terms

• cijeniti/ceniti

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛna/

Noun

cena f (genitive singular ceny, nominative plural ceny, genitive plural cien, declension pattern of žena)

1. price

Declension

Declension of cena

	singular	plural
nominative	cena	ceny
genitive	ceny	cien
dative	cene	cenám
accusative	cenu	ceny
locative	cene	cenách
instrumental	cenou	cenami

Derived terms

• cenový
• cenovo, cenove

Further reading

• cena in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sèːna/

Noun

cẹ́na f

1. price (cost required to gain possession of something)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	céna
gen. sing.	céne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	céna	céni	céne
accusative	céno	céni	céne
genitive	céne	cén	cén
dative	céni	cénama	cénam
locative	céni	cénah	cénah
instrumental	céno	cénama	cénami

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cēna, from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-s-nh₂ (“portion”), from *ker-, *sker-.

Pronunciation

• (z-s distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈθena/
• (seseo merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsena/

Noun

cena f (plural cenas)

1. supper, dinner

Derived terms

• cenar

Verb

cena

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cenar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cenar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cenar.

Further reading

• “cena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.