plena

English

Etymology 1

Noun

plena (countable and uncountable, plural plenas)

1. (music, uncountable) A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics
2. (music, countable) A song in this style

Etymology 2

Noun

plena

1. plural of plenum

Anagrams

• 'plane, Alpen, Nepal, Palen, palen, panel, penal, plane

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Catalan

Adjective

plena f sg

1. feminine singular of ple

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *plěna, *pelena (“thin skin, thin fabric”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛna/

Noun

plena f

1. diaper (US), nappy (UK)

Synonyms

• plenka f

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Esperanto

Etymology

Compare Latin plēnārius, Catalan ple, French plein, Ido plena, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplena/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ple‧na

Adjective

plena (accusative singular plenan, plural plenaj, accusative plural plenajn)

1. full, complete
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":

     De peko kaj mizero estas plena la tero.

     The earth is full of sin and misery.

Usage notes

-plena is used in many compounds to mean "full of", similar to the suffix -ful.

Antonyms

• malplena (“empty”)

Derived terms

• nuboplena (“overcast”)
• plenmano (“handful”)
• plenplena (“chock full”)

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Ido

Etymology

Compare Catalan ple, Esperanto plena, French plein, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.

Adjective

plena

1. full

Antonyms

• vakua

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Interlingua

Verb

plena

1. present of plenar
2. imperative of plenar

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) plēna

1. nominative feminine singular of plēnus
2. nominative neuter plural of plēnus
3. accusative neuter plural of plēnus
4. vocative feminine singular of plēnus
5. vocative neuter plural of plēnus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) plēnā

1. ablative feminine singular of plēnus

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Portuguese

Adjective

plena

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective pleno.

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Spanish

Adjective

plena

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective pleno.

Etymology 2

From French plaine.

Noun

plena f (plural plenas)

1. (Louisiana) a plain, pl. plains