scena

See also: scéna and sćěna

English

Etymology

Italian

Noun

scena ‎(plural scenas)

1. A scene in an opera.
2. An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.
   • William Smith Rockstro, A General History of Music

     Few Contralto singers are unacquainted with the beautiful Scena, Ah rendimi qual core, from Mitrane.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin scaena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή ‎(skēnḗ, “stage, scene”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛː.na/

Noun

scena f ‎(plural scene)

1. scene (in all senses)
2. stage (of a theatre etc)

Related terms

• scenario
• scenata

Anagrams

• nasce

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskeː.na/

Noun

scēna f ‎(genitive scēnae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of scaena

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	scēna	scēnae
genitive	scēnae	scēnārum
dative	scēnae	scēnīs
accusative	scēnam	scēnās
ablative	scēnā	scēnīs
vocative	scēna	scēnae

References

• scena in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SCENA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• scena in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• scena in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scena in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• scenen

Noun

scena m, f

1. definite feminine singular of scene

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Polish

scena

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκηνή ‎(skēnḗ)

Pronunciation

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Noun

scena f

1. stage (theatre)
2. scene

Declension

declension of scena

	singular	plural
nominative	scena	sceny
genitive	sceny	scen
dative	scenie	scenom
accusative	scenę	sceny
instrumental	sceną	scenami
locative	scenie	scenach
vocative	sceno	sceny

Derived terms

• scenariusz, sceniczny, scenowy, scenka, sceneria

External links

• scena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

scèna f ‎(Cyrillic spelling сцѐна)

1. scene (in all senses)
2. stage (of a theatre etc)

Declension

Declension of scena

	singular	plural
nominative	scena	scene
genitive	scene	scena
dative	sceni	scenama
accusative	scenu	scene
vocative	sceno	scene
locative	sceni	scenama
instrumental	scenom	scenama