sene

See also: sené, sēne, sēnē, and -sene

English

Etymology 1

From Old French sene.

Alternative forms

• seene, senie

Noun

sene (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Senna.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, printed at London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821:
     , II.37:

     My selfe have found by experience, that radish rootes are windie, and senie-leaves breede loosenes in the belly.

Etymology 2

From Samoan sene, in turn from English cent.

Noun

sene (plural senes)

1. A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a Samoan tala.

Anagrams

• Nees, eens, esne, seen, snee

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sina, sin (“sinew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːnɘ/, [ˈseːnɘ]

Noun

sene c (singular definite senen, plural indefinite sener)

1. sinew, tendon

Inflection

Declension of sene

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sene	senen	sener	senerne
genitive	senes	senens	seners	senernes

Etymology 2

See sen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːnɘ/, [ˈseːnɘ]

Adjective

sene

1. definite of sen
2. plural of sen

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senem, accusative case form of senex, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ne/, [ˈs̪ɛːn̺e]
• Stress: sène
• Hyphenation: se‧ne

Noun

sene m (plural seni)

1. (obsolete, poetic) An old man
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXI, lines 58–60:

     Uno intendëa, e altro mi rispuose: ¶ credea veder Beatrice e vidi un sene ¶ vestito con le genti glorïose.

     One thing I meant, another answered me; ¶ I thought I should see Beatrice, and saw an old man ¶ habited like the glorious people.

   • Synonyms: vecchio, vegliardo
   • Antonyms: giovane, giovanotto

Related terms

Terms related to sene

• senato
• senatorato
• senatore
• senatoriale
• senatorio
• senescente
• senescenza

• senetta
• senettute
• senile
• senilismo
• senilità
• senilizzazione
• senio

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ne/

Noun

sene

1. ablative singular of senex

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

sene

1. definite singular of sen
2. plural of sen

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sina or sin

Alternative forms

• sen

Noun

sene f, m (definite singular sena or senen, indefinite plural sener, definite plural senene)

1. (anatomy) a tendon

Derived terms

• akillessene

Etymology 3

Noun

sene m (definite singular senen, indefinite plural sener, definite plural senene)

1. alternative form of scene

References

• “sene” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sina or sin

Alternative forms

• sen

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) a tendon

Derived terms

• akillessene

Etymology 2

Noun

sene m (definite singular senen, indefinite plural senar, definite plural senane)
sene f (definite singular sena, indefinite plural sener, definite plural senene)

1. alternative form of scene

References

• “sene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Samoan

Etymology

From English cent

Noun

sene

1. a hundredth of a Samoan tala
2. cent; penny

Descendants

• → English: sene

See also

• tālā

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Swedish

Adjective

sene

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of sen.

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Tauya

Noun

sene

1. stone

References

• Lorna MacDonald, A Grammar of Tauya

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic سَنَة‎ (sana).

Noun

sene (objective definite seneyi)

1. year

Synonyms

• yıl