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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “tent”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skene
Translations[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
skene (plural skenes)
- Alternative form of skean (“a kind of dagger”)
- 1855, Charles Kingsley, “Clovelly Court in the Olden Time”, in Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, […], volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 163:
- But in the dead of njight, who should come in but James Desmond, sword in hand, with a dozen of his ruffians at his heels, each with his glib over his ugly face, and his skene in his hand.
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-adapted borrowing from English scene. Ultimately from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skene
- (colloquial) scene, subculture
- räpskene – the rap scene
- taideskene – the art scene
- Synonym: alakulttuuri
- (colloquial) demoscene
- Synonym: demoskene
Declension[edit]
Inflection of skene (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | skene | skenet | ||
genitive | skenen | skenejen | ||
partitive | skeneä | skenejä | ||
illative | skeneen | skeneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | skene | skenet | ||
accusative | nom. | skene | skenet | |
gen. | skenen | |||
genitive | skenen | skenejen skeneinrare | ||
partitive | skeneä | skenejä | ||
inessive | skenessä | skeneissä | ||
elative | skenestä | skeneistä | ||
illative | skeneen | skeneihin | ||
adessive | skenellä | skeneillä | ||
ablative | skeneltä | skeneiltä | ||
allative | skenelle | skeneille | ||
essive | skenenä | skeneinä | ||
translative | skeneksi | skeneiksi | ||
instructive | — | skenein | ||
abessive | skenettä | skeneittä | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Irish scian, from Old Irish scían, from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā; compare Middle Welsh ysgien. This word was borrowed late enough for the orthographic final vowel to be illusory.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skene (plural skenes)
- (Late Middle English, rare) skean (kind of dagger)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “skēne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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