sena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sena"

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.na]
• Homophone: cena

Noun

sena f (plural senes)

1. (dice games) sice (the number six in a game of dice)

Derived terms

• fer senes

Further reading

• “sena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “sena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛna]

Noun

sena n

1. genitive singular of seno

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish scene.

Noun

sena f (genitive singular senu, nominative plural senur)

1. a scene (in film or theatre)

   Synonym: atriði

Declension

declension of sena

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sena	senan	senur	senurnar
accusative	senu	senuna	senur	senurnar
dative	senu	senunni	senum	senunum
genitive	senu	senunnar	sena	senanna

Further reading

• “sena” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit सेना (senā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈse.na]
• Hyphenation: sé‧na

Noun

séna (first-person possessive senaku, second-person possessive senamu, third-person possessive senanya)

1. (archaic) army

   Synonyms: bala, laskar, pasukan, prajurit, serdadu, tentara

Related terms

• senapati
• senaya

 

Further reading

• “sena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.na/, [ˈs̠eːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.na/, [ˈsɛːnä]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.naː/, [ˈs̠eːnäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.na/, [ˈsɛːnä]

Numeral

sēna

1. inflection of sēnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Numeral

sēnā

1. ablative feminine singular of sēnus

References

• sena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “sena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sena”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Adjective

sena

1. inflection of sens:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• (senà) IPA^(key): [sʲɛˈnɐ]
• (sẽna) IPA^(key): [ˈsʲæːnɐ]

Adjective

senà f

1. nominative/instrumental/vocative feminine singular of senas

Adjective

sẽna

1. neuter of senas

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛna/

Noun

sena

1. inflection of seno:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic سَنَة (sana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.na/
• Homophone: sengħa (except archaically)

Noun

sena f (dual sentejn, plural snin)

1. year

   is-sena li għaddiet ― last year

   is-sena l-oħra ― last year

   is-sena d-dieħla ― next year

   is-sena li ġejja ― next year

   is-sena li jmiss ― next year

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• senen

Noun

sena m or f

1. definite feminine singular of sene

Anagrams

• anse, asen, ensa, nesa, anes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sena f (definite singular sena, indefinite plural sener or senor, definite plural senene or senone)

1. definite singular of sene
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of sene

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• सेन (Devanagari script)
• সেন (Bengali script)
• සෙන (Sinhalese script)
• သေန or သေၼ (Burmese script)
• เสน or เสนะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສນ or ເສນະ (Lao script)
• សេន (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit श्येन (śyena, “falcon, eagle”).

Noun

sena m

1. eagle, hawk or falcon

Declension

Declension table of "sena" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	seno	senā
Accusative (second)	senaṃ	sene
Instrumental (third)	senena	senehi or senebhi
Dative (fourth)	senassa or senāya or senatthaṃ	senānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	senasmā or senamhā or senā	senehi or senebhi
Genitive (sixth)	senassa	senānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	senasmiṃ or senamhi or sene	senesu
Vocative (calling)	sena	senā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sena”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.nɐ/

• Homophones: cena, Sena, Senna
• Hyphenation: se‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin sēnī.

Noun

sena f (plural senas)

1. (card games) six (a card with six spots)
2. (dice games) sice (dice with six pips)

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, curinga

Etymology 2

From the genus name Senna.

Noun

sena f (plural senas)

1. senna (any of several trees of the genus Senna and Cassia)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sena m or f by sense (plural senas or sena)

1. Alternative spelling of Sena

Further reading

• “sena” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “sena” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

Alternative forms

• sjȅna (Ijekavian)
• sina (Chakavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêna/
• Hyphenation: se‧na

Noun

sȅna f (Cyrillic spelling се̏на)

1. shadow
2. silhouette
3. shade
4. umbrage
5. ghost
6. wraith
7. adumbration, shading
8. hatching

Declension

Declension of sena

	singular	plural
nominative	sȅna	sene
genitive	sene	sȇnā
dative	seni	senama
accusative	senu	sene
vocative	seno	sene
locative	seni	senama
instrumental	senom	senama

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sena (Cyrillic spelling сена)

1. genitive singular of seno

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsena/ [ˈse.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: se‧na

Noun

sena f (plural senas)

1. (dice games) sice (the number six in a game of dice)

Further reading

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

sena

1. inflection of sen:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Noun

sena c

1. a tendon, sinew

Declension

Declension of sena
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sena	senan	senor	senorna
Genitive	senas	senans	senors	senornas

Derived terms

• senig (“sinewy, wiry”)

References

• sena in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• anse, asen, enas, nesa, snea

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈse.na]

Noun

sena

1. dough

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh