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3 letters words from 'sen'

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2 letters words from 'sen'

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NE 2 

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sen esn sne nse ens nes

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Definitions and meaning of sen

sen

Etymology 1

From Japanese 銭.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

sen (plural sens or sen)

  1. A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
  2. A coin of this value.
    • 2013, Charles F. C. Ladd, Jr., Around the World at Seventeen (page 70)
      Before leaving the Kyndam I had bought in exchange what I thought to be enough yens and sens to see me through.

Etymology 2

From a syncopation of Middle English selven, selfen, variants of selfe, self. More at self.

Noun

sen

  1. (Yorkshire, East Midlands) self.
Derived terms
  • mi sen
  • thysen
  • yoursen

Etymology 3

From Thai เส้น (sên)

Noun

sen (uncountable)

  1. A unit of length equal 20 wa, 40 meters

Anagrams

  • ENS, ESN, Ens., NES, SNe, ens

Abenaki

Noun

sen (inanimate, plural senal)

  1. stone, rock
    senika
    there are a lot of rocks

Basque

Noun

sen ?

  1. mind

See also

  • adimen
  • buru
  • gogo

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”), compare Turkish sen (“you”).

Pronoun

sen (plural siz, possessive adjective seniñ)

  1. you

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛn]
  • Hyphenation: sen
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

From Old Czech sen

Noun

sen m inan

  1. dream
Declension

The form sna is usually only used after the preposition ze (ze sna) and the form snách is usually only used after the preposition ve (ve snách).

Related terms
  • snít
  • bezesný
  • snový

See also

  • vidina f

Further reading

  • sen in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • sen in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sen

  1. genitive plural of seno (“hay”)

Anagrams

  • nes

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn (“late”), from Proto-Germanic *sainaz, *sainijaz, cognate with Old English sǣne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈseˀn]

Adjective

sen (neuter sent, plural and definite singular attributive sene)

  1. late (proximate in time)
  2. belated, tardy
  3. slow

Inflection

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin sine. Compare Spanish sin, Italian senza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sen/
  • Hyphenation: sen

Preposition

sen

  1. without

Derived terms

  • sen- (“without, -less”)

Finnish

Etymology

The genitive and genitive-looking accusative singular of the demonstrative pronoun se.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsen/, [ˈs̠e̞n]
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: sen

Pronoun

sen

  1. Genitive singular form of se.
  2. (demonstrative) it (accusative; direct object)
  3. (demonstrative) its (genitive)
  4. (+ comparative) (the ...) the (establishes a parallel)

Inflection

  • See se.

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Latin sinus.

Noun

sen m (plural sens)

  1. (anatomy) bosom, breast
See also
  • pet

Etymology 2

Noun

sen f

  1. want, need, desire

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese sen, from Latin sine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [s̺ɪŋ]

Preposition

sen

  1. without
Antonyms
  • en

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese sem; either from a substrate language, or more likely from Old Occitan sen (“judgement”) and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sinn (“sense, mind”) (cf. Vulgar Latin *sennus).

Alternative forms

  • ce, cen, ene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛŋ/

Noun

sen m (plural sens)

  1. (archaic) judgement
  2. (anatomy) temple
    Synonyms: tempa, vidalla

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Alternative forms

  • asén

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛŋ/

Noun

sen m (plural sens)

  1. (usually in the plural) fly maggots and eggs deposited in meat or food
    Synonyms: careixa, sese, vareixa

References

  • “sem” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “sem” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “sen” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “sen” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “sen” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto sen, French sans, Italian senza, Spanish sin, ultimately from Latin sine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sen/

Preposition

sen

  1. without (not having)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛn]
  • Hyphenation: sèn

Etymology 1

From Dutch cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Noun

sèn (first-person possessive senku, second-person possessive senmu, third-person possessive sennya)

  1. cent

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Min Nan: 占, 仙.

Etymology 2

Noun

sèn (first-person possessive senku, second-person possessive senmu, third-person possessive sennya)

  1. Nonstandard form of sein.

Further reading

  • “sen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sen/

Contraction

sen

  1. (literary, archaic) Contraction of se ne.

Usage notes

  • This contraction can be used only before verbs beginning with any consonant except for an impure s.

References

Japanese

Romanization

sen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せん

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese သိန်း (sin:)

Noun

sen

  1. hundred thousand

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[1], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese cem.

Numeral

sen

  1. hundred (100)

Lashi

Etymology

Borrowed from a Southeastern Asian language. Compare Burmese သိန်း (sin:) and Thai แสน (sɛ̌ɛn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sen/

Numeral

sen

  1. hundred thousand (100,000)

Usage notes

  • When used as a quantifier, sen should be preceded by da (“one”).

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latvian

Adverb

sen

  1. long ago, for a long time; adverbial form of sens

Malay

Alternative forms

  • سين‎

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛn/
  • Hyphenation: sèn

Etymology

From English cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Noun

sen (Jawi spelling سين‎, plural sen-sen, informal 1st possessive senku, impolite 2nd possessive senmu, 3rd possessive sennya)

  1. cent

Further reading

  • “sen” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandarin

Romanization

sen

  1. Nonstandard spelling of sēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of sěn.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • sein (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn

Adjective

sen (neuter singular sent, definite singular and plural sene, comparative senere, indefinite superlative senest, definite superlative seneste)

  1. late

Derived terms

  • sensommer

References

  • “sen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • ens, nes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sin, sina, from Proto-Germanic *senawō, from Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”).

Alternative forms

  • sene

Noun

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

  1. sinew, tendon

Etymology 2

From Japanese 銭.

Noun

sen m (definite singular senen, indefinite plural sen, definite plural senane)

  1. (numismatics) a Japanese sen

References

  • “sen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • ens, nes

Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ

Noun

sen m

  1. dream

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: sen

Further reading

  • “sen”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online]‎[3], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2020

Old French

Noun

sen m (oblique plural sens, nominative singular sens, nominative plural sen)

  1. Alternative form of sens

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *senos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos.

Adjective

sen (comparative siniu, superlative sinem)

  1. old

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: sen
    • Irish: sean

Mutation

References

  • Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sennus, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *sinn.

Noun

sen m (oblique plural sens, nominative singular sens, nominative plural sen)

  1. direction; orientation
  2. sense; ability to reason

Descendants

  • Catalan: seny
  • Occitan: sen

References

  • von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002), “sinnō-”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 170, page 71

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

sen m inan

  1. dream
  2. sleep

Declension

Derived terms

  • (adjectives) senny, snowy
  • (adverb) sennie
  • (nouns) senność, sen zimowy, śnienie
  • (verb) śnić

Further reading

  • sen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Verb

sen

  1. second-person plural or formal singular present indicative of si

Romanian

Etymology

From French sen

Noun

sen m (plural seni)

  1. sen (Japanese currency)

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) si
  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) se
  • (Puter, Vallader) sü

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

sen

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) up, upward, upwards

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛn/

Noun

sen m (genitive singular sna, nominative plural sny, genitive plural snov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. dream

Declension

Derived terms

  • snový
  • sník, sníček

Further reading

  • sen in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

Abbreviation of seno (“sine”).

Symbol

sen

  1. (mathematics) A symbol of the trigonometric function sine.

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse seinn (“late”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seːn/

Adjective

sen (comparative senare, superlative senast)

  1. late
Declension
Antonyms
  • tidig

See also

  • tack för senast

Etymology 2

Syncopic form of sedan, from Old Swedish siþan, from Old Norse síðan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛn/
  • Homophone: zen

Adverb

sen (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of sedan.

Anagrams

  • ens, sne

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English chain.

Noun

sen

  1. chain

Etymology 2

From English cent.

Noun

sen

  1. cent

Descendants

  • → Rotokas: sieri

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سن‎ (sen, “thou”), from Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”). Cognate to siz (“you”) derived from the same root. Compare Old Turkic 𐰾𐰤‎ (sen, “you”), Karakhanid سَنْ‏‎ (sen, “you”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sen/, [sɛn]

Pronoun

sen

  1. you (singular, informal)

Declension

Usage notes
  • It is one of the two words that have irregular dative case declension. (The other words are ben and biz also have irregular genitive case declension.)

Related terms

  • siz
  • -sin

See also

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”).

Pronoun

sen

  1. (personal) you (singular, informal)

Declension

See also

Uyghur

Romanization

sen

  1. Latin (ULY) transcription of سەن‎ (sen)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sɛn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɛŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂɛŋ˧˧] ~ [sɛŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Old Chinese 蓮 (OC *k.[r]ˤe[n]) (B-S) (SV: liên).

Compare the village name Kim Liên 金蓮 (MC kˠiɪm len), whose demotic name (tên Nôm) is Sen.

Noun

(classifier cây, bông, hoa) sen • (𬞮)

  1. lotus

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier con) sen

  1. (slang, humorous) Owner of cat or dog.

Welsh

Verb

sen (not mutable)

  1. Contraction of basen.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse sin, from Proto-Germanic *senawō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪːn/, /sɪːɳ/
    Rhymes: -ɪ́ːn

Noun

sen f (definite singular sena, definite plural senjen)

  1. Tendon.

Alternative forms

  • sinu

Source: wiktionary.org
  • SEMUNCIA, (Latin) a Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)