Wiktionary

sen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sen"

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Japanese 銭.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /sɛn/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

NounEdit

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 2Edit

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

NounEdit

sen

  1. (Yorkshire, East Midlands) self.
    "Hear all, see all, say nowt. Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt. An if ivver tha does owt fer nowt, mek sure tha does it fer thi sen."
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

From Indonesian sen, from Dutch cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”). See further etymology at cent.

NounEdit

sen (plural sens or sen)

  1. A unit of Indonesian currency, worth one hundredth of a rupiah.

Etymology 4Edit

From Malay sen, from English cent. See further etymology at cent.

NounEdit

sen (plural sens or sen)

  1. A unit of Malaysian currency, worth one hundredth of a ringgit.
  2. A coin of this value.

Etymology 5Edit

From Thai เส้น (sên).

NounEdit

sen (uncountable)

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

AnagramsEdit

AbenakiEdit

NounEdit

sen (inanimate, plural senal)

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

BasqueEdit

NounEdit

sen ?

  1. mind

See alsoEdit

Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronounEdit

sen (plural siz, possessive adjective seniñ)

  1. you
Inflection
object your: saña
reflexive yourself: özüñ
possessive your: seniñ

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Old Czech sen, from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *súpnas, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.

NounEdit

sen m inan

  1. dream
    Měl jsem o tobě sen. ― I had a dream about you.
    To by mě ani ve snu nenapadlo. ― I wouldn't even dream of that.
    Bylo to jako ze sna. ― It was totally out of a dream.
    Polovinu času tráví ve snách. ― He lives in a dream half the time.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sen
singular plural
nominative sen sny
genitive snu, sna snů
dative snu snům
accusative sen sny
vocative sne sny
locative snu snech, snách
instrumental snem sny

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 termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

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

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

sen

  1. genitive plural of seno (“hay”)

AnagramsEdit

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

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

InflectionEdit

Inflection of sen
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular sen senere senest2
Neuter singular sent senere senest2
Plural sene senere senest2
Definite attributive1 sene senere seneste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sine. Compare Spanish sin, Italian senza.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [sen]
  • Hyphenation: sen

PrepositionEdit

sen

  1. without

Derived termsEdit

  • sen- (“without, -less”)

FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

PronounEdit

sen

  1. genitive/accusative singular of se
    1. (demonstrative) it (accusative; direct object)
      Voisitko tehdä sen?
      Could you do it, please?
    2. (demonstrative) its (genitive)
      Tuo rotta on varsinainen kiusankappale! Joudun keräämään sen jätöksiä kuistiltani joka aamu.
      That rat is really a nuisance! I have to gather its poopoo from my veranda every morning.
    3. (+ comparative) (the ...) the (establishes a parallel)
      Mitä enemmän, sen parempi.
      The more the better.

FriulianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin sinus.

NounEdit

sen m (plural sens)

  1. (anatomy) bosom, breast
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

sen f

  1. want, need, desire

GalicianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

sen

  1. without
AntonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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).[1]

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sen m (plural sens)

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

Etymology 3Edit

Unknown.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sen m (plural sens)

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

ReferencesEdit

  • “sem” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “sem” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “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.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “sien”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

sen

  1. without (not having)

IndonesianEdit

 
Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

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

  1. cent
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • → Min Nan: 占, 仙.

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

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

  1. Nonstandard form of sein.

Further readingEdit

IngrianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Finnic *se-. Compare Finnish mitä ... sen.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

sen

  1. (+ min) Establishes a correlation between multiple comparatives in a sentence; ..., the ...
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Min alemmaal ono päivyt maan päält, sen pitemp on kupahain, a min hää ono ylempään, sen lyhemp ono kupahain.
      The lower the sun is along the earth, the longer is the shadow, and the higher it is, the shorter is the shadow.
    Min enemmän siä sööt, sen suuremp siä oot. ― The more you eat, the bigger you are.

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

sen

  1. accusative singular of se
  2. (nonstandard) genitive singular of se

DeterminerEdit

sen

  1. accusative singular of se
  2. (nonstandard) genitive singular of se

ReferencesEdit

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 514

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /sen/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: sen

ContractionEdit

sen

  1. (literary, archaic) Contraction of se ne.
Usage notesEdit
  • This contraction can be used only before verbs beginning with any consonant except for an impure s.[1]

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /sen/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: sen

ContractionEdit

sen

  1. Contraction of seno.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ https://books.google.ru/books?id=2KFWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=%22men%22+%22sen%22+%22ten%22+italian+grammar&source=bl&ots=xbqZikF9Fo&sig=ACfU3U3ngM0Rix1ZnZxrI34iT_BW_1aH3A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4i5LK7frjAhVtsYsKHfrZDOQQ6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22men%22%20%22sen%22%20%22ten%22%20italian%20grammar&f=false

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

sen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せん

JingphoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Burmese သိန်း (sin:).

NounEdit

sen

  1. hundred thousand

ReferencesEdit

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

KabuverdianuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese cem.

NumeralEdit

sen

  1. hundred (100)

LashiEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

sen

  1. hundred thousand (100,000)

Usage notesEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

LatvianEdit

AdverbEdit

sen

  1. long ago, for a long time; adverbial form of sens
    tas noticis sen ― it happened long ago
    viņš jau sen dzīvo Rīgā ― he has lived in Riga for a long time

Louisiana Creole FrenchEdit

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
<  99 100 101  >
    Cardinal : sen

EtymologyEdit

From French cent (“hundred”).

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

sen

  1. hundred.

MalayEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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

  1. cent

Further readingEdit

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

sen

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

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

Nga LaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *shan, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t(y)a-n ~ tsa-n.

AdjectiveEdit

sen

  1. red

ReferencesEdit

  • Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse seinn.

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. late

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. sinew, tendon

Etymology 2Edit

From Japanese 銭.

NounEdit

sen m (plural senen)

  1. a Japanese sen

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

Old CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ.

NounEdit

sen m

  1. dream

DeclensionEdit

Declension (pattern dub)
singular dual plural
nominative sen sna, sny sni, snové (snoví), sny
genitive sna, snu snú (snou) snóv (snuov, snů), sen
dative snu, snovi snoma, snama snóm (snuom, snům)
accusative sen, sna sna, sny sny
vocative sne sna, sny sni, snové (snoví), sny
locative sně (sne), snu, snovi snú (snou) sniech (sních), snech, snách
instrumental snem snoma, snama sny, snmi, snami

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

Old FrenchEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. Alternative form of sens

Old IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

sen (comparative siniu, superlative sinem)

  1. old

InflectionEdit

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sen sen sen
Vocative sin*
sen**
Accusative sen sin
Genitive sin sine sin
Dative siun sin siun
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative sin sena
Vocative senu
sena†
Accusative senu
sena†
Genitive sen
Dative senaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

DescendantsEdit

MutationEdit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
sen ṡen unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

Old OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

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

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

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sen m inan

  1. dream
  2. sleep

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sen
singular plural
nominative sen sny
genitive snu snów
dative snowi snom
accusative sen sny
instrumental snem snami
locative śnie snach
vocative śnie sny

Derived termsEdit

adjectives
adverb
nouns
verb

Further readingEdit

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

RomaniEdit

VerbEdit

sen

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

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French sen.

NounEdit

sen m (plural seni)

  1. sen (Japanese currency)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sen
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sen senul (niște) seni senii
genitive/dative (unui) sen senului (unor) seni senilor
vocative senule senilor

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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

AdverbEdit

sen

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

SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. dream

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sen
singular plural
nominative sen sny
genitive sna snov
dative snu snom
accusative sen sny
locative sne snoch, snách
instrumental snom snami

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

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

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Abbreviation of seno (“sine”).

SymbolEdit

sen

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

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse seinn (“late”).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

sen (comparative senare, superlative senast)

  1. late
    en sen kväll
    a late evening
    Jag är redan sen till ett möte
    I’m already late for a meeting
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of sen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sen senare senast
Neuter singular sent senare senast
Plural sena senare senast
Masculine plural3 sene senare senast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sene senare senaste
All sena senare senaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

sen (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of sedan.
    Först gjorde vi si, och sen gjorde vi så
    First we did like this, and then we did like that

AnagramsEdit

Tok PisinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English chain.

NounEdit

sen

  1. chain

Etymology 2Edit

From English cent.

NounEdit

sen

  1. cent
DescendantsEdit

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

sen

  1. you (singular, informal), thou

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sen
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) sen siz
definite accusative (belirtme) seni sizi
dative (yönelme) sana size
locative (bulunma) sende sizde
ablative (ayrılma) senden sizden
genitive (tamlayan) senin sizin

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Turkish personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ben biz
2nd person familiar sen siz
polite siz sizler
3rd person o onlar

TurkmenEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”).

PronounEdit

sen

  1. (personal) you (singular, informal)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sen
singular plural
nominative sen siz
accusative seni sizi
genitive seniň siziň
dative saňa size
locative sende sizde
ablative senden sizden

See alsoEdit

Turkmen personal pronouns
Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Locative Ablative
singular 1st person men meni meniň maňa mende menden
2nd person sen seni seniň saňa sende senden
3rd person ol ony onuň oňa onda ondan
plural 1st person biz bizi biziň bize bizde bizden
2nd person siz sizi siziň size sizde sizden
3rd person olar olary olaryň olara olarda olardan

UyghurEdit

NounEdit

sen

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

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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.

NounEdit

(classifier cây, bông, hoa) sen • (𬞮)

  1. lotus
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms

Etymology 2Edit

Possibly from French jeune servante (“young maidservant”). Attested since 19th century.[1]

NounEdit

(classifier con) sen

  1. a maidservant
    • 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, Cơm Thầy Cơm Cô (Master's Food, Mistress's Food), Ch 4. "Cuốn Tiểu Thuyết của Con Sen Đũi (The Novella of Đũi the Maidservant)"
      Trong khi ngồi trước đèn để thuật lại câu chuyện này, tôi cũng muốn cho mơ màng để cái cuộc giãi bày tâm sự của con sen có được một chút thi vị
      While sitting before the lamp to recount this story, I also want to make it dreamy so that the maidservant's pouring her heart out shall have a little bit of poetic beauty.
    Synonym: Ô-sin; người giúp việc; người ở

Etymology 3Edit

From Etymology 2, with owners of cats and dogs perceived humorously as servants to their pets.[2]

NounEdit

(classifier con) sen

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

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Ngọc Tiến, "Nghề Giúp Việc Xưa" (Domestic Works of Old)] Hà Nội Mới (in Vietnamese). Original (29 September 2013); republication (8 August 2016)/
  2. ^ Đông Hà, "Vì sao con sen là kẻ hầu người hạ? (Why is 'con sen' a servant?)" Vietcetera (in Vietnamese)

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

sen (not mutable)

  1. Contraction of basen.

WestrobothnianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sen f (definite singular sena, definite plural senjen)

  1. Tendon.

Alternative formsEdit

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