senna

See also: Senna and senną

English

Etymology

From Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “senna”).

Noun

senna (countable and uncountable, plural sennas)

1. (countable) Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative.
2. (uncountable) The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally.
3. (medicine) senna glycoside, a laxative.

Derived terms

• American senna
• bladder senna
• coffee senna
• wild senna

Anagrams

• Annes, Anne's

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse senna, from the verb sanna (“to affirm, prove”). See also Old Frisian sanna (“to contradict, disprove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛnːa

Noun

senna f (genitive singular sennu, nominative plural sennur)

1. quarrel, row, slanging match

Declension

Declension of senna (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	senna	sennan	sennur	sennurnar
accusative	sennu	sennuna	sennur	sennurnar
dative	sennu	sennunni	sennum	sennunum
genitive	sennu	sennunnar	senna	sennanna

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Hyphenation: sèn‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سَنَا (sanā).

Alternative forms

• sena

Noun

senna f (plural senne)

1. (botany) senna
2. (uncountable) senna (medicinal preparation)
3. (fishing) fishing net

Derived terms

• senna falsa

See also

• lampara (“fishing net”)
• tramaglio (“fishing net”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French seine, from Late Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē).

Noun

senna f (plural senne)

1. (fishing) a large trammel
2. (fishing) seine (net)

Further reading

• senna1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• senna2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Syllabification: sen‧na

Adjective

senna

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of senny