skene
See also: Skene
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “tent”). Doublet of scene and scena.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈskiːni/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːni
Noun
editskene
Translations
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editskene (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.
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editSemi-adapted borrowing from English scene. Ultimately from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editskene (colloquial)
- scene, subculture
- räpskene – the rap scene
- taideskene – the art scene
- Synonym: alakulttuuri
- demoscene
- Synonym: demoskene
Declension
editInflection 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 skenein rare | |
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 | |
abessive | skenettä | skeneittä | |
instructive | — | skenein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “skene”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editskene (plural skenes)
- (Late Middle English, rare) skean (kind of dagger)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “skēne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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