skene
See also: Skene
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “tent”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skene
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
skene (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 edit
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Semi-adapted borrowing from English scene. Ultimately from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skene (colloquial)
- scene, subculture
- räpskene – the rap scene
- taideskene – the art scene
- Synonym: alakulttuuri
- demoscene
- Synonym: demoskene
Declension edit
Inflection 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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 edit
Noun edit
skene (plural skenes)
- (Late Middle English, rare) skean (kind of dagger)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “skēne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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