scena

See also: scéna and sćěna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scena

Noun

scena (plural scenas or scenae)

  1. A scene in an opera.
  2. An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.
    • William Smith Rockstro, A General History of Music
      Few Contralto singers are unacquainted with the beautiful Scena, Ah rendimi qual core, from Mitrane.
  3. (historical) The stage of an ancient theatre.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin scaena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, stage, scene).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛː.na/

Noun

scena f (plural scene)

  1. scene (in all senses)
  2. stage (of a theatre etc)

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

scēna f (genitive scēnae); first declension

  1. Alternative spelling of scaena

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scēna scēnae
Genitive scēnae scēnārum
Dative scēnae scēnīs
Accusative scēnam scēnās
Ablative scēnā scēnīs
Vocative scēna scēnae

References

  • scena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • scena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • scena in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scena in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

scena m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of scene

Polish

scena

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈst͡sɛ.na/
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Noun

scena f

  1. stage (theatre)
  2. scene

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • scena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

scèna f (Cyrillic spelling сцѐна)

  1. scene (in all senses)
  2. stage (of a theatre etc)

Declension

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