sene
English
Etymology 1
From Old French sene.
Noun
sene (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Senna.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- My selfe have found by experience, that radish rootes are windie, and senie-leaves breede loosenes in the belly.
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Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seːnɘ/, [ˈseːnɘ]
Inflection
Declension of sene
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sene | senen | sener | senerne |
genitive | senes | senens | seners | senernes |
Etymology 2
See sen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seːnɘ/, [ˈseːnɘ]
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin senem, accusative case form of senex, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ne/, [ˈs̪ɛːn̺e]
- Rhymes: -ɛne
- Stress: sène
- Hyphenation: se‧ne
Noun
sene m (plural seni)
- (obsolete, poetic) An old man
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXI, lines 58–60:
- Uno intendëa, e altro mi rispuose: ¶ credea veder Beatrice e vidi un sene ¶ vestito con le genti glorïose.
- One thing I meant, another answered me; I thought I should see Beatrice, and saw an old man habited like the glorious people.
- Synonyms: vecchio, vegliardo
- Antonyms: giovane, giovanotto
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- → English: sene
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