seng

See also: Seng, sèng, and sēng

Ambonese Malay

Preposition

seng

  1. without

Danish
seng

Etymology

From Old Norse sæng, sæing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛnɡ/, [ˈsɛ̝ŋˀ]

Noun

seng c (singular definite sengen, plural indefinite senge)

  1. bed (a piece of furniture to sleep on)

Declension
Declension of seng
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative seng sengen senge sengene
genitive sengs sengens senges sengenes

Further reading

Malay
Chemical element
Zn Previous: tembaga (Cu)
Next: galium (Ga)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Indonesian seng, from English zinc, from German Zink, from Zinken.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /seŋ/
  • Rhymes: -seŋ, -eŋ

Noun

seng (Jawi spelling سيڠ)

  1. Alternative form of zink

Mandarin

Romanization

seng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of sēng.

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of seng – see 勝 (“to be able to bear; to be able to withstand; to be equal to; to match; etc.”).
(This character, seng, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 勝.)
For pronunciation and definitions of seng – see 先 (“to advance; first; ahead of time; before; beforehand; etc.”).
(This character, seng, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 先.)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sæing, sæng.

Noun

seng f or m (definite singular senga or sengen, indefinite plural senger, definite plural sengene) (genitive form sengs)

  1. (furniture) a bed

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sæing, sæng.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛŋː/

Noun

seng f (definite singular senga, indefinite plural senger, definite plural sengene) (genitive form sengs)

  1. (furniture) a bed

Derived terms

References

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 生 (MC ʃˠæŋ).

Pronunciation

Verb

seng (old orthography seŋ)

  1. to give birth
    Synonyms: sengsanj (dialectal), byoeng (dialectal)
  2. to be born

Adjective

seng (old orthography seŋ)

  1. uncooked; raw; underdone
  2. unprocessed; raw
  3. unneutered; intact
  4. unfamiliar; strange
    Synonyms: moq (dialectal), lax (dialectal)
  5. out of practice; rusty
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