sen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sen"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Senufo.

Symbol

sen

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nanerigé Sénoufo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nanerigé Sénoufo terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

From a syncopation of Middle English selven, selfen, variants of selfe, self. More at self.

Noun

sen

1. (Yorkshire, East Midlands) Self.

   "Hear all, see all, say nowt. Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt. An if ivver tha does owt fer nowt, mek sure tha does it fer thi sen."

Derived terms

• mi sen, mysen
• thee sen, thysen
• yoursen, yersen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 銭(せん) (sen).

Noun

sen (plural sens or sen)

1. A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
2. A coin of this value.
   • 2013, Charles F. C. Ladd, Jr., Around the World at Seventeen, page 70:

     Before leaving the Kyndam I had bought in exchange what I thought to be enough yens and sens to see me through.

Etymology 3

From Indonesian sen, from Dutch cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”). See further etymology at cent.

Noun

sen (plural sens or sen)

1. A unit of Indonesian currency, worth one hundredth of a rupiah.

Etymology 4

From Malay sen, from English cent. See further etymology at cent.

Noun

sen (plural sens or sen)

1. A unit of Malaysian currency, worth one hundredth of a ringgit.
2. A coin of this value.

Etymology 5

From Thai เส้น (sên).

Noun

sen (uncountable)

1. A unit of length equal 20 wa, 40 meters.

See also

• sen high

Anagrams

• ENS, ESN, Ens., NES, SNe, ens

Abenaki

Noun

sen (inanimate, plural senal)

1. stone, rock

   senika

   there are a lot of rocks