sena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sena"

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.na]
• Homophone: cena

Noun

sena f (plural senes)

1. (dice games) sice (the number six in a game of dice)

Derived terms

• fer senes

Further reading

• “sena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “sena”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛna]

Noun

sena n

1. genitive singular of seno

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish scene.

Noun

sena f (genitive singular senu, nominative plural senur)

1. a scene (in film or theatre)

   Synonym: atriði

Declension

Declension of sena (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sena	senan	senur	senurnar
accusative	senu	senuna	senur	senurnar
dative	senu	senunni	senum	senunum
genitive	senu	senunnar	sena	senanna

Further reading

• “sena” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit सेना (senā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈse.na]
• Hyphenation: sé‧na

Noun

séna (plural sena-sena)

1. (archaic) army

   Synonyms: bala, laskar, pasukan, prajurit, serdadu, tentara

Related terms

• senapati
• senaya

Further reading

• “sena”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈseː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.na]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈseː.naː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.na]

Numeral

sēna

1. inflection of sēnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Numeral

sēnā

1. ablative feminine singular of sēnus

References

• "sena", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “sena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sena”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Adjective

sena

1. inflection of sens:
   1. genitive masculine singular
   2. nominative feminine singular

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• (senà) IPA^(key): [sʲɛˈnɐ]
• (sẽna) IPA^(key): [ˈsʲæːnɐ]

Adjective

senà f

1. nominative/instrumental/vocative feminine singular of senas

Adjective

sẽna

1. neuter of senas

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛna/

Noun

sena

1. inflection of seno:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic سَنَة (sana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.na/
• Homophone: sengħa (except archaically)
• Rhymes: -ɛna

Noun

sena f (dual sentejn, plural snin)

1. year

   is-sena li għaddiet ― last year

   is-sena l-oħra ― last year

   is-sena d-dieħla ― next year

   is-sena li ġejja ― next year

   is-sena li jmiss ― next year

   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
     li dejjem ta’ kull sena
     titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
     u kull April tinbena,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• senen

Noun

sena m or f

1. definite feminine singular of sene

Anagrams

• anse, asen, ensa, nesa, anes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sena f (definite singular sena, indefinite plural sener or senor, definite plural senene or senone)

1. definite singular of sene
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of sene

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• सेन (Devanagari script)
• সেন (Bengali script)
• සෙන (Sinhalese script)
• သေန or သေၼ (Burmese script)
• เสน or เสนะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສນ or ເສນະ (Lao script)
• សេន (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit श्येन (śyena, “falcon, eagle”).

Noun

sena m

1. eagle, hawk or falcon

Declension

Declension table of "sena" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	seno	senā
Accusative (second)	senaṃ	sene
Instrumental (third)	senena	senehi or senebhi
Dative (fourth)	senassa or senāya or senatthaṃ	senānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	senasmā or senamhā or senā	senehi or senebhi
Genitive (sixth)	senassa	senānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	senasmiṃ or senamhi or sene	senesu
Vocative (calling)	sena	senā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “sena”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.nɐ/

• Homophones: cena, Sena, Senna
• Hyphenation: se‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin sēna.

Noun

sena f (plural senas)

1. (card games) six (card with six spots)
2. (dice games) sice (the number six in a game of dice)
3. (Brazil) A lottery in which six two-digit numbers are drawn, with the winner being the person whose ticket bears all six numbers.
4. (uncommon) A set of six like elements.

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama, rainha	rei	jóquer, curinga

Etymology 2

Borrowed from taxonomic name Senna, from Arabic سَنَا (sanā). Doublet of sene.

Noun

sena f (plural senas)

1. senna (any of several trees of the genus Senna and Cassia)

Etymology 3

Noun

sena m or f by sense (plural senas)

1. A member of the Sena people.

Noun

sena m (uncountable)

1. Sena language

Adjective

sena m or f (plural senas)

1. Of or relating to the Sena people or their language.

References

• “sena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sena”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “sena”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “sena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

Alternative forms

• sjȅna (Ijekavian)
• sina (Chakavian, Ikavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêna/
• Hyphenation: se‧na

Noun

sȅna f (Cyrillic spelling се̏на)

1. shadow
2. silhouette
3. shade
4. umbrage
5. ghost
6. wraith
7. adumbration, shading
8. hatching

Declension

Declension of sena

	singular	plural
nominative	sȅna	sene
genitive	sene	sȇnā
dative	seni	senama
accusative	senu	sene
vocative	seno	sene
locative	seni	senama
instrumental	senom	senama

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sena (Cyrillic spelling сена)

1. genitive singular of seno

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsena/ [ˈse.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: se‧na
• Homophone: (outside Spain) cena

Noun

sena f (plural senas)

1. (dice games) sice (the number six in a game of dice)

Further reading

• “sena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

sena

1. inflection of sen:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Noun

sena c

1. (anatomy) a tendon, a sinew

Declension

Declension of sena

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sena	senas
	definite	senan	senans
plural	indefinite	senor	senors
	definite	senorna	senornas

Derived terms

• hälsena (“Achilles tendon”)
• senig (“sinewy, wiry”)

See also

• ligament (“ligament”)

References

• sena in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• anse, asen, enas, nesa, snea

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cena, from Latin cēna, from Old Latin cesna.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsena/ [ˈsɛː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: se‧na

Noun

sena (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ)

1. dinner; supper

   Synonym: hapunan

Related terms

• Santa Sena
• senakulo

Further reading

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 127

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈse.na]

Noun

sena

1. dough

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh