sen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sen"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛn/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • 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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese (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

Anagrams

Abenaki

Noun

sen (inanimate, plural senal)

  1. stone, rock
    senika
    there are a lot of rocks

Basque

Noun

sen ?

  1. mind

See also

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen (thou), compare Turkish sen (you).

Pronoun

sen

  1. you

Declension

Declension of Crimean Tatar personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
nominative men sen o biz siz olar
accusative meni seni onı bizni sizni olarnı
dative maña saña oña bizge sizge olarǧa
locative mende sende onda bizde sizde olarda
ablative menden senden ondan bizden sizden olardan
genitive menim seniñ onıñ bizim siziñ olarnıñ

References

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛn]
  • Hyphenation: sen
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech sen, from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *súpnas, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.

Noun

sen m inan

  1. dream
    Měl jsem o tobě sen.I had a dream about you.
    To by mě ani ve snu nenapadlo.I wouldn't even dream of that.
    Bylo to jako ze sna.It was totally out of a dream.
    Polovinu času tráví ve snách.He lives in a dream half the time.
Declension

The form sna is usually only used after the preposition ze (ze sna) and the form snách is usually only used after the preposition ve (ve snách).

See also

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sen

  1. genitive plural of seno (hay)

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn (late), from Proto-Germanic *sainaz, *sainijaz, cognate with Old English sǣne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈseˀn]

Adjective

sen (neuter sent, plural and definite singular attributive sene)

  1. late (proximate in time)
  2. belated, tardy
  3. slow

Inflection

Inflection of sen
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular sen senere senest2
indefinite neuter singular sent senere senest2
plural sene senere senest2
definite attributive1 sene senere seneste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin sine. Compare Spanish sin, Italian senza, Portuguese sem and Galician sen.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /sen/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Hyphenation: sen

Preposition

sen

  1. without

Derived terms

  • sen- (without, -less)

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sem, itself probably from Old Occitan sen (judgement).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsen/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: sen

Noun

sen f (plural senis)

  1. (anatomy) temple

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsen/, [ˈs̠e̞n]
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification(key): sen
  • Hyphenation(key): sen

Pronoun

sen

  1. genitive/accusative singular of se
    Elokuva oli muuten hyvä, mutta sen loppu oli hämäävä.
    The film was otherwise good, but its ending was confusing.
    Voisitko tehdä sen?
    Could you do it, please?
    Mitä enemmän, sen parempi.
    The more the better.
    Sen parempaa ei olekaan.
    There is nothing better than it.

Further reading

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sine.

Pronoun

sen (ORB, broad)

  1. without

References

  • sans in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • sen in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Latin sinus.

Noun

sen m (plural sens)

  1. (anatomy) bosom, breast
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

sen f

  1. want, need, desire

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese sen, from Latin sine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiŋ/ [ˈs̺iŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ

Preposition

sen

  1. without
    Antonym: en

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese sem; either from a substrate language, or more likely from Old Occitan sen (judgement) and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sinn (sense, mind) (cf. Vulgar Latin *sennus).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛŋ/ [ˈs̺ɛŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Noun

sen m (plural sens)

  1. (archaic) judgement
  2. (anatomy) temple
    Synonyms: tempa, vidalla

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Alternative forms

  • asén

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛŋ/ [ˈs̺ɛŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Noun

sen m (plural sens)

  1. (usually in the plural) fly maggots and eggs deposited in meat or food
    Synonyms: careixa, sese, vareixa

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “sien”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Gullah

Etymology

From English send.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sen/

Verb

sen (sen)

  1. send, sent

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto senFrench sansItalian senzaSpanish sin, ultimately from Latin sine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sen/

Preposition

sen

  1. without (not having)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛn]
  • Hyphenation: sèn

Etymology 1

From Dutch cent, from Old French cent (hundred), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Noun

sèn (plural sen-sen)

  1. cent
    Dengan redenominasi, Bank Indonesia membangkitkan kembali penggunaan uang sen di tengah masyarakat.
    With the redenomination, Bank Indonesia revives the usage of cents amongst the general population.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Min Nan: , .

Etymology 2

Noun

sèn (plural sen-sen)

  1. nonstandard form of sein

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *se-. Compare Finnish mitä ... sen.

Pronunciation

Adverb

sen

  1. (+ min) Establishes a correlation between multiple comparatives in a sentence; ..., the ...
    Min enemmän siä sööt, sen suuremp siä oot.The more you eat, the bigger you are.
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Min alemmaal ono päivyt maan päält, sen pitemp on kupahain, a min hää ono ylempään, sen lyhemp ono kupahain.
      The lower the sun is along the earth, the longer is the shadow, and the higher it is, the shorter is the shadow.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sen

  1. accusative singular of se
  2. (nonstandard) genitive singular of se

Determiner

sen

  1. accusative singular of se
  2. (nonstandard) genitive singular of se

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 514

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sen/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Hyphenation: sen

Contraction

sen

  1. (literary, archaic) contraction of se ne
Usage notes
  • This contraction can be used only before verbs beginning with any consonant except for an impure s.[1]

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sen/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Hyphenation: sen

Contraction

sen

  1. contraction of seno

References

Japanese

Romanization

sen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せん

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese သိန်း (sin:).

Noun

sen

  1. hundred thousand

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (31 December 2016) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research[5], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese cem.

Numeral

sen

  1. hundred (100)

Karaim

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen.

Pronoun

sen

  1. you, thou

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “sen”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Latvian

Adverb

sen

  1. long ago, for a long time; adverbial form of sens
    tas noticis senit happened long ago
    viņš jau sen dzīvo Rīgāhe has lived in Riga for a long time

Louisiana Creole

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
 <  99 100 101  > 
    Cardinal : sen

Etymology

Inherited from French cent (hundred).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Numeral

sen

  1. hundred

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English cent, from Old French cent (hundred), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛn/
  • Hyphenation: sèn

Noun

sen (Jawi spelling سين, plural sen-sen)

  1. cent

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

sen

  1. nonstandard spelling of sēn
  2. nonstandard spelling of sěn

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Nga La

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *shan, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t(y)a-n ~ tsa-n.

Adjective

sen

  1. red

References

  • Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

North Frisian

Verb

sen

  1. inflection of wiis:
    1. first/third-person singular present
    2. plural present

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn.

Adjective

sen (neuter singular sent, definite singular and plural sene, comparative senere, indefinite superlative senest, definite superlative seneste)

  1. late

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sin, sina, from Proto-Germanic *senawō, from Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (sinew, tendon).

Alternative forms

Noun

sen f (definite singular sena, indefinite plural sener, definite plural senene)

  1. sinew, tendon

Etymology 2

From Japanese .

Noun

sen m (plural senen)

  1. a Japanese sen

References

Anagrams

Old Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈsɛn/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈsɛn/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ.

Noun

sen m inan

  1. dream
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь.

Pronoun

sen

  1. (archaic) this (nearby)
    Synonym: ten
    sen světthis world
Usage notes
  • This word was already archaic as some of its forms aren't attested.
Declension
Declension of sen (irregular pronominal)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative sen sie se
genitive seho sie seho
dative semu , siej semu
accusative seho, sen śú se
locative sem , siej sem
instrumental sím śú sím
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative
genitive
dative sima
accusative
locative
instrumental sima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative si
genitive sich
dative sim
accusative
locative sich
instrumental simi
Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Noun

sen oblique singularm (oblique plural sens, nominative singular sens, nominative plural sen)

  1. alternative form of sens

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin sine (without).

    Preposition

    sen

    1. without

    Derived terms

    • sen al
    • sen contenda
    • sen conto
    • sen engano
    • sen esto
    • sen falha
    • sen grado
    • sen guisa
    • sen mentira
    • sen mesura
    • sen par
    • sen prazer
    • sen todo mentir
    • sen ventura

    Descendants

    References

    • Manuel Ferreiro (20142025) “sen”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

    Old Irish

    Etymology

    From Proto-Celtic *senos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos.

    Adjective

    sen (comparative siniu, superlative sinem)

    1. old
    2. ancient
      • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
        Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
        Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.

    Usage notes

    When used attributively, sen may precede the noun it modifies, in which case it is uninflected and triggers lenition on the noun.

    Inflection

    o/ā-stem
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative sen sen sen
    vocative sin*
    sen**
    accusative sen sin
    genitive sin sine sin
    dative siun sin siun
    plural masculine feminine/neuter
    nominative sin sena
    vocative senu
    sena
    accusative senu
    sena
    genitive sen
    dative senaib

    *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
    **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
    † not when substantivized

    Descendants

    Mutation

    Mutation of sen
    radical lenition nasalization
    sen ṡen sen

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Further reading

    Old Occitan

    Etymology

    From Vulgar Latin *sennus, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *sinn.

    Noun

    sen m (oblique plural sens, nominative singular sens, nominative plural sen)

    1. direction; orientation
    2. sense; ability to reason

    Descendants

    References

    Old Polish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ. First attested in the 14th century.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /sɛn/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /sɛn/

    Noun

    sen m inan

    1. (attested in Lesser Poland) sleep (state of non-awakeness)
      • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎[6], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 75, 5:
        Spali sø sen swoy
        [Spali są sen swoj]
    2. (attested in Lesser Poland) dream (that which one sees while asleep)
      • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎[7], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 72, 20:
        Iaco sen wstaiøczich, gospodne, w mescze twoiem obraz gich ku niczemu obroczisz
        [Jako sen wstających, Gospodnie, w mieście twojem obraz jich ku niczemu obrocisz]
    3. sex (carnal intercourse)
      • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 75:
        Od kochanya ssna godnego a delectacione sompni conuenientis
        [Od kochania sna godnego a delectacione sompni conuenientis]
    4. night shift (time of watching or guarding at night)
      • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa[8], page 350:
        A yako bylo ve czvarthe sny w *mocz, tako myly Iesus przysched k nym chodzącz po morzv
        [A jako było we czwarte sny w noc, tako miły Jesus przyszed k nim chodząc po morzu]

    Derived terms

    nouns
    • nocny sen
    • śmiertelny sen

    Descendants

    References

    • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “sen”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

    Old Prussian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *san. Cognate to Lithuanian su, Latvian sa-, Russian с (s).[1]

    Preposition

    sen

    1. (with dative and accusative) with, together with

    Usage notes

    In majority of attestations, when the preposition sen is used with nouns and its determinants, the determinant is in dative case and the nouns are in accusative case.

    Examples:

    sen stesmu wirdan (“with the word”) ⇒ sen + stesmu (dative) + wirdan (accusative);
    sen wissamans grīkans (“with all sins”) ⇒ sen + wissamans (dative pl.) + grīkans (accusative pl.);
    sen stesma Swintan Scrīsin (“with the Holy Cross”) ⇒ sen + stesma (dative) + Swintan (accusative) + Scrīsin (accusative).[2]

    References

    1. ^ Mažiulis, Vytautas (1997) “sen”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), volume 4, Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, page 98
    2. ^ Petit, Daniel, Baltistica, 2007, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, pages 364-366

    Old Swedish

    Verb

    sen

    1. second-person plural present subjunctive of vara

    Polish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Polish sen. Doublet of Hypnos.

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): /ˈsɛn/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛn
    • Syllabification: sen

    Noun

    sen m inan (related adjective senny or (rare) snowy)

    1. sleep (state of reduced consciousness)
      Synonym: kima
    2. dream (imaginary events seen while sleeping)
      Synonyms: mara, senne marzenie
    3. (figurative) dream (hope or wish)
      Synonyms: marzenie, rojenie

    Declension

    Derived terms

    adjectives
    adverbs
    • przez sen
    verbs
    phrases
    • Sen mara, Bóg wiara
    adjectives
    verbs

    Further reading

    • sen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • sen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “sen”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 747

    Romani

    Verb

    sen

    1. second-person plural or formal singular present indicative of si

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French sen.

    Noun

    sen m (plural seni)

    1. sen (Japanese currency)

    Declension

    Declension of sen
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative sen senul seni senii
    genitive-dative sen senului seni senilor
    vocative senule senilor

    Romansch

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Adverb

    sen

    1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) up, upward, upwards

    Slovak

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsɛn/

    Noun

    sen m inan (genitive singular sna, nominative plural sny, genitive plural snov, declension pattern of dub)

    1. dream

    Declension

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • sen”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

    Spanish

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    sen m (plural senes)

    1. senna

    Etymology 2

    From Japanese .

    Noun

    sen m

    1. sen (hundredth of a yen)

    Etymology 3

    Abbreviation of seno (sine).

    Symbol

    sen

    1. (mathematics) a symbol of the trigonometric function sine

    Further reading

    Swedish

    Etymology 1

    From Old Norse seinn (late).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /seːn/

    Adjective

    sen (comparative senare, superlative senast)

    1. late
      en sen kväll
      a late evening
      Jag är redan sen till ett möte
      I’m already late for a meeting
    Declension
    Inflection of sen
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular sen senare senast
    neuter singular sent senare senast
    plural sena senare senast
    masculine plural2 sene senare senast
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 sene senare senaste
    all sena senare senaste

    1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    2 Dated or archaic.
    3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

    Antonyms
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Syncopic form of sedan, from Old Swedish siþan, from Old Norse síðan.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /sɛn/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Homophone: zen

    Adverb

    sen (not comparable)

    1. (somewhat colloquial) alternative form of sedan
      Först gjorde vi si, och sen gjorde vi så
      First we did like this, and then we did like that

    References

    Anagrams

    Tok Pisin

    Etymology 1

    From English chain.

    Noun

    sen

    1. chain

    Etymology 2

    From English cent.

    Noun

    sen

    1. cent
    Descendants

    Turkish

    Etymology

    From Ottoman Turkish سن (sen, thou), from Proto-Turkic *sen (thou). Cognate to siz (you) derived from the same root. Compare Old Turkic 𐰾𐰤 (sen, you), Karakhanid سَنْ (sen, you).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /sen/, [sæn]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Audio:(file)

    Pronoun

    sen

    1. you (singular, informal), thou

    Usage notes

    • It is one of the two words that have irregular dative case declension. (The other words are ben and biz also have irregular genitive case declension.)

    Declension

    Declension of sen
    singular plural
    nominative sen siz
    definite accusative seni sizi
    dative sana size
    locative sende sizde
    ablative senden sizden
    genitive senin sizin

    See also

    Turkish personal pronouns
    singular plural
    1st person ben biz
    2nd person familiar sen siz
    polite siz sizler
    3rd person o onlar

    Turkmen

    Etymology

    From Proto-Turkic *sen (thou).

    Pronoun

    sen

    1. (personal) you (singular, informal)

    Declension

    Declension of sen
    singular plural
    nominative sen siz
    accusative seni sizi
    genitive seniň siziň
    dative saňa size
    locative sende sizde
    ablative senden sizden

    See also

    Turkmen personal pronouns
    nominative accusative genitive dative locative ablative
    singular 1st person men meni meniň maňa mende menden
    2nd person sen seni seniň saňa sende senden
    3rd person ol ony onuň oňa onda ondan
    plural 1st person biz bizi biziň bize bizde bizden
    2nd person siz sizi siziň size sizde sizden
    3rd person olar olary olaryň olara olarda olardan

    Uyghur

    Noun

    sen

    1. Latin (ULY) transcription of سەن (sen)

    Vietnamese

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sɛn˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɛŋ˧˧] ~ [sɛŋ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂɛŋ˧˧] ~ [sɛŋ˧˧]

    Etymology 1

    From Old Chinese (OC *k.[r]ˤe[n]) (B-S) (SV: liên).

    Compare the village name Kim Liên 金蓮 (MC kim len), whose demotic name (tên Nôm) is Sen.

    Noun

    (classifier cây, bông, hoa) sen • (𬞮)

    1. lotus
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from French jeune servante (young maidservant). Attested since 19th century.[1] The second sense is from a humourous perception that owners of cats and dogs are servants to their pets.[2]

    Noun

    (classifier con) sen

    1. maidservant
      • 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, Cơm Thầy Cơm Cô (Master's Food, Mistress's Food), Ch 4. "Cuốn Tiểu Thuyết của Con Sen Đũi (The Novella of Đũi the Maidservant)"
        Trong khi ngồi trước đèn để thuật lại câu chuyện này, tôi cũng muốn cho mơ màng để cái cuộc giãi bày tâm sự của con sen có được một chút thi vị
        While sitting before the lamp to recount this story, I also want to make it dreamy so that the maidservant's pouring her heart out shall have a little bit of poetic beauty.
      Synonym: Ô-sin; người giúp việc; người
    2. (slang, humorous) owner of cat or dog; hooman

    References

    1. ^ Ngọc Tiến, "Nghề Giúp Việc Xưa" (Domestic Works of Old)] Hà Nội Mới (in Vietnamese). Original (29 September 2013); republication (8 August 2016)/
    2. ^ Đông Hà, "Vì sao con sen là kẻ hầu người hạ? (Why is 'con sen' a servant?)" Vietcetera (in Vietnamese)

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /sɛn/
    • Rhymes: -ɛn

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    sen f (plural sennau or sennoedd, not mutable)

    1. rebuke, reproof, reproach
      Synonyms: cerydd, cystwyad
      1. satire, lampoon
        Synonyms: dychan, gogan
    2. snub, insult
      Synonyms: sarhad, difenwad

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    sen (not mutable)

    1. (colloquial) contraction of basen

    Further reading

    • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “sen”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies