senon

• se non

From se (“if”) + non (“not”).

• IPA^(key): /se.ˈnõ/

senon

1. if not
2. except
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 304 (facsimile):

     como ſanta maria de Ribela non quer que arça outr oyo ant o ſeu altar ſe non Doliuas

     how Holy Mary of Ribela does not allow any other oil to be burned before Her altar except olive oil

• Fala: sinon
• Galician: senón
• Portuguese: senão

Borrowed from English xenon, from Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), neuter of ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnɔn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈzeːnɔn/, /ˈzɛnɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɛnɔn

senon m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. xenon

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “senon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies