sena

Borrowed from Latin sēna.

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

sena f (plural senes)

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

• fer senes

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “sena”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “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, 2026

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛna]

sena n

1. genitive singular of seno

Borrowed from Danish scene.

sena f (genitive singular senu, nominative plural senur)

1. a scene (in film or theatre)

   Synonym: atriði

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

From Sanskrit सेना (senā).

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

séna (plural sena-sena)

1. (archaic) army

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

• “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

• (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]

sēna

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

sēnā

1. ablative feminine singular of sēnus

• "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

sena

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

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

senà f

1. nominative/instrumental/vocative feminine singular of senas

sẽna

1. neuter of senas

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛna/

sena

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

Inherited from Arabic سَنَة (sana).

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

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)

• senen

sena m or f

1. definite feminine singular of sene

• anse, asen, ensa, nesa, anes

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

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

sena m

1. eagle, hawk or falcon

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

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

From Latin sēna.

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.

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

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

sena f (plural senas)

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

sena m or f by sense (plural senas)

1. A member of the Sena people.

sena m (uncountable)

1. Sena language

sena m or f (plural senas)

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

• “sena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sena”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “sena”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “sena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

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

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

sȅna f (Cyrillic spelling се̏на)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sena (Cyrillic spelling сена)

1. genitive singular of seno

From Latin sēna.

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

sena f (plural senas)

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

• “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

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sena

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

sena c

1. (anatomy) a tendon, a sinew

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

• ligament (“ligament”)

• “sena”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sena”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sena”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

• anse, asen, enas, nesa, snea

Borrowed from Spanish cena, from Latin cēna, from Old Latin cesna, from Proto-Italic *kertsnā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-s-nh₂.

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

sena (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ)

1. dinner; supper

   Synonym: hapunan

• 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

• IPA^(key): [ˈse.na]

sena

1. dough

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