scena

scena

See also: scéna and sćěna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scena. Doublet of scene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɪnə/

Noun

scena (plural scenas or scenae)

1. A scene in an opera.
2. An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.
   • 1886, William Smith Rockstro, A General History of Music

     Few Contralto singers are unacquainted with the beautiful Scena, Ah rendimi qual core, from Mitrane.

3. (historical) The stage of an ancient theatre.

Anagrams

• Canes, Casen, Cenas, Naces, acnes, canes

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scaena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage, scene”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: scè‧na

Noun

scena f (plural scene)

1. scene (in all senses)
2. stage (of a theatre etc)

Derived terms

• scenata

Related terms

• scenario

Descendants

• → English: scena
• → Turkish: şano
  • → Central Kurdish: شانۆ‎ (şano)
    • → Northern Kurdish: şano

Anagrams

• nasce, scane

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskeː.na/, [ˈs̠keːnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃe.na/, [ˈʃɛːnä]

Noun

scēna f (genitive scēnae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of scaena

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scēna	scēnae
Genitive	scēnae	scēnārum
Dative	scēnae	scēnīs
Accusative	scēnam	scēnās
Ablative	scēnā	scēnīs
Vocative	scēna	scēnae

References

• “scena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• scena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “scena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• scenen

Noun

scena m or f

1. definite feminine singular of scene

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Polish

scena

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scaena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈst͡sɛ.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: sce‧na

Noun

scena f

1. stage (theatre)
2. scene

Declension

Declension of scena

	singular	plural
nominative	scena	sceny
genitive	sceny	scen
dative	scenie	scenom
accusative	scenę	sceny
instrumental	sceną	scenami
locative	scenie	scenach
vocative	sceno	sceny

Derived terms

adjectives

• sceniczny
• scenowy

 

nouns

• przedscenie
• scenariusz
• sceneria
• scenka
• zascenie

 

Related terms

nouns

• arierscena
• awanscena
• proscenium

 

Further reading

• scena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• scena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

scèna f (Cyrillic spelling сцѐна)

1. scene (in all senses)
2. stage (of a theatre etc)

Declension

Declension of scena

	singular	plural
nominative	scena	scene
genitive	scene	scena
dative	sceni	scenama
accusative	scenu	scene
vocative	sceno	scene
locative	sceni	scenama
instrumental	scenom	scenama