cena
See also: Cena, cená, cenà, cenâ, cenā, ceną, ċena, and cé na
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin cēna.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈsə.nə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.nə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈse.na/
- Homophone: sena
Noun
cena f (plural cenes)
- (Christianity, often capitalized) Ellipsis of Santa Cena; Last Supper
- (archaic) Synonym of sopar (“supper”)
Further reading
- “cena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “cena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech cěna, from Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛna]
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛna
Noun
cena f
- price
- prize
Declension
Declension of cena
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cena | ceny |
| genitive | ceny | cen |
| dative | ceně | cenám |
| accusative | cenu | ceny |
| vocative | ceno | ceny |
| locative | ceně | cenách |
| instrumental | cenou | cenami |
Related terms
verbs
- cenit
- ocenit
Further reading
- cena in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- cena in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- cena in Internetová jazyková příručka
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ena
- Hyphenation: cé‧na
Etymology 1
From Latin cēna, from Proto-Italic *kertsnā, from Proto-Indo-European *kért-s-nh₂ (“portion”), from *ker-, *sker-. Compare Spanish cena and Portuguese ceia.
Noun
cena f (plural cene)
- dinner (evening meal)
Derived terms
- cenare
- cenata
- cenerella
- cenetta
- cenettina
- cenina
- cenino
- cenona
- cenone
- cenuccia
- L'Ultima Cena
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cena
- inflection of cenare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
See also
- colazione
- pranzo
Anagrams
- acne, cane
Latin
Alternative forms
- coena
Etymology
From Old Latin cesna, from Proto-Italic *kertsnā (compare Umbrian śesna, Oscan kersnu), from Proto-Indo-European *kért-sneh₂ (“portion”), from root *(s)kert- (“to cut”), from *(s)ker- (compare Lithuanian kérti, Armenian քերթել (kʿertʿel, “to skin”), Sanskrit कृन्तति (kṛntáti, “he cuts (in pieces)”)).[1] Related to cortex, scortum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.na/, [ˈkeːnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.na/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːnä]
Noun
cēna f (genitive cēnae); first declension
- dinner, supper, principal meal (anciently taken at noon, afterwards later)
- (Medieval Latin, law, historical) gwestva (a duty levied by Welsh kings twice a year upon the free men of their kingdom)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cēna | cēnae |
| Genitive | cēnae | cēnārum |
| Dative | cēnae | cēnīs |
| Accusative | cēnam | cēnās |
| Ablative | cēnā | cēnīs |
| Vocative | cēna | cēnae |
Derived terms
- antecēnium
- cēnāculum
- cēnāticus
- cēnō
- cēnula
- concēna
- domicēnium
Related terms
- cēnācellum
- cēnāculāria
- cēnāculārium
- cēnāculārius
- cēnāculātus
- cēnāssō
- cēnāticum
- cēnātiō
- cēnātiuncula
- cēnātor
- cēnātōria
- cēnātōrium
- cēnātōrius
- cēnāturiō
- cēnātus
- cēnitō
- concēnātiō
- incēnātus
- incēnō
- percēnō
- succēnō
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: tsinã
- Romanian: cină
- Dalmatian:
- caina
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: cena
- → Sicilian: cena
- Neapolitan: cena
- Italian: cena
- Padanian:
- Friulian: cene
- Ligurian: çenn-a
- Lombard: sèna, zèna, scèna, sina
- Piedmontese: sin-a, sen-a, sèina
- Romansch: tschaina
- Venetian: sena, çéna, ẑena
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: céna (dialectal)
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- >? Aragonese: cena
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Portuguese: cẽa
- Galician: cea
- Portuguese: ceia
- Spanish: cena
- Old Portuguese: cẽa
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: chena (Logudorese), cena (Campidanese)
- Borrowings
- → Catalan: cena
- → French: cène, Cène
- → Occitan: cena
- → Proto-Brythonic: *kinjọ
- Breton: koan
- Cornish: koen
- Welsh: cinio
Verb
cēnā
- second-person singular present active imperative of cēnō
References
- “cena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cena 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)
- cena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the main dish: caput cenae (Fin. 2. 8. 25)
- to invite some one to dinner: aliquem vocare, invitare ad cenam
- to accept an invitiation to dinner: promittere (ad cenam) (Off. 3. 14. 58)
- during dinner; at table: inter cenam, inter epulas
- to invite oneself to some one's house for dinner: condicere alicui (ad cenam)
- to welcome some one to one's table: adhibere aliquem cenae or ad cenam, convivio or in convivium
- to set a repast before a person: cenam alicui apponere
- the main dish: caput cenae (Fin. 2. 8. 25)
- “cena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 106.
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Slavic *cěna.
Noun
cena f (4th declension)
- price
Declension
Declension of cena (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | cena | cenas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | cenu | cenas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | cenas | cenu |
| dative (datīvs) | cenai | cenām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | cenu | cenām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | cenā | cenās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | cena | cenas |
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, from *kʷey- (“to pay”), whence English pain and penalty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛna
- Syllabification: ce‧na
Noun
cena f
- price
Declension
Declension of cena
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cena | ceny |
| genitive | ceny | cen |
| dative | cenie | cenom |
| accusative | cenę | ceny |
| instrumental | ceną | cenami |
| locative | cenie | cenach |
| vocative | ceno | ceny |
Related terms
adjectives
- bezcenny
- cenny
- cenowy
- drogocenny
adverbs
- bezcennie
- za bezcen
nouns
- bezcenność
- cennik
- ocena
- przecena
- wycena
verbs
- cenić
- doceniać
- oceniać
- wyceniać
Further reading
- cena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin scaena.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsẽ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈse.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈse.nɐ/
- Rhymes: -enɐ
- Homophone: sena
- Hyphenation: ce‧na
Noun
cena f (plural cenas)
- scene
- stage
- Synonym: palco
- em cena ― on stage
- (Portugal, informal) thing
- Synonyms: coisa, (Brazil) negócio
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cena.
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian) cijéna
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sěːna/
- Hyphenation: ce‧na
Noun
céna f (Cyrillic spelling це́на)
- price
- value, worth
Declension
Declension of cena
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cena | cene |
| genitive | cene | cena |
| dative | ceni | cenama |
| accusative | cenu | cene |
| vocative | ceno | cene |
| locative | ceni | cenama |
| instrumental | cenom | cenama |
Derived terms
- cijeniti/ceniti
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sena]
Noun
cena f (genitive singular ceny, nominative plural ceny, genitive plural cien, declension pattern of žena)
- price
Declension
Declension of cena
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cena | ceny |
| genitive | ceny | cien |
| dative | cene | cenám |
| accusative | cenu | ceny |
| locative | cene | cenách |
| instrumental | cenou | cenami |
Derived terms
- cenový
- cenovo, cenove
Further reading
- cena in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sèːna/
Noun
cẹ́na f
- price (cost required to gain possession of something)
Inflection
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | céna | ||
| gen. sing. | céne | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | céna | céni | céne |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | céne | cén | cén |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | céni | cénama | cénam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | céno | céni | céne |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | céni | cénah | cénah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | céno | cénama | cénami |
Further reading
- “cena”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cēna, from Proto-Italic *kertsnā, from Proto-Indo-European *kért-s-nh₂ (“portion”), from *ker-, *sker-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθena/ [ˈθe.na]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsena/ [ˈse.na]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: ce‧na
Noun
cena f (plural cenas)
- supper, dinner
Related terms
- cenar
Verb
cena
- inflection of cenar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014