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Latin
Etymology
From canō (“I sing”, “I play ”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-cen m (genitive -cinis); third declension
- appended to the names of musical instruments, forming agent nouns denoting the players thereof
- cicūticen, citharicen, cornicen, fidicen, liticen, lyricen, tībīcen, tubicen
- (in a weakened sense) appended to various parts of speech, forming nouns denoting musicians or “singers” of whatever kind (human or not)
- oscen, psalmicen, siticen
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
References
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, *-ukīn, equivalent to -uc + -en. Cognate with Old Norse -ki. More at -kin.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ċen
- suffix forming diminutives from nouns, often displaying i-mutation
- tynċen ― small barrel, cask
- tiċċen ― young goat, goatling
- þyrnċen ― thistle
Descendants
Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καινός (kainós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sɛn/
- Rhymes: -ɛn
- Syllabification:
Suffix
-cen m inan
- -cene
- eo- + -cen → eocen
Declension
Derived terms
Category Polish terms suffixed with -cen not found
See also
Further reading
- -cen in Polish dictionaries at PWN