carena

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See also: Carena, carená, and caréna

English

Noun

carena (uncountable)

  1. Aminophylline.
    • 1945, League of Nations, Bulletin of the Health Organisation, page 591:
      ... (theophylline dissolved in ethylendiamine; corresponding to the brands of aminophylline and carena), by intravenous or intragluteal injections for from 3-10 days, according to the severity of the symptoms.

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin carīna (“keel”), influenced by Ligurian / Italian carena.

Pronunciation

Noun

carena f (plural carenes)

  1. (nautical) keel (of a ship)
  2. (construction) ridgepole
  3. (agriculture) ridge (between two furrows)
  4. (geology) ridge, crest
    • 2001, Oriol de Bolòs i Capdevila, Vegetació dels Països Catalans:
      Per una banda, prats secs als sòls poc profunds de les carenes, per l'altra, prats molls i jonqueres al fons de les valls.
      On the one side, dry meadows on the shallow soil of the ridges, on the other, wet meadows and rush beds at the bottom of the valleys.
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

carena

  1. inflection of carenar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈrɛ.na/, /kaˈre.na/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
  • Hyphenation: ca‧rè‧na, ca‧ré‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin carīna, borrowed via Ligurian.

Noun

carena f (plural carene)

  1. (nautical) keel (of a ship)
    Synonym: chiglia

Etymology 2

Form of carenare.

Verb

carena

  1. inflection of carenare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ carena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • carena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Noun

carena

  1. instrumental singular of cara (“walker; frequenting”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caréner, from Latin carenare.

Verb

a carena (third-person singular present carenează, past participle carenat) 1st conj.

  1. to careen

Conjugation

    conjugation of carena (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a carena
gerund carenând
past participle carenat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present carenez carenezi carenează carenăm carenați carenează
imperfect carenam carenai carena carenam carenați carenau
simple perfect carenai carenași carenă carenarăm carenarăți carenară
pluperfect carenasem carenaseși carenase carenaserăm carenaserăți carenaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să carenez să carenezi să careneze să carenăm să carenați să careneze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative carenează carenați
negative nu carena nu carenați

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾena/
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: ca‧re‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin carīna.

Noun

carena f (plural carenas)

  1. (nautical) bottom (parts of a vessel that is always underwater)
  2. (colloquial) teasing

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carena

  1. inflection of carenar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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