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English
Etymology 1
Noun
plena (countable and uncountable, plural plenas)
- (music, uncountable) A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics
- (music, countable) A song in this style
Etymology 2
Noun
plena
- plural of plenum
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
plena f (plural plenes)
- (castells) in a castell with three or five castellers per level, the column to the right of the rengla
- (games) a game similar to bingo popular around Christmastime
- Synonyms: quina, quinto, rifla
Etymology 2
Adjective
plena f sg
- feminine singular of ple
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plěna, *pelena (“thin skin, thin fabric”),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
plena f
- diaper (US), nappy (UK)
- Synonym: plenka
Declension
Declension of plena (hard feminine)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “plena”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Further reading
- “plena”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “plena”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “plena”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Esperanto
Etymology
Compare Latin plēnārius, Catalan ple, French plein, Ido plena, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplena/
- Hyphenation: ple‧na
Adjective
plena (accusative singular plenan, plural plenaj, accusative plural plenajn)
- full, complete
1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:De peko kaj mizero estas plena la tero.- The earth is full of sin and misery.
Usage notes
-plena is used in many compounds to mean "full of", similar to the suffix -ful.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
Compare Catalan ple, Esperanto plena, French plein, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.
Adjective
plena
- full
Antonyms
Interlingua
Verb
plena
- present of plenar
- imperative of plenar
Latin
Adjective
plēna
- inflection of plēnus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
plēnā
- ablative feminine singular of plēnus
Portuguese
Adjective
plena
- feminine singular of pleno
Spanish
Etymology 1
Adjective
plena
- feminine singular of pleno
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French plaine.
Noun
plena f (plural plenas)
- (Louisiana) a plain, pl. plains
Etymology 3
Uncertain, but often attributed as a folk etymology to an event at which an immigrant woman to Puerto Rico from the Lesser Antilles by the name of Ana or Anna, vigorously played a rhythm on a tambourine type instrument to shouts of "Play Anna! Play Anna!".
Noun
plena f (plural plenas)
- (Caribbean Spanish) a type of music from the island of Puerto Rico featuring a characteristic rhythm played upon frame drums called panderetas
- (by analogy, Panama) Dancehall music, Reggae en Español
- (by extension, Panama) A song, especially one that is catchy and/or personally preferred by the listener; a jam, a tune.
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