scena

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See also: scéna, sceną, and sćěna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scena. Doublet of scene.

Pronunciation

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.

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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)

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Descendants

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

scena m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of scene

Polish

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scena

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scaena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈst͡sɛ.na/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Syllabification: sce‧na

Noun

scena f (diminutive scenka, related adjective scenowy)

  1. (theater) stage, platform (surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given)
  2. scene (location of an event that attracts attention)
  3. picture, scene (view or scene from life observed by someone or shown on television, in theater, etc.)
    Synonyms: obrazek, scenka
  4. (colloquial) heated argument

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adjectives
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Related terms

nouns

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

scèna f (Cyrillic spelling сцѐна)

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

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