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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech sěno , from Proto-Slavic *sěno .
Pronunciation
Noun
seno n
hay
sušit seno ― to make hay
hledat jehlu v kupce sena ― to look for a needle in a hay stack
Declension
Declension of seno (hard neuter )
Derived terms
Further reading
seno in Příruční slovník jazyka českého , 1935–1957
seno in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého , 1960–1971, 1989
seno in Internetová jazyková příručka
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sinus ( “ fold, lap ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *sinos . Compare French sein , Romansch sain , Romanian sân , Spanish seno .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈse.no/
Rhymes: -eno
Hyphenation: sé‧no
Noun
seno m (plural seni )
breast
( by extension ) bosom , heart , breast
1787 , “Don Giovanni”, Lorenzo Da Ponte (lyrics), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (music), act 1, scene 1:L'assassino m'ha ferito, / e dal seno palpitante / sento l’anima partir The assassin has wounded me! / And from my heaving breast / I see my soul escaping
( literary ) womb
( geography ) cove , inlet
( anatomy ) sinus
( trigonometry ) sine
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Latin
Pronunciation
Numeral
sēnō
dative / ablative masculine / neuter singular of sēnus
Latvian
Adjective
seno
inflection of senais :
vocative / accusative / instrumental singular masculine / feminine
genitive plural masculine / feminine
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Adjective
sẽno m
genitive masculine singular of senas
Lower Sorbian
seno
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sěno . Cognate with Upper Sorbian syno , Polish siano , Czech seno , Russian се́но ( séno ) , Old Church Slavonic сѣно ( sěno ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
seno n inan (diminutive senko )
hay ( grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder )
Declension
Further reading
Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928 ) “seno ”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН , ČAVU ; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
Starosta, Manfred (1999 ) “seno ”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
seno
nominative singular of sena ( “ hawk ” )
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sinus ( “ sine ” ) , from Latin sinus ( “ curve, breast ” ) . Doublet of seio and sino .
Pronunciation
Noun
seno m (plural senos )
( trigonometry ) sine
Derived terms
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References
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěno .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /sêːno/
Hyphenation: se‧no
Noun
sȇno n (Cyrillic spelling се̑но )
hay
Declension
Further reading
“seno ” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
seno (Cyrillic spelling сено )
vocative singular of sena
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěno .
Pronunciation
Noun
seno n (genitive singular sena , nominative plural sená , genitive plural sien , declension pattern of mesto )
hay
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
“seno ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sěno , from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śáina , probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- ( “ pale, faint ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /sɛnóː/
Rhymes: -oː
Hyphenation: se‧no
Noun
senọ̑ n
hay of the first mowing in a year
Synonyms: košenina , mrva , arnica , jarnica , košeničica , vrnica
( by extension, colloquial ) any hay
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
“seno ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU , portal Fran
“seno ”, in Termania , Amebis
See also the general references
Sotho
Etymology
From nwa .
Noun
seno class 7 /8 (plural dino )
beverage
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish seno , from Latin sinus , from Proto-Indo-European *sinos . Compare French sein , Italian seno , Romanian sân , Romansch sain .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈseno/
Rhymes: -eno
Syllabification: se‧no
Noun
seno m (plural senos )
( anatomy ) breast
( anatomy ) sinus
( mathematics ) sine
( geography ) sound ( inlet )
( nautical ) trough
Derived terms
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Further reading
Anagrams
Trinitario
Noun
seno
woman
References