cena

From Latin cēna.

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈsə.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈse.na/
• Homophone: sena

Noun

cena f (plural cenes)

1. (Christianity, often capitalized) Ellipsis of Santa Cena; Last Supper
2. (archaic) Synonym of sopar (“supper”)

Further reading

• “cena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

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Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech cěna, from Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛna]

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• Rhymes: -ɛna

Noun

cena f

1. price
2. prize

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• cena in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• cena in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• cena in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin cēna, from Proto-Italic *kertsnā, from Proto-Indo-European *kért-s-nh₂ (“portion”), from *ker-, *sker-. Compare Spanish cena and Portuguese ceia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.na/

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• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: cé‧na

Noun

cena f (plural cene)

1. dinner (evening meal)

Derived terms

Verb

cena

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

See also

• colazione
• pranzo

Anagrams

• acne, cane

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Latin

Alternative forms

• coena

Etymology

From Old Latin cesna, from Proto-Italic *kertsnā (compare Umbrian śesna, Oscan kersnu), from Proto-Indo-European *kért-sneh₂ (“portion”), from root *(s)kert- (“to cut”), from *(s)ker- (compare Lithuanian kérti, Armenian քերթել (kʿertʿel, “to skin”), Sanskrit कृन्तति (kṛntáti, “he cuts (in pieces)”)).^[1] Related to cortex, scortum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.na/, [ˈkeːnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.na/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːnä]

Noun

cēna f (genitive cēnae); first declension

1. dinner, supper, principal meal (anciently taken at noon, afterwards later)
2. (Medieval Latin, law, historical) gwestva (a duty levied by Welsh kings twice a year upon the free men of their kingdom)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cēna	cēnae
Genitive	cēnae	cēnārum
Dative	cēnae	cēnīs
Accusative	cēnam	cēnās
Ablative	cēnā	cēnīs
Vocative	cēna	cēnae

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Verb

cēnā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cēnō

References

• “cena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cena 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)
• cena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the main dish: caput cenae (Fin. 2. 8. 25)
    
  • to invite some one to dinner: aliquem vocare, invitare ad cenam
    
  • to accept an invitiation to dinner: promittere (ad cenam) (Off. 3. 14. 58)
    
  • during dinner; at table: inter cenam, inter epulas
    
  • to invite oneself to some one's house for dinner: condicere alicui (ad cenam)
    
  • to welcome some one to one's table: adhibere aliquem cenae or ad cenam, convivio or in convivium
    
  • to set a repast before a person: cenam alicui apponere
    
• “cena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Slavic *cěna.

Noun

cena f (4th declension)

1. price

Declension

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, from *kʷey- (“to pay”), whence English pain and penalty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: ce‧na

Noun

cena f

1. price

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• cena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin scaena.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -enɐ
• Homophone: sena
• Hyphenation: ce‧na

Noun

cena f (plural cenas)

1. scene
2. stage

   Synonym: palco

   em cena ― on stage

3. (Portugal, informal) thing

   Synonyms: coisa, (Brazil) negócio

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cena.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) cijéna

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sěːna/
• Hyphenation: ce‧na

Noun

céna f (Cyrillic spelling це́на)

1. price
2. value, worth

Declension

Derived terms

• cijeniti/ceniti

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sena]

Noun

cena f (genitive singular ceny, nominative plural ceny, genitive plural cien, declension pattern of žena)

1. price

Declension

Derived terms

• cenový
• cenovo, cenove

Further reading

• cena in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sèːna/

Noun

cẹ́na f

1. price (cost required to gain possession of something)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	céna
gen. sing.	céne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	céna	céni	céne
accusative	céno	céni	céne
genitive	céne	cén	cén
dative	céni	cénama	cénam
locative	céni	cénah	cénah
instrumental	céno	cénama	cénami

Further reading

• “cena”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cēna, from Proto-Italic *kertsnā, from Proto-Indo-European *kért-s-nh₂ (“portion”), from *ker-, *sker-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθena/ [ˈθe.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsena/ [ˈse.na]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: ce‧na

Noun

cena f (plural cenas)

1. supper, dinner

Related terms

• cenar

Verb

cena

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

Further reading

• “cena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014