Czech

Noun

cena f

1. price
2. prize

Declension

Related terms

• ocenit

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃena/, [ˈt͡ʃeː.na]
• Hyphenation: cé‧na

Noun

cena f ‎(plural cene)

1. dinner (evening meal)

Derived terms

Verb

cena

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

Anagrams

• acne
• cane

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā (compare Umbrian śesna, Oscan kersnu), from Proto-Indo-European *kert-s-nh₂ ‎(“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/

Noun

cēna f ‎(genitive cēnae); first declension

1. dinner
2. (law, historical) gwestva, a duty levied by Welsh kings twice a year upon the free men of their kingdom

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• cēnō

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cena”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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

1. ↑ Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 106.

Verb

cēnā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cēnō

Latvian

Noun

cena f (4th declension)

1. price

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoyneh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛna/

Noun

cena f

1. price

Declension

Related terms

• (verbs) cenić, doceniać, oceniać, wyceniać
• (nouns) cennik, ocena, przecena, wycena
• (adjectives) cenny, cenowy, drogocenny

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin scaena.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.nɐ/

Noun

cena f (plural cenas)

1. scene
2. stage

   em cena‎ ― on stage

3. (Portugal) thing

Synonyms

• (something of unknown name): coisa, troço (Brazil), treco (Brazil), negócio (Brazil), bagulho (Brazil), bagaça (Brazil), trem, pira, bang

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:cena.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) cijéna

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoyneh₂.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

céna f ‎(Cyrillic spelling це́на)

1. price
2. value, worth

Declension

Derived terms

• cijeniti/ceniti

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoyneh₂.

Noun

cena f

1. price

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoyneh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsèːna/
• Tonal orthography: cẹ́na

Noun

céna f ‎(genitive céne, nominative plural céne)

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

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (z-s distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈθena/
• (seseo merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsena/

Noun

cena f ‎(plural cenas)

1. supper, dinner

Derived terms

• cenar

Verb

cena

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cenar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cenar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cenar.