catena
/kəˈtiːnə/
catena noun: a series of related items.
Noun
catena (plural catenas or catenae)
- A series of related items.
- And, on the contrary, there is a whole catena of authorities, beginning with Sir Robert Peel and ending with Mr. Lowe, which say that the Banking Department of the Bank of England is only a Bank like any other bank [...]1873, Walter Bagehot, Lombard Street
- A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope.
- The changes in soil characteristics from the crest to the foot of a slope are together known as a catena.2000, Ewan Anderson, Middle East: Geography and Geopolitics, Routledge, →ISBN, page 55
Proper noun capitalized: Catena
Catena (plural Catenas)
- A surname from Italian.
catena meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Indonesian
catena in Tamil
- சரிவு நிலமண்
catena in Urdu
- زنجیر
catena in Indonesian
- a series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope
- katena
Forms of catena
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | catenas |
| plural | catenae |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Catenas |
Origin of catena
From Medieval Latin catena, from Latin catēna (“chain”). Doublet of chain.
Borrowed from Italian Catena.
Words formed from catena
Phrases with catena
Questions about catena
- What does catena mean?
- Catena means a series of related items.
- What is catena in Tamil?
- Catena in Tamil is சரிவு நிலமண். See Catena meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is catena?
- Catena can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce catena?
- Catena is pronounced /kəˈtiːnə/.
- What is the plural of catena?
- The plural of catena is catenas.
Words near catena in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: catena (page history and authors); Catena (page history and authors); catena (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); catena (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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