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se

/sɛ/

se noun: a type of ancient Chinese plucked zither.

Noun (1)

se (plural ses)

  1. A type of ancient Chinese plucked zither.

Noun (2) capitalized: SE

SE (plural SEs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of southeast.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of second edition.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of special edition.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of sound effect.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of standard edition.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of software engineering.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of sustainer engine.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of secondary electron.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism, train control) Initialism of STM European.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: SE

SE (usually uncountable, plural SEs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, usually) Initialism of Stack Exchange.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: SE

SE (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Sergipe: a state of Brazil.

Adjective capitalized: SE

SE

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of single ended.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of southeast.

se meaning in Malayalam and Gujarati

se in Malayalam

സെ

se in Gujarati

સે

Examples of se in a sentence

  • Părerea ei este cât se poate de importantă. (Her opinion is really important).
  • It's not a museum per se, but they do have some interesting artefacts.
  • Se asked him some indirect questions to ascertain whether he was single.

All 40 example sentences with se

Forms of se

Noun
pluralses
pluralSEs
Proper noun
pluralSEs

Plural of se: ses

Origin of se

From Mandarin 瑟 (sè).

Words formed from se

Phrases with se

4 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with se

Questions about se

What does se mean?
Se means a type of ancient Chinese plucked zither.
What is se in Malayalam?
Se in Malayalam is സെ. See Se meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is se?
Se can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce se?
Se is pronounced /sɛ/.
What is the plural of se?
The plural of se is ses.

Words near se in the dictionary

  1. SDWA
  2. SDWs
  3. SDWT
  4. SDWTs
  5. SDY
  6. se
  7. se defendendo
  8. SE SN
  9. SE SNe
  10. se'night
  11. se'nights

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: se (page history and authors); SE (page history and authors); se (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); se (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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