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sene

sene noun: senna.

Noun (1)

sene (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Senna.
    • My selfe have found by experience, that radish rootes are windie, and senie-leaves breede loosenes in the belly.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Noun (2)

sene (plural senes)

  1. A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a Samoan tala.

Proper noun capitalized: Sene

Sene (plural Senes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of sene

Noun
alternative formseene
alternative formsenie
pluralsenes
Proper noun
pluralSenes

Origin of sene

From Old French sene.

From Samoan sene, in turn from English cent.

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Serer Sène; this surname is predominantly found in the Thiès Region of Senegal. * Possibly a respelling of French Sené, a nickname from Old French sené (“sage, wise”).

Questions about sene

What does sene mean?
Sene means senna.
What part of speech is sene?
Sene can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of sene?
The plural of sene is senes.

Words near sene in the dictionary

  1. sends up
  2. sends word
  3. sendup
  4. sendups
  5. sendy
  6. sene
  7. Seneca
  8. Seneca County
  9. Seneca Falls
  10. Seneca oil
  11. Seneca root

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