sen

S1E1N1
/sɛn/

noun

Self.

“"Hear all, see all, say nowt. Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt. An if ivver tha does owt fer nowt, mek sure tha does it fer thi sen."”

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Meanings

sen1

noun
  1. East MidlandsYorkshireSelf.

    "Hear all, see all, say nowt. Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt. An if ivver tha does owt fer nowt, mek sure tha does it fer thi sen."

sen2

nounsen (plural sens or sen)

plural sens

  1. A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
  2. A coin of this value.

    Before leaving the Kyndam I had bought in exchange what I thought to be enough yens and sens to see me through.

    2013, Charles F. C. Ladd, Jr., Around the World at Seventeen, page 70

sen3

nounsen (plural sens or sen)

plural sens

  1. A unit of Indonesian currency, worth one hundredth of a rupiah.

sen4

nounsen (plural sens or sen)

plural sens

  1. A unit of Malaysian currency, worth one hundredth of a ringgit.
  2. A coin of this value.

sen5

nounsen (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA unit of length equal 20 wa, 40 meters.

SEN6

nounSEN (uncountable)
  1. Hong KongUKabbreviationinitialismuncountableeducationInitialism of special educational needs.

Sen7

noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Sen..
  2. abbreviationrhythmic gymnasticsAbbreviation of seniors.

Sen8

proper noun
  1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative spelling of Zen.

    In [...] the 1850 streets of this city, there were 1050 of the Ten Dai’s Religion, 10070 of the sect Singon, 5402 of Fosso, 11016 of Sen...

    1727, Engelbert Kaempfer’s, translated by John Gaspar Scheuchzer, History of Japan, volume I, page 199

Sen9

proper noun
  1. A surname from Bengali.
  2. A surname from Hindi.
  3. A surname from Khmer.

Origin

sen · noun

  1. Middle Englishselven
  2. Englishsen

From a syncopation of Middle English selven, selfen, variants of selfe, self. More at self.

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sen · noun

Borrowed from Japanese 銭(せん) (sen).

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sen · noun

  1. Old Frenchcent“hundred”
  2. Dutchcent
  3. Indonesiansen
  4. Englishsen

From Indonesian sen, from Dutch cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”). See further etymology at cent.

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sen · noun

  1. Englishcent
  2. Malaysen
  3. Englishsen

From Malay sen, from English cent. See further etymology at cent.

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sen · noun

  1. Thaiเส้น
  2. Englishsen

From Thai เส้น (sên).

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Sen · proper noun

  1. Japanese禅
  2. EnglishSen

Borrowed from German Sen, a former transcription of Japanese 禅 (zen). Doublet of Zen, Chen, dhyana, and jhana.

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Sen · proper noun

  1. Hindiसेन
  2. Bengaliসেন
  3. Khmerសេន
  4. EnglishSen

Borrowed from Khmer សេន (seen), Bengali সেন (Sen) and/or Hindi सेन (sen).

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APA

sen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sen

MLA

“sen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sen.

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