Meanings
sen1
- 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
plural sens
- 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
plural sens
- A unit of Indonesian currency, worth one hundredth of a rupiah.
sen4
sen5
SEN6
- Hong KongUKabbreviationinitialismuncountableeducationInitialism of special educational needs.
Sen7
Sen8
- 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
Origin
sen · noun
- Middle Englishselven
- Englishsen
From a syncopation of Middle English selven, selfen, variants of selfe, self. More at self.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →sen · noun
- Old Frenchcent“hundred”
- Dutchcent
- Indonesiansen
- Englishsen
From Indonesian sen, from Dutch cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”). See further etymology at cent.
More words from Indonesian, Dutch, Old French
Full word history & related roots →sen · noun
- Englishcent
- Malaysen
- Englishsen
From Malay sen, from English cent. See further etymology at cent.
More words from Malay, English
Full word history & related roots →sen · noun
- Thaiเส้น
- Englishsen
From Thai เส้น (sên).
More words from Thai
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sen
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Anagrams
Cite this entry
sen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sen
“sen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sen. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sen.
Source: sen on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.