sene

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noun

Senna.

OriginOld French sene →
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Meanings

sene1

nounsene (uncountable)

alternative seene · alternative senie

  1. obsoleteuncountableSenna.

    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

sene2

nounsene (plural senes)

plural senes

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

Sene3

proper nounSene (plural Senes)

plural Senes

  1. A surname.

Origin

sene · noun

  1. Old Frenchsene
  2. Englishsene

From Old French sene.

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sene · noun

  1. Englishcent
  2. Samoansene
  3. Englishsene

From Samoan sene, in turn from English cent.

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Sene · proper noun

  1. Old Frenchsené“sage, wise”
  2. FrenchSené
  3. SererSène
  4. EnglishSene

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”).

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APA

sene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sene

MLA

“sene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sene. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sene.

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