# sen
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛn/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛn

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

sen
* (Yorkshire, East Midlands) 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."

##### Derived terms

* mi sen, mysen
* thee sen, thysen
* yoursen, yersen

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 銭(せん) (sen).

#### Noun

sen (plural sens or sen)
* A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
* A coin of this value.
** 2013, Charles F. C. Ladd, Jr., Around the World at Seventeen, page 70:Before leaving the Kyndam I had bought in exchange what I thought to be enough yens and sens to see me through.

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

sen (plural sens or sen)
* A unit of Indonesian currency, worth one hundredth of a rupiah.

### Etymology 4

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

#### Noun

sen (plural sens or sen)
* A unit of Malaysian currency, worth one hundredth of a ringgit.
* A coin of this value.

### Etymology 5

From Thai เส้น (sên).

#### Noun

sen (uncountable)
* A unit of length equal 20 wa, 40 meters.

### Anagrams

* ENS, ESN, Ens., NES, SNe, ens

## Abenaki
### Noun

sen (inanimate, plural senal)
* stone, rock
    senika
       there are a lot of rocks

## Basque
### Noun

sen ?
* mind

#### See also

* adimen
* buru
* gogo

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”), compare Turkish sen (“you”).

### Pronoun

sen
* you

#### Declension
### References

* “sen”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛn]
* Hyphenation: sen
* Rhymes: -ɛn

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech sen, from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *súpnas, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.

#### Noun

sen m inan
* dream
    Měl jsem o tobě sen. ― I had a dream about you.
    To by mě ani ve snu nenapadlo. ― I wouldn't even dream of that.
    Bylo to jako ze sna. ― It was totally out of a dream.
    Polovinu času tráví ve snách. ― He lives in a dream half the time.

##### Declension

The form sna is usually only used after the preposition ze (ze sna) and the form snách is usually only used after the preposition ve (ve snách).

##### Related terms

* bezesný
* snít
* snový

#### See also

* vidina f

#### Further reading

* “sen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “sen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “sen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

sen
* genitive plural of seno (“hay”)

### Anagrams

* nes

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse seinn (“late”), from Proto-Germanic *sainaz, *sainijaz, cognate with Old English sǣne.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈseˀn]

### Adjective

sen (neuter sent, plural and definite singular attributive sene)
* late (proximate in time)
* belated, tardy
* slow

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin sine. Compare Spanish sin, Italian senza, Portuguese sem and Galician sen.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [sen]
* Hyphenation: sen

### Preposition

sen
* without

#### Derived terms

* sen- (“without, -less”)

## Fala
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sem, itself probably from Old Occitan sen (“judgement”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsen/
* Rhymes: -en
* Syllabification: sen

### Noun

sen f (plural senis)
* (anatomy) temple

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsen/, [ˈs̠e̞n]
* Rhymes: -en
* Hyphenation: sen

### Pronoun

sen
* genitive/accusative singular of se
    Elokuva oli muuten hyvä, mutta sen loppu oli hämäävä.The film was otherwise good, but its ending was confusing.
    Voisitko tehdä sen?Could you do it, please?
    Mitä enemmän, sen parempi.The more the better.
    Sen parempaa ei olekaan.There is nothing better than it.

### Further reading

* “sen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-12-01

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin sine.

### Pronoun

sen (ORB, broad)
* without

### References

* sans in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* sen in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Friulian
### Etymology 1

From Latin sinus.

#### Noun

sen m (plural sens)
* (anatomy) bosom, breast

##### See also

* pet

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sen f
* want, need, desire

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese sen, from Latin sine.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiŋ/ [ˈs̺iŋ]
* Rhymes: -iŋ

#### Preposition

sen
* without
    Antonym: en

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese sem; either from a substrate language, or more likely from Old Occitan sen (“judgement”) and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sinn (“sense, mind”) (cf. Vulgar Latin *sennus).

#### Alternative forms

* ce, cen, ene

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛŋ/ [ˈs̺ɛŋ]
* Rhymes: -ɛŋ

#### Noun

sen m (plural sens)
* (archaic) judgement
* (anatomy) temple
    Synonyms: tempa, vidalla

### Etymology 3

Unknown.

#### Alternative forms

* asén

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛŋ/ [ˈs̺ɛŋ]
* Rhymes: -ɛŋ

#### Noun

sen m (plural sens)
* (usually in the plural) fly maggots and eggs deposited in meat or food
    Synonyms: careixa, sese, vareixa

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sem”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sem”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sen”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sen”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sen”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “sien”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto sen, French sans, Italian senza, Spanish sin, ultimately from Latin sine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sen/

### Preposition

sen
* without (not having)

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛn]
* Hyphenation: sèn

### Etymology 1

From Dutch cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

#### Noun

sèn (plural sen-sen)
* cent
    Dengan redenominasi, Bank Indonesia membangkitkan kembali penggunaan uang sen di tengah masyarakat.With the redenomination, Bank Indonesia revives the usage of cents amongst the general population.

##### Derived terms

* sen-senan
* senan

##### Descendants

* → Min Nan: 占, 仙.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sèn (plural sen-sen)
* Nonstandard form of sein.

### Further reading

* “sen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *se-. Compare Finnish mitä ... sen.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈsen/, [ˈs̠e̞n]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈsen/, [ˈʃe̞n]
* Rhymes: -en
* Hyphenation: sen

#### Adverb

sen
* (+ min) Establishes a correlation between multiple comparatives in a sentence; ..., the ...
    Min enemmän siä sööt, sen suuremp siä oot. ― The more you eat, the bigger you are.
** 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:Min alemmaal ono päivyt maan päält, sen pitemp on kupahain, a min hää ono ylempään, sen lyhemp ono kupahain.The lower the sun is along the earth, the longer is the shadow, and the higher it is, the shorter is the shadow.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈsen/, [ˈs̠e̞n]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈsen/, [ˈʃe̞n]
* Rhymes: -en
* Hyphenation: sen

#### Pronoun

sen
* accusative singular of se
* (nonstandard) genitive singular of se

#### Determiner

sen
* accusative singular of se
* (nonstandard) genitive singular of se

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 514

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sen/
* Rhymes: -en
* Hyphenation: sen

#### Contraction

sen
* (literary, archaic) Contraction of se ne.

##### Usage notes

* This contraction can be used only before verbs beginning with any consonant except for an impure s.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sen/
* Rhymes: -en
* Hyphenation: sen

#### Contraction

sen
* Contraction of seno.

### References

* ↑ https://books.google.ru/books?id=2KFWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=%22men%22+%22sen%22+%22ten%22+italian+grammar&source=bl&ots=xbqZikF9Fo&sig=ACfU3U3ngM0Rix1ZnZxrI34iT_BW_1aH3A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4i5LK7frjAhVtsYsKHfrZDOQQ6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22men%22%20%22sen%22%20%22ten%22%20italian%20grammar&f=false

## Japanese
### Romanization

sen
* Rōmaji transcription of せん

## Jingpho
### Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese သိန်း (sin:).

### Noun

sen
* hundred thousand

### References

* Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese cem.

### Numeral

sen
* hundred (100)

## Karaim
### Alternative forms

* sien

### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen.

### Pronoun

sen
* you, thou

### References

* N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “sen”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

## Latvian
### Adverb

sen
* long ago, for a long time; adverbial form of sens
    tas noticis sen ― it happened long ago
    viņš jau sen dzīvo Rīgā ― he has lived in Riga for a long time

## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

Inherited from French cent (“hundred”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɑ̃/
* Rhymes: -ɑ̃

### Numeral

sen
* hundred

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* سين

### Etymology

From English cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛn/
* Hyphenation: sèn

### Noun

sen (Jawi spelling سين, plural sen-sen, informal 1st possessive senku, 2nd possessive senmu, 3rd possessive sennya)
* cent

### Further reading

* “sen” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

sen
* Nonstandard spelling of sēn.
* Nonstandard spelling of sěn.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Nga La
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *shan, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t(y)a-n ~ tsa-n.

### Adjective

sen
* red

### References

* Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

## North Frisian
### Verb

sen
* inflection of wiis:
** first/third-person singular present
** plural present

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* sein

### Etymology

From Old Norse seinn.

### Adjective

sen (neuter singular sent, definite singular and plural sene, comparative senere, indefinite superlative senest, definite superlative seneste)
* late

#### Derived terms

* sensommer

### References

* “sen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “sen” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

### Anagrams

* ens, nes

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse sin, sina, from Proto-Germanic *senawō, from Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”).

#### Alternative forms

* sene

#### Noun

sen f (definite singular sena, indefinite plural sener, definite plural senene)
* sinew, tendon

### Etymology 2

From Japanese 銭.

#### Noun

sen m (plural senen)
* a Japanese sen

### References

* “sen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* ens, nes

## Old Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈsɛn/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈsɛn/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ.

#### Noun

sen m inan
* dream

##### Descendants

* Czech: sen

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь.

#### Pronoun

sen
* (archaic) this (nearby)
    Synonym: ten
    sen svět ― this world

##### Usage notes

* This word was already archaic as some of its forms aren't attested.

##### Derived terms

* dnes
* jutros
* letos
* nocśú
* senž
* snoci
* večeros

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “sen”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Old French
### Noun

sen oblique singular, m (oblique plural sens, nominative singular sens, nominative plural sen)
* Alternative form of sens

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin sine (“without”).

### Preposition

sen
* without

#### Derived terms

* sen al
* sen contenda
* sen conto
* sen engano
* sen esto
* sen falha
* sen grado
* sen guisa
* sen mentira
* sen mesura
* sen par
* sen prazer
* sen todo mentir
* sen ventura

#### Descendants

* Fala: sin
* Galician: sen
* Portuguese: sem

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “sen”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *senos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos.

### Adjective

sen (comparative siniu, superlative sinem)
* old
* ancient
** c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 9$^a$22 (Wikisource link)
    Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.

#### Usage notes

When used attributively, sen may precede the noun it modifies, in which case it is uninflected and triggers lenition on the noun.

#### Inflection

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: sen
** Irish: sean
** Manx: shenn
** Scottish Gaelic: sean

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sennus, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *sinn.

### Noun

sen m (oblique plural sens, nominative singular sens, nominative plural sen)
* direction; orientation
* sense; ability to reason

#### Descendants

* Occitan: sen

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sinnō-”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 71

## Old Prussian
### Alternative forms

* sēn, sen- (prefix)

### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *san. Cognate to Lithuanian su, Latvian sa-, Russian с (s).

### Preposition

sen
* (with dative and accusative) with, together with
** 1561, Martin Luther, translated by Abel Will & Paul Megott, Stas Likuts Catechismus [The Small Catechism], →OCLC, page 79, line 19:twais ſwints Engels baūſei ſen māimmay your holy Angel be with me

#### Usage notes

In majority of attestations, when the preposition sen is used with nouns and its determinants, the determinant is in dative case and the nouns are in accusative case.
Examples:
    sen stesmu wirdan (“with the word”) ⇒ sen + stesmu (dative) + wirdan (accusative);
    sen wissamans grīkans (“with all sins”) ⇒ sen + wissamans (dative pl.) + grīkans (accusative pl.);
    sen stesma Swintan Scrīsin (“with the Holy Cross”) ⇒ sen + stesma (dative) + Swintan (accusative) + Scrīsin (accusative).

### References

* ↑ Mažiulis, Vytautas (1997) “sen”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎ (in Lithuanian), volume 4, Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, page 98
* ↑ Petit, Daniel, Baltistica, 2007, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, pages 364-366

## Old Swedish
### Verb

sen
* second-person plural present subjunctive of vara

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish sen. Doublet of Hypnos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛn/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈsɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛn
* Syllabification: sen

### Noun

sen m inan (related adjective senny or (rare) snowy)
* sleep (state of reduced consciousness)
    Synonym: kima
* dream (imaginary events seen while sleeping)
    Synonyms: mara, senne marzenie
* (figurative) dream (hope or wish)
    Synonyms: marzenie, rojenie

#### Derived terms

* bezsenny
* senny
* przez sen
* amerykański sen
* fabryka snów
* łapacz snów
* mokry sen
* sen zimowy
* sennik
* snąć impf
* spać snem sprawiedliwego impf
* spać snem wiecznym impf
* spędzać sen z powiek impf, spędzić sen z powiek pf
* śnić impf
* znikać jak sen impf, zniknąć jak sen pf
* Sen mara, Bóg wiara

#### Related terms

* śnięty
* bezsennie
* sennie
* senno
* bezsenność
* sennictwo
* senność
* śnienie
* sennieć impf
* śnić na jawie impf

### Further reading

* sen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* sen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “sen”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 747

## Romani
### Verb

sen
* second-person plural or formal singular present indicative of si

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French sen.

### Noun

sen m (plural seni)
* sen (Japanese currency)

#### Declension
## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* si (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
* se (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
* sü (Puter, Vallader)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Adverb

sen
* (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) up, upward, upwards

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛn/

### Noun

sen m inan (genitive singular sna, nominative plural sny, genitive plural snov, declension pattern of dub)
* dream

#### Derived terms

* snový
* sník, sníček

### Further reading

* “sen”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

sen m (plural senes)
* senna

### Etymology 2

From Japanese 銭.

#### Noun

sen m
* sen (hundredth of a yen)

### Etymology 3

Abbreviation of seno (“sine”).

#### Symbol

sen
* (mathematics) a symbol of the trigonometric function sine

### Further reading

* “sen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse seinn (“late”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seːn/

#### Adjective

sen (comparative senare, superlative senast)
* late
    en sen kvälla late evening
    Jag är redan sen till ett möteI’m already late for a meeting

##### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

##### Antonyms

* tidig

##### Derived terms

* försena
* senantik
* senbarock
* sengotik
* sengrekisk
* sengustaviansk
* senlatin
* senmedeltid
* senromantik
* senromersk
* sensommar
* sentida
* senvinter
* senvår
* tack för senast

### Etymology 2

Syncopic form of sedan, from Old Swedish siþan, from Old Norse síðan.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: zen

#### Adverb

sen (not comparable)
* (somewhat colloquial) Alternative form of sedan
    Först gjorde vi si, och sen gjorde vi såFirst we did like this, and then we did like that

### References

* sen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* sen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* sen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* ens, sne

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology 1

From English chain.

#### Noun

sen
* chain

### Etymology 2

From English cent.

#### Noun

sen
* cent

##### Descendants

* → Rotokas: sieri

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سن (sen, “thou”), from Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”). Cognate to siz (“you”) derived from the same root. Compare Old Turkic 𐰾𐰤 (sen, “you”), Karakhanid سَنْ (sen, “you”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sen/, [sæn]
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

sen
* you (singular, informal), thou

#### Usage notes

* It is one of the two words that have irregular dative case declension. (The other words are ben and biz also have irregular genitive case declension.)

#### Related terms

* siz
* -sin

### See also
## Turkmen
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”).

### Pronoun

sen
* (personal) you (singular, informal)

#### See also
## Uyghur
### Noun

sen
* Latin (ULY) transcription of سەن (sen)

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [sɛn˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʂɛŋ˧˧] ~ [sɛŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʂɛŋ˧˧] ~ [sɛŋ˧˧]

### Etymology 1

From Old Chinese 蓮 (OC *k.[r]ˤe[n]) (B-S) (SV: liên).
Compare the village name Kim Liên 金蓮 (MC kim len), whose demotic name (tên Nôm) is Sen.

#### Noun

(classifier cây, bông, hoa) sen • (𬞮)
* lotus

##### Derived terms

* tắm hoa sen
* vòi hoa sen
* vòi sen

### Etymology 2

Possibly from French jeune servante (“young maidservant”). Attested since 19th century. The second sense is from a humourous perception that owners of cats and dogs are servants to their pets.

#### Noun

(classifier con) sen
* maidservant
** 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, Cơm Thầy Cơm Cô (Master's Food, Mistress's Food), Ch 4. "Cuốn Tiểu Thuyết của Con Sen Đũi (The Novella of Đũi the Maidservant)"
    Trong khi ngồi trước đèn để thuật lại câu chuyện này, tôi cũng muốn cho mơ màng để cái cuộc giãi bày tâm sự của con sen có được một chút thi vịWhile sitting before the lamp to recount this story, I also want to make it dreamy so that the maidservant's pouring her heart out shall have a little bit of poetic beauty.
    Synonym: Ô-sin; người giúp việc; người ở
* (slang, humorous) owner of cat or dog; hooman

### References

* ↑ Ngọc Tiến, "Nghề Giúp Việc Xưa" (Domestic Works of Old)] Hà Nội Mới (in Vietnamese). Original (29 September 2013); republication (8 August 2016)/
* ↑ Đông Hà, "Vì sao con sen là kẻ hầu người hạ? (Why is 'con sen' a servant?)" Vietcetera (in Vietnamese)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛn

### Verb

sen (not mutable)
* Contraction of basen.