What does "sen" mean?
Self.
Sen
/sɛn/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Self.
- Grammar: sen is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: from then, informal you, since, you informal singular.
- Useful contrasts: before, earlier, previously.
- Usage evidence: I could not buy the 3 sen stamp to put on the letter, so it ended up staying for many days on top of the tokonoma.
How to use "sen"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Self. East-Midlands, Yorkshire
""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.""
- 2 A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
- 3 A unit of Indonesian currency, worth one hundredth of a rupiah.
- 4 A unit of Malaysian currency, worth one hundredth of a ringgit.
- 5 A unit of length equal 20 wa, 40 meters. uncountable
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- 6 Initialism of special educational needs. Hong-Kong, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 7 Alternative form of Sen.. alt-of, alternative
- 8 a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel wordnet
- 9 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."
- 10 A coin of this value.
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of Zen. alt-of, alternative, obsolete
"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..."
- 2 A surname from Bengali.
- 3 A surname from Khmer.
Synonyms
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Example
"I could not buy the 3 sen stamp to put on the letter, so it ended up staying for many days on top of the tokonoma."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "sen"?
Common synonyms include: from then, informal you, since, you informal singular.
How do you use "sen" in a sentence?
I could not buy the 3 sen stamp to put on the letter, so it ended up staying for many days on top of the tokonoma.
How do you pronounce "sen"?
Pronounced /sɛn/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From a syncopation of Middle English selven, selfen, variants of selfe, self. More at self.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Japanese 銭(せん) (sen).
Etymology 3
From Indonesian sen, from Dutch cent, from Old French cent (“hundred”). See further etymology at cent.
Etymology 4
From Malay sen, from English cent. See further etymology at cent.
Etymology 5
From Thai เส้น (sên).
Etymology 6
Abbreviation.
Etymology 7
From German Sen, a former transcription of Japanese 禅 (zen).
Etymology 8
Derived from Khmer សេន (seen) or Bengali সেন (Sen).
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