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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian n?n?, which is imitative of the bird’s call.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ne?ne?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ne??ne?/
• Hyphenation: ne?ne

Noun

nene (plural nenes or nene)

1. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

Alternative forms

• n?n?

Synonyms

• Hawaiian goose
• n?n? goose

Translations

Further reading

• nene (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• en- -en

Abau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?n?/

Noun

nene

1. eye

Baré

Noun

nene

1. tongue

   nunene — my tongue

   nenehei — a tongue (any tongue in general)

References

• Alexandra Y[urievna] Aikhenvald (2012) The Languages of the Amazon, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN.

Chuj

Noun

nene

1. baby

References

• Jessica Coon, Unergatives, antipassives, and roots in Chuj (2016), p. 24

Crimean Tatar

Noun

nene

1. grandmother

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French nez

Noun

nene

1. nose

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Romanian

Alternative forms

• nea

Etymology

Cf. Bulgarian ???? (nenja), Serbo-Croatian nena.

Noun

nene m (uncountable)

1. (popular, familiar) Term used by children or young people to address an older man, especially an uncle.
2. (familiar) Term to address someone used in general to express disapproval, or surprise, sometimes satisfaction, etc.

Synonyms

• neic?, bade

See also

• unchi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nene/, [?ne.ne]

Noun

nene m (plural nenes, feminine nena, feminine plural nenas)

1. baby, young child

   Coordinate term: niño

2. (colloquial) babe, baby (term of endearment for a male)

Hyponyms

• nene de mamá (“mama's boy, momma's boy”) (colloquial)

Further reading

• “nene” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

-nene (declinable)

1. fat

Usage notes

Only used of people; for animals, use -nono.

Inflection

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?n??/

Noun

nenè

1. appellation for a little girl
2. younger sister

Turkish

Noun

nene (definite accusative neneyi, plural neneler)

1. (colloquial) grandmother

Declension

Synonyms

• nine

English

Etymology

Blend of control +? gene

Noun

cene (plural cenes)

1. (genetics) A control gene.

Derived terms

• cenome

Anagrams

• -ence

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin c?na.

Noun

cene f (plural cenis)

1. dinner, supper (evening meal)

Synonyms

• gustà

Related terms

• cenâ

Italian

Noun

cene f

1. plural of cena

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *k?niz. Cognate with Old High German kuoni, Old Norse kænn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ke?.ne/

Adjective

c?ne

1. bold
2. valiant

Declension

Derived terms

• c?nl??e
• c?nþu

Descendants

• Middle English: kene
  • English: keen
  • Scots: keen
  • Yola: keen

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cenae

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ene/

Pronoun

cene

1. third-person singular masculine/neuter of cen: without him/it

Adverb

cene

1. besides
2. in any case
3. already

Derived terms

• olchenae

Descendants

• Irish: cheana
• Manx: hannah
• Scottish Gaelic: cheana

Spanish

Verb

cene

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cenar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cenar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cenar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cenar.