different between plene vs plena

English

Etymology

From Latin pl?nus (“full”) (adjective) or pl?n? (“fully”) (adverb).

Adverb

plene (not comparable)

1. (chiefly of abjad script) With matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.

Adjective

plene (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Full.
2. (chiefly of abjad script) Written with matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).

   Antonym: defective

Noun

plene (plural plenes)

1. (chiefly of abjad script) A word written with matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).

Anagrams

• Le Pen

Esperanto

Adverb

plene

1. fully

Coordinate terms

• parte

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

pl?n? (comparative pl?nius, superlative pl?nissim?)

1. fully, completely

Etymology 2

Adjective

pl?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of pl?nus

References

• plene in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• plene in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• plene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology 1

Noun

plena (countable and uncountable, plural plenas)

1. (music, uncountable) A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics
2. (music, countable) A song in this style

Etymology 2

Noun

plena

1. plural of plenum

Anagrams

• 'plane, Alpen, Nepal, Palen, palen, panel, penal, plane

Catalan

Adjective

plena f sg

1. feminine singular of ple

Noun

plena f (plural plenes)

1. (castells) in a castell with three or five castellers per level, the column to the right of the rengla
2. (games) A game similar to bingo popular around Christmastime.

   Synonyms: quina, quinto, rifla

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pl?na, *pelena (“thin skin, thin fabric”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?na/

Noun

plena f

1. diaper (US), nappy (UK)

Declension

Synonyms

• plenka f

References

Further reading

• plena in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• plena in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Etymology

Compare Latin pl?n?rius, Catalan ple, French plein, Ido plena, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?plena/
• Hyphenation: ple?na

Adjective

plena (accusative singular plenan, plural plenaj, accusative plural plenajn)

1. full, complete
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":

     De peko kaj mizero estas plena la tero.

     The earth is full of sin and misery.

Usage notes

-plena is used in many compounds to mean "full of", similar to the suffix -ful.

Antonyms

• malplena (“empty”)

Derived terms

• nuboplena (“overcast”)
• plenmano (“handful”)
• plenplena (“chock full”)

Ido

Etymology

Compare Catalan ple, Esperanto plena, French plein, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.

Adjective

plena

1. full

Antonyms

• vakua

Interlingua

Verb

plena

1. present of plenar
2. imperative of plenar

Latin

Adjective

pl?na

1. nominative feminine singular of pl?nus
2. nominative neuter plural of pl?nus
3. accusative neuter plural of pl?nus
4. vocative feminine singular of pl?nus
5. vocative neuter plural of pl?nus

Adjective

pl?n?

1. ablative feminine singular of pl?nus

Portuguese

Adjective

plena

1. feminine singular of pleno

Spanish

Etymology 1

Adjective

plena

1. feminine singular of pleno

Etymology 2

From French plaine.

Noun

plena f (plural plenas)

1. (Louisiana) a plain, pl. plains

Etymology 3

Uncertain, but often attributed as a folk etymology to an event at which an immigrant woman to Puerto Rico from the lesser antilles by the name of Ana or Anna, vigorously played a rhythm on a tambourine type instrument to shouts of "Play Anna! Play Anna!".

Noun

plena f (plural plenas)

1. (Carribean Spanish) a type of music from the island of Puerto Rico featuring a characteristic rhythm played upon frame drums called panderetas