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English

Alternative forms

• senatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin sen?tor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?n.?.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?n.?.t?/
• Hyphenation: sen?a?tor

Noun

senator (plural senators)

1. A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate. The legislatures of the United States and Canada have senators.
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2. (historical) A position in government held in ancient Rome by experienced, elder officials as advisors or consultants for younger, less experienced functionaries.
3. A member of the king's council.

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Related terms

• senate
• senatress
• senatrix

Translations

Coordinate terms

• congressman, congresswoman
• MP

Further reading

• Senate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Santore, anteros, asteron, atoners, nor'-east, nose art, noseart, one-star, orantes, ornates, rotanes, seatron, tenoras, treason

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin sen?tor, ultimately from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se?na?tor

Noun

senator m (plural senatoren or senators, diminutive senatortje n)

1. senator

Related terms

• senaat
• senatoriaal

Ladin

Noun

senator f (plural senatores)

1. senator

Latin

Etymology

From sen?tus (“senate”) +? -tor, originally from senex (“old”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /se?na?.tor/, [s???nä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se?na.tor/, [s??n??t??r]

Noun

sen?tor m (genitive sen?t?ris); third declension

1. senator, member of the Roman Senate

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• sen?culum
• sen?t?rius
• sen?tr?x

Related terms

Descendants

References

• senator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• senator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• senator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorer, definite plural senatorene)

1. (politics) a senator

Related terms

• senat

References

• “senator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

senator m (definite singular senatoren, indefinite plural senatorar, definite plural senatorane)

1. (politics) a senator

Related terms

• senat

References

• “senator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sen?tor.

Noun

senator m (oblique plural senators, nominative singular senators, nominative plural senator)

1. senator (in Ancient Rome)

Polish

Etymology

From Latin senator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??na.t?r/

Noun

senator m pers (feminine senatorka)

1. senator (member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate)

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) senatorstwo
• (adjective) senatorski

Related terms

• (noun) senat
• (adjective) senacki

Further reading

• senator in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• senator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French sénateur, Latin sen?tor.

Noun

senator m (plural senatori)

1. senator

Declension

Related terms

• senat

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From sèn?t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?na?tor/
• Hyphenation: se?na?tor

Noun

sèn?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. senator

Declension

References

• “senator” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Noun

senator c

1. a senator (member of a senate)

Declension

Anagrams

• noteras, sotaren

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French senile, from Latin sen?lis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), from Gaulish and Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?si?na?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sina?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

senile (comparative more senile, superlative most senile)

1. Of, or relating to old age.
2. (often offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.

Antonyms

• juvenile

Derived terms

Related terms

• senate
• senator
• senescence
• senility
• senior
• seniority

Translations

Noun

senile (plural seniles)

1. (dated, medicine) A person who is senile.

Further reading

• senile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• senile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Inslee, enisle, ensile, lienes, silene

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

senile

1. inflection of senil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sen?lis.

Adjective

senile (plural senili)

1. senile

Related terms

• senilità

Anagrams

• lesine

Latin

Adjective

sen?le

1. nominative neuter singular of sen?lis
2. accusative neuter singular of sen?lis
3. vocative neuter singular of sen?lis

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sen?lis

Adjective

senile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senile)

1. relating to old age

Declension

Descendants

• ? English: senile
• French: sénile