different between zean vs sean

English

Etymology

Former trade name. See Zea (“genus of grasses”).

Noun

zean (uncountable)

1. (medicine, archaic) A highly concentrated fluid extract of cornsilk used as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic.

Anagrams

• Anez, Zane, naze

Basque

Noun

zean

1. inessive singular of ze

English

Noun

sean (plural seans)

1. Alternative form of seine

Verb

sean (third-person singular simple present seans, present participle seaning, simple past and past participle seaned)

1. Alternative form of seine
   • 1874, Edmund William Hunt Holdsworth, Deep-sea fishing and fishing boats (page 157)

     Seaning is conducted on a large scale at St. Ives for the capture of pilchards […]

Anagrams

• ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Nase, Sena, eans, nase, sane

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sen (compare Manx shenn), from Proto-Celtic *senos (compare Welsh hen), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”) (compare Latin senior/senex, Lithuanian s?nas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /?æ?n?/

Adjective

sean (comparative sine) (used predicatively)

1. old

Usage notes

• When used attributively, the prefix sean- is used instead.

Noun

sean m (genitive singular sean, nominative plural seana)

1. senior, ancestor
2. oldness; old thing

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "sean" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 sen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• seann

Etymology

From Old Irish sen (compare Manx shenn), from Proto-Celtic *senos (compare Welsh hen), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”) (compare Latin senior/senex, Lithuanian s?nas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n/

Adjective

sean (comparative sine)

1. old

Derived terms

Further reading

• “sean” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 sen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sean/, [?se.ãn]

Verb

sean

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of ser.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of ser.
3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of ser.

Volapük

Noun

sean (nominative plural seans)

1. ocean (large body of water)

Declension