"sene" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: seene [alternative], senie [alternative]
Etymology: From Old French sene. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|sene}} Old French sene Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sene (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) Senna. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sene-en-noun-BJgUL5NO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Pages with 17 entries, Pages with entries, Currencies, Samoa Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 17 entries: 7 8 4 25 2 7 9 6 7 8 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 11 2 21 1 8 11 8 10 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Currencies: 71 29 Disambiguation of Samoa: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: senes [plural]
Etymology: From Samoan sene, in turn from English cent. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sm|sene}} Samoan sene, {{der|en|en|cent}} English cent Head templates: {{en-noun}} sene (plural senes)
  1. A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a Samoan tala.
    Sense id: en-sene-en-noun-NO5pYsRU Categories (other): English terms borrowed back into English, Samoa Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 50 50 Disambiguation of Samoa: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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