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Etymology

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Blend of control +‎ gene

Noun

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cene (plural cenes)

  1. (genetics) A control gene.

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin cēna.

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cene f (plural cenis)

  1. dinner, supper (evening meal)

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Italian

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Noun

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cene f

  1. plural of cena

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kōniz. Cognate with Old High German kuoni, Old Norse kænn.

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Adjective

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cēne

  1. bold
  2. valiant

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

Old Irish

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Pronoun

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cene

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

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cene

  1. besides
  2. in any case
  3. already

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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cene (Cyrillic spelling цене)

  1. inflection of cena:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

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cene

  1. dative/locative singular of cena

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Verb

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cene

  1. inflection of cenar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative