strena

See also: štrena

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

strēna f (genitive strēnae); first declension

  1. sign, omen (favourable)
  2. New Year's gift

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative strēna strēnae
Genitive strēnae strēnārum
Dative strēnae strēnīs
Accusative strēnam strēnās
Ablative strēnā strēnīs
Vocative strēna strēnae

Descendants
  • Catalan: estrena
  • Italian: strenna
  • Ladino: estrena
  • Old French: estreine
  • Old Portuguese: *estrẽa
    • Galician: estrea
    • Portuguese: estreia
  • Sicilian: strina
  • Spanish: estrena, estreno

References
  • “strena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • strena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • strena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English strainer.

Noun

strena

  1. coffee or tea strainer
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