sen

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌɛsiːˈɛn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sen)

Inflections of 'sen' (n): npl: sen (For the monetary units)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
sen or sen., an abbreviation of:
  1. senate.
  2. senator.
  3. senior.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sen1  (sen),USA pronunciation n., pl. sen. 
  1. Currencya money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
  • Middle Chinese, equivalent. to Chinese qián; compare chon
  • Japanese
  • 1795–1805

sen2  (sen),USA pronunciation n., pl. sen. 
  1. Currencya money of account of Cambodia, the 100th part of a riel.
  • Khmer sein, probably Khmer pronunciation, pronounced of the French abbrev. cent., for centime centime, on Cambodian coins

sen3  (sen),USA pronunciation n., pl. sen. 
  1. Currencya bronze coin and monetary unit of Brunei, the 100th part of a dollar.
  2. Currencyan aluminum coin and monetary unit of Indonesia, the 100th part of a rupiah.
  3. Currencya bronze, cupronickel, or copper-clad coin and monetary unit of Malaysia, the 100th part of a ringgit. Also called cent. 
  • English cent
  • Malay
  • 1950–55

sen., 
    1. senate.
    2. senator.
    3. senior.
    Also, sen 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Sen / sɛn/
  1. Ivan. born 1972, Australian filmmaker. His films include Beneath Clouds (2002), Dreamland (2010), and Toomelah (2011)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Sen., sen.
  1. senator
  2. senior
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