carena

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See also: Carena, carená, and caréna

English

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Noun

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carena (uncountable)

  1. Aminophylline.
    • 1945, League of Nations, Bulletin of the Health Organisation, page 591:
      ... (theophylline dissolved in ethylendiamine; corresponding to the brands of aminophylline and carena), by intravenous or intragluteal injections for from 3-10 days, according to the severity of the symptoms.

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin carīna (keel), influenced by Ligurian / Italian carena.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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carena f (plural carenes)

  1. (nautical) keel (of a ship)
  2. (construction) ridgepole
  3. (agriculture) ridge (between two furrows)
  4. (geology) ridge, crest
    • 2001, Oriol de Bolòs i Capdevila, Vegetació dels Països Catalans:
      Per una banda, prats secs als sòls poc profunds de les carenes, per l'altra, prats molls i jonqueres al fons de les valls.
      On the one side, dry meadows on the shallow soil of the ridges, on the other, wet meadows and rush beds at the bottom of the valleys.
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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carena

  1. inflection of carenar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈrɛ.na/, /kaˈre.na/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
  • Hyphenation: ca‧rè‧na, ca‧ré‧na

Etymology 1

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From Latin carīna, borrowed via Ligurian.

Noun

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carena f (plural carene)

  1. (nautical) keel (of a ship)
    Synonym: chiglia

Etymology 2

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Form of carenare.

Verb

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carena

  1. inflection of carenare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

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  1. ^ carena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • carena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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carena

  1. instrumental singular of cara (walker; frequenting)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French caréner, from Latin carenare.

Verb

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a carena (third-person singular present carenează, past participle carenat) 1st conj.

  1. to careen

Conjugation

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾena/ [kaˈɾe.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: ca‧re‧na

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin carīna.

Noun

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carena f (plural carenas)

  1. (nautical) bottom (parts of a vessel that is always underwater)
  2. (colloquial) teasing

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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carena

  1. inflection of carenar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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