skene

From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “tent”). Doublet of scene and scena.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskiːni/

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• Rhymes: -iːni

skene

1. An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the stage.

skene (plural skenes)

1. Alternative form of skean (“a kind of dagger”).
   • 1855, Charles Kingsley, “Clovelly Court in the Olden Time”, in Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, […], volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 163:

     But in the dead of njight, who should come in but James Desmond, sword in hand, with a dozen of his ruffians at his heels, each with his glib over his ugly face, and his skene in his hand.

• skene-dhu, skene dhu

• Enkes, Keens, Skeen, keens, knees, kènes, neeks

Semi-adapted borrowing from English scene. Ultimately from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈskene/, [ˈs̠k̟e̞ne̞]
• Rhymes: -ene
• Syllabification^(key): ske‧ne
• Hyphenation^(key): ske‧ne

skene (colloquial)

1. scene, subculture

   räpskene – the rap scene

   taideskene – the art scene

   Synonym: alakulttuuri

2. demoscene

   Synonym: demoskene

• “skene”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• sceyne

Borrowed from Middle Irish scian, from Old Irish scían, from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā; compare Middle Welsh ysgien. This word was borrowed late enough for the orthographic final vowel to be illusory.

• IPA^(key): /skɛːn/, /skɛi̯n/

skene (plural skenes)

1. (Late Middle English, rare) skean (kind of dagger)

• English: skean, skene, skeyn

• “skēne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.