Meaning of -cen | Babel Free
[ˈkɛn]Definitions
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appended to the names of musical instruments, forming agent nouns denoting the players thereof declension-3, masculine, morpheme
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appended to various parts of speech, forming nouns denoting musicians or “singers” of whatever kind (human or not) declension-3, masculine, morpheme
Equivalents
English
player
Examples
“cicūticen, citharicen, cornicen, fidicen, liticen, lyricen, tībīcen, tubicen”
“oscen, psalmicen, siticen”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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