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Meaning of -cen | Babel Free

Phrase masculine CEFR B1
[ˈkɛn]

Definitions

  1. appended to the names of musical instruments, forming agent nouns denoting the players thereof
  2. appended to various parts of speech, forming nouns denoting musicians or “singers” of whatever kind (human or not)

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.
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