cadena
التعريفات والمعاني
== Aragonese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin catēna.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kaˈdena/
Syllabification: ca‧de‧na
Rhymes: -ena
=== Noun ===
cadena f (plural cadenas)
chain
=== References ===
Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “cadena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
“cadena”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
== Asturian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
caena
cadía
=== Etymology ===
From Latin catēna.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kaˈdena/ [kaˈð̞e.na]
Rhymes: -ena
Syllabification: ca‧de‧na
=== Noun ===
cadena f (plural cadenes)
chain
(telecommunications) channel
Synonym: canal
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “cadena”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
“cadena”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin catēna. Compare Occitan cadena, French chaîne.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [kəˈðe̞.nə]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [kəˈðə.nə]
IPA(key): (Central) [kəˈðɛ.nə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈðe.na]
=== Noun ===
cadena f (plural cadenes)
chain
(telecommunications) channel
chain, string (series of events)
(computing) string
==== Derived terms ====
en cadena
cadenar
==== Related terms ====
cadenat
=== References ===
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cadena”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Chavacano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Spanish cadena (“chain”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kaˈdena/, [kaˈd̪e.na]
Hyphenation: ca‧de‧na
=== Noun ===
cadena
chain
== Chibcha ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish cadena.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kadena/
=== Noun ===
cadena
chain
=== References ===
Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
== Occitan ==
=== Alternative forms ===
chadena (Limousin)
chaena
=== Etymology ===
From Old Occitan cadena, from Latin catēna.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
cadena f (plural cadenas)
chain
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Spanish cadena, from Latin catēna. Cognate with English chain.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kaˈdena/ [kaˈð̞e.na]
Rhymes: -ena
Syllabification: ca‧de‧na
=== Noun ===
cadena f (plural cadenas)
chain (series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal)
necklace (article of jewelry that is worn around the neck)
network (group of affiliated television stations)
(broadcasting, television and radio) channel (specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
(computing) string (ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Cebuano: kadena
→ Huave: galen
→ Tagalog: kadena
→ Zoogocho Zapotec: gden
=== Further reading ===
“cadena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025