catena

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin catena, from Latin catēna (“chain”). Doublet of chain. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈtiːnə/ === Noun === catena (plural catenas or catenae) A series of related items. (soil science) A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope. ==== Derived terms ==== catena compound ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === acetan == Interlingua == === Noun === catena (plural catenas) chain == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin catēna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈte.na/ Rhymes: -ena Hyphenation: ca‧té‧na === Noun === catena f (plural catene) chain bond, fetter; subordination, repression tie, cord, bond tether (a rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement) ==== Synonyms ==== ordito ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === catena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === ancate, catane, cenata == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *katesnā, further etymology unknown. Probably connected with caterva (“crowd”) and cassis (“hunting-net”). Pokorny derives catēna, caterva, and cassis from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to link or weave together; chain, net”), with casa as another possible cognate. Martirosyan connects cassis and catēna with Old Armenian ցանց (cʻancʻ, “casting-net”) and derives all from a Mediterranean substrate. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈteː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈtɛː.na] === Noun === catēna f (genitive catēnae); first declension chain ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “catena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “catena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "catena", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “catena”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. “catena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “catena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin catēna (“chain”). Doublet of cadeia. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ca‧te‧na === Noun === catena f (plural catenas) (geology) catena (series of distinct soils along a slope) === Further reading === “catena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “catena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026