sentina

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin sentīna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [sənˈti.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [senˈti.na] === Noun === sentina f (plural sentines) (nautical) bilge (lowest part of a ship) (figurative) cesspool === Further reading === “sentina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin sentina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /senˈti.na/ Rhymes: -ina Hyphenation: sen‧tì‧na === Noun === sentina f (plural sentine) (nautical) bilge (lowest part of a ship) === Anagrams === annesti, astenni, innesta, intensa, sannite, tensina == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *semtīna, from Proto-Indo-European *semH- (“to scoop”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *semeti (“to pour”) (compare Middle Welsh gwehynnu (“to pour”), Old Breton douohinnom (“drained”)), Lithuanian sémti (“to pump, scoop”), and possibly Ancient Greek ἀμάομαι (amáomai, “to draw (milk)”). Compare also Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía), ἄντλος (ántlos, “bilgewater”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛnˈtiː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [senˈtiː.na] === Noun === sentīna f (genitive sentīnae); first declension (nautical) bilgewater in the hold of a ship (figuratively) the dregs, scum, or rabble of the population ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin sentina. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧na === Noun === sentina f (plural sentinas) (nautical) bilge (lowest part of a ship) toilet (device for depositing human waste and flushing it away) Synonyms: vaso sanitário, privada, retrete, sanita === Further reading === “sentina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “sentina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin sentīna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /senˈtina/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪i.na] Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: sen‧ti‧na === Noun === sentina f (plural sentinas) (nautical) bilge hovel; hole === Further reading === “sentina”, 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