different between senile vs senate
senile
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French senile, from Latin sen?lis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), from Gaulish and Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?si?na?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sina?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
senile (comparative more senile, superlative most senile)
- Of, or relating to old age.
- (often offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
Antonyms
- juvenile
Derived terms
Related terms
- senate
- senator
- senescence
- senility
- senior
- seniority
Translations
Noun
senile (plural seniles)
- (dated, medicine) A person who is senile.
Further reading
- senile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- senile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Inslee, enisle, ensile, lienes, silene
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
senile
- inflection of senil:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Etymology
From Latin sen?lis.
Adjective
senile (plural senili)
- senile
Related terms
- senilità
Anagrams
- lesine
Latin
Adjective
sen?le
- nominative neuter singular of sen?lis
- accusative neuter singular of sen?lis
- vocative neuter singular of sen?lis
Old French
Etymology
From Latin sen?lis
Adjective
senile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senile)
- relating to old age
Declension
Descendants
- ? English: senile
- French: sénile
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senate
English
Etymology
From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin sen?tus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?s?n?t/, /?s?n?t/
- Rhymes: -?n?t
Noun
senate (plural senates)
- In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
- A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age and male.
- 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 11, stanza 13, lines 4338-9,
- Before the Tyrant's throne
- All night his aged Senate sate.
- 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 11, stanza 13, lines 4338-9,
Related terms
Translations
References
- senate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “senate” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
- Santee, atenes, enates, ensate, sateen, tenase
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