cadena

Etymology

Inherited from Latin catēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈdena/
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ca‧de‧na

Noun

cadena f (plural cadenas)

1. chain

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “cadena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
• “cadena”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Etymology

From Latin catēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈdena/ [kaˈð̞e.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: ca‧de‧na

Noun

cadena f (plural cadenes)

1. chain
2. (telecommunications) channel

Etymology

Inherited from Latin catēna. Compare Occitan cadena, French chaîne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəˈðɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəˈðə.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈðe.na]

Noun

cadena f (plural cadenes)

1. chain
2. (telecommunications) channel
3. chain, string (series of events)
4. (computing) string

References

• “cadena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cadena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kadena/

Noun

cadena

1. chain

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Alternative forms

• chadena (Lemosin)
• chaena

Etymology

From Old Occitan cadena, from Latin catēna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cadena f (plural cadenas)

1. chain

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)

1. chain (series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal)
2. necklace (article of jewelry that is worn around the neck)
3. network (group of affiliated television stations)
4. (broadcasting, television and radio) channel (specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
5. (computing) string (ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity)

Further reading

• “cadena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10