marena

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

marena (plural marenas)

  1. (archaic) A European whitefish Coregonus maraena.

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Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

marena f (plural marene)

  1. sour cherry (Prunus cerasus)
    Synonym: amarena

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Ladin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin merenda (light evening meal). Compare Romansch marenda, Venetian marenda, Italian merenda, all of which mean "afternoon snack".

Noun[edit]

marena f (plural marenes)

  1. (Fascian) lunch
    Jir a marena
    To go to have lunch

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Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *marěna.

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Noun[edit]

marena f

  1. madder, plant of the genus Rubia

Further reading[edit]

  • marena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024