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variant of ceno-¹ as final element of a compound word: Pleistocene.

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Words nearby -cene

cen., cenacle, Cenaeum, Cenci, cendal, -cene, CENELEC, cenesthesia, CEng, Cenis, cenizo

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How to use -cene in a sentence

Il Lasca's Cene rank among the most considerable literary products of the age.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
Vpon Cene thursdaie, the castell de Lesparre was deliuered vnto the earle of Lancaster, and after that diuers other castels.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (9 of 12)|Raphael Holinshed
The author of Le Cene presents a marked contrast to Bandello.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for -cene

-cene

adj combining form, n combining form

denoting a recent geological periodMiocene

Word Origin for -cene

from Greek kainos new

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