senha

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese senna, from Latin signa, from signum, of Proto-Indo-European origin. Doublet of sino, senho, signo, and sina. Cognate of Spanish seña and Sicilian sinna.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.ɲɐ/ [ˈsẽ.j̃ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɲa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ(j).ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɲɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɲɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɲɐ/

Rhymes: -eɲɐ, -ɐɲɐ
Hyphenation: se‧nha

Noun

senha f (plural senhas)

password (a word used to gain access)
Synonyms: palavra-passe, (computing) password
shibboleth (a word to distinguish someone as belonging to a particular group)

Related terms

senho
sino

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