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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DUENNA

From Spanish dueña, from Latin domina lady, feminine of dominus master.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DUENNA

duenna  [djuːˈɛnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUENNA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Duenna is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DUENNA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chaperone (social)

A chaperone is an adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing inappropriate social or sexual interactions or banned activities. The chaperone is typically accountable to a third party, usually the parents of one of the accompanied young people. The word derives figuratively from the French word chaperon which referred to a hood that was worn by men and women generally. A chaperone was part of the costume of the Knights of the Garter when they were in full dress and, probably, since the Knights were court attendants, the word chaperon changed to mean escort. An alternate explanation comes from the sport of falconry, where the word meant the hood placed over the head of a bird of prey to stop its desire to fly. The English verb chaperon, "to be a chaperon," is first recorded in Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility", begun in 1796 as a sketch called "Elinor and Marianne". Traditionally, a chaperone was an older married or widowed woman accompanying a young woman when men would be present.

Definition of duenna in the English dictionary

The definition of duenna in the dictionary is an elderly woman retained by a family to act as governess and chaperon to young girls.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DUENNA


antenna
ænˈtɛnə
Avicenna
ˌævɪˈsɛnə
Cervena
ˌsɜːˈvɛnə
countertenor
ˌkaʊntəˈtɛnə
Gehenna
ɡɪˈhɛnə
henna
ˈhɛnə
Jenner
ˈdʒɛnə
kenner
ˈkɛnə
McKenna
məˈkɛnə
penna
ˈpɛnə
penner
ˈpɛnə
plena
ˈplɛnə
Ravenna
rəˈvɛnə
senna
ˈsɛnə
Siena
sɪˈɛnə
sienna
sɪˈɛnə
tenner
ˈtɛnə
tenor
ˈtɛnə
transenna
trænˈsɛnə
Vienna
vɪˈɛnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUENNA

duel
dueler
duelist
duelled
dueller
duelling
duelling pistol
duellist
duello
duelsome
duende
dueness
duennaship
Duero
dues
duet
duetted
duetting
duettino
duettist

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUENNA

Alexandrian senna
Arabian senna
beam antenna
bladder senna
burnt sienna
communal antenna
Congress of Vienna
dish antenna
horn antenna
raw sienna
slot antenna

Synonyms and antonyms of duenna in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «duenna» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DUENNA

Find out the translation of duenna to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of duenna from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «duenna» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

duenna
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dueña
570 millions of speakers

English

duenna
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

duenna
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

duenna
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дуэнья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দিদিমণি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

duègne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Duenna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Duenna
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

duenna
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

입주 여자 가정 교사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Duenna
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người giúp việc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறு பெண்களுக்காக நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள வயதான செவிலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुआना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dadı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

governante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Duenna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дуенья
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

duenna
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

duenna
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

chaperonne
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

duenna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

DUENNA
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of duenna

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUENNA»

The term «duenna» is regularly used and occupies the 100.944 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DUENNA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «duenna» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «duenna» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about duenna

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUENNA»

Discover the use of duenna in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to duenna and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Unconventional Duenna
Two young women, up from Steepwood to London for the Season, immediately attract the attention of two highly eligible young men.
Paula Marshall, 2008
2
School for Scandal and the Duenna
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 2008
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The Duenna: a Comic Opera. In Three Acts. As Performed at ...
Duenna. Nay, you fhail not (land (he Jits) i do not wonder, fir, that you aie luipnz'd at my affability— I awn, SignoF, that I was valtly piepotleifed againll you, and heing teiz'd hy ray lather, 1 tlio give fome encouragement to Antonio, Hut then, fir,  ...
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1794
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The duenna, an opera. Oxberry's ed
THE. DUENNA. ACT I. SCENE I.— A Street. Enter Lopez, r.h. with a dark Lanthoru. Lopez. Past three o'clock ! soh ! a notable hour for one of my regular disposition, to be strolling like a bravo through the streets of Seville ! Well, of all services, ...
Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan, 1818
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St. Patrick's Day Or the Scheming Lieutenant & the Duenna, a ...
Bri. No, give me a husband that knows where his limbs are, though he want the use of them--and if he should take you with him--to sleep in a baggage cart, and stroll about the camp like a gipsey, with a knapsack and two children at your ...
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 2006
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The Duenna (Webster's Chinese Traditional Thesaurus Edition)
This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Chinese Traditional thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of The Duenna.
Inc Icon Group International, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 2009
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The School for Scandal and Other Plays
DUENNA Signor Isaac, won't you sit? The Duenna sits ISAAC Pardon me, madam, I have scarce recovered my astonishment at—your condescension, madam. (Aside) She has the devil's own dimples, to be sure. DUENNA Nay, you shall not ...
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1998
8
The American Shorthorn Herd Book
DUENNA DUCHESS EIGHTEENTH, Roan, calved Jan. 26, 1880, bred and owned by F. C. Cornell, Ituaca, N. Y., got by Oxford Geneva 24221, out of Duenna Duchess 15th (vol. 18) by 2d Duke of Vinewood 19630 — Duenna Duchess 8th by ...
9
No Man's Land: A History of El Camino Real
The duenna (chaperone) of Victoria Gonzalez must have assisted the two lovers, reasoning that the duties of a duenna, are to look after her charge's morals and religious training and to teach her things she must know concerning her social ...
Louis Raphael Nardini, 1961
10
The life and exploits of the ingenious gentlemen Don Quixote ...
In which is declared who were the enchanters and executioners, that whipped the Duenna, and pinched and scratched Don Quixote ; with the success of the page-, who carried the Utter to Teresa Panca, San- cho\t wife. CID HA MET, the most ...
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Gregorio Mayans y Siscar, 1747

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUENNA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term duenna is used in the context of the following news items.
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27 June Last Night of The Proms Concert
... pieces including nursery rhyme pastiches, opera choruses, Leopold Mozart's Toy Symphony, Overture , 'The Duenna' by Thomas Linley Jnr., ... «AboutMyArea, Jun 15»
2
N.S.A. And Other Matters Leave McConnell's Senate In Disarray
Miss McConnell has always been a weak sister, a sort of duenna for the 1%. He has no purpose in life or in the senate other than to increase ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
3
Sally Forrest: Performer who made her name as a dancer, but found …
... dancing moments was in The Pirate (1948), in which Gene Kelly, singing "Nina", is slapped by the fan of a duenna when he flirts with Forrest. «The Independent, Apr 15»
4
Nina Harmer wins Monterey County Spelling Bee
She also spelled: cinnamon, dross, refugee, Olympian, homburg, mahatma, duenna, bureaucracy, allegro, marzipan, mayonnaise, and altruism ... «KSBW The Central Coast, Mar 15»
5
Monterey County's queen bee of spelling
Nina correctly spelled the following words: cinnamon, dross, refugee, Olympian, homburg, mahatma, duenna, bureaucracy, allegro, marzipan, ... «The Salinas Californian, Mar 15»
6
'Amphibious' keeps girl's head above water to win spelling bee
To make it to first place, Nina had to get past “homburg” — a hat — and “bureaucracy” and “duenna.” Spellers are allowed to ask the meaning ... «Monterey County Herald, Mar 15»
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St. Mary's student wins county spelling bee
Duenna. Chimichanga. Perfidy. Pneumatic. Cossack. Batik. Ersatz. Bolshevik. Novillo. Copyright © 2015, Capital Gazette. Related Content. «CapitalGazette.com, Feb 15»
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Faribault Bethlehem Academy student advances to state spelling bee
The word she misspelled was “duenna” — which Merriam-Webster defines as “an elderly woman serving as governess and companion to the ... «Southernminn.com, Feb 15»
9
Live coverage: The Jersey Journal's 56th Annual Hudson County …
Some examples: "salve," "duenna," "perfidy" and "sevruga." 11:23 a.m.: Tiara Fales of the Robert Fulton School in North Bergen nails the word ... «NJ.com, Feb 15»
10
'Cyrano' brings nose, language to stage
... because "It's a play from a different era, it's not contemporary," said senior Maddie Wieging, who portrays the Duenna and Mother Marguerite. «ThisWeekNews, Nov 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Duenna [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/duenna>. May 2024 ».
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