sien

Meaning

1. (feminine) temple (part of the skull on the side of the forehead)
2. (feminine, in-plural) temporal (temples of the head)

Concepts

temple

side of head

crown

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forehead

side

temples

Synonyms

frente

temporal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsjen/

Etymology

A development of older sen (“sense, judgement”) (compare Italian senno), influenced by conjugated forms of sentir (“to feel”) (compare siento (“to feel”)). Probably, through the intermediate of a Gallo-Romance source such as Old Occitan sen, from Vulgar Latin *sennus, of Germanic origin (compare Dutch zin (“meaning, intention”), German Sinn (“sense, mind”), Norwegian sinn (“mind”), Swedish sinne (“mind, sense”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sinn, from Proto-Indo-European *sentnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).