Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scenes

/sinz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables: scenes
IPA: /sinz/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of scene

noun

A funny or incredible and usually chaotic situation.

British usage; Informal

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of scene

Example Sentences

"On Twitter Kathryn Myhill described the ‘absolute scenes in Morrisons’ which had sold out of pasta, flour and chopped tomatoes."
"With just five minutes left on the clock, a near carbon copy of the first goal followed, this time with Jack Grealish playing the ball across goal for Harry Kane to stoop down low and head in his first goal of the tournament. Scenes. Absolute scenes. The drinks carried on long into the night after that one."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /sinz/
British English: /siːnz/

Usage

British usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

scænes (alternative, archaic)

Rhymes With

means machines teens beans genes jeans queens screens marines greens queen's vaccines

Questions

How do you pronounce scenes?: The recorded pronunciation is /sinz/.
What does scenes mean?: plural of scene

How to pronounce scenes

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