seny
Language: Catalan · [ˈsɛɲ] · Pronunciation: SENY (ny as in canyon)
Pronunciation: Speaker: Marvives · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
steady, practical good sense
The story
Catalans describe themselves with a pair of words: seny, the steady practical head, and rauxa, the sudden outburst that breaks through it. The pair turns up in essays and football talk alike. English says common sense and means about half of it.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Catalan
- How does it sound to Catalans?
- A point of national pride
- Where would you hear it?
- A grandmother urging calm before buying
- What does it mean?
- Keeping a cool, practical head
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