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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?n/
• IPA^(key): [d??n], enPR: d?n (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Homophone: dene

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman deen, from Old French deien (which became doyen in modern French), from Latin dec?nus. Doublet of doyen.

Noun

dean (plural deans)

1. A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
2. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
3. The senior member of some group of people.

   dean of the diplomatic corps - a country's most senior ambassador

   dean of the House - the longest-serving member of a legislature

   • 1955, Rex Stout, "The Next Witness", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 67:

     All of the switchboard operators had been parties to it, including Marie Willis. Their dean, Alice Hart, collected […]

Synonyms

• (Head of cathedral chapter): provost

Derived terms

• dean and chapter
• deanery
• deaness

Related terms

• decanal
• doyen

Translations

Verb

dean (third-person singular simple present deans, present participle deaning, simple past and past participle deaned)

1. (intransitive, rare) To serve as a dean.
2. (transitive, rare, informal) To send (a student) to see the dean of a university.

Etymology 2

Related to den.

Noun

dean (plural deans)

1. (Sussex, chiefly in place names) A hill.

Anagrams

• Aden, Dane, Dena, Edna, Enda, aden-, ande, eDNA, nade

Basque

Noun

dean

1. inessive singular of de

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin dec?nus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Compare Italian decano, Venetian degàn, French doyen.

Noun

dean m (plural deans)

1. (religion) dean
2. doyen

Related terms

• dîs

Galician

Verb

dean

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of dar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dan?/
• Rhymes: -an?
• Hyphenation: da?ne

Etymology 1

Noun

dane

1. masculine animate vocative singular of dan (master of judo and karate)

Etymology 2

Noun

dane

1. masculine inanimate vocative singular of dan (degree in judo and karate)

Etymology 3

Noun

dane

1. masculine inanimate vocative singular of dan (stage of Paleogene)

Danish

Noun

dane

1. (historical) Dane (historical tribe)
2. (poetic) Dane (inhabitant of Denmark)

Synonyms

• (inhabitant of Denmark): dansker

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dan?/, [?dan?]

Participle

dane

1. inflection of dany:
   1. nominative/accusative singular neuter
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse danr

Noun

dane m (definite singular danen, indefinite plural daner, definite plural danene)

1. a Dane (when referring to early Medieval times/the Viking era)

Derived terms

• Danelagen

References

• “dane” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²d??n?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse plural danir.

Noun

dane m (definite singular danen, indefinite plural daner or danar, definite plural danene or danane)

1. a Dane (when referring to early Medieval times/the Viking era)

   Riket til danane var større enn dagens Danmark.

   The realm of the Danes was larger than present day Denmark.

Derived terms

• Danelagen

Etymology 2

Verb

dane (present tense danar, past tense dana, past participle dana, passive infinitive danast, present participle danande, imperative dan)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by danne

References

• “dane” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da.n?/

Noun

dane nvir

1. data

Declension

Related terms

• da?, dawa?

Adjective

dane

1. inflection of dany:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

• dane in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

dane

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of danar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of danar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of danar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of danar

Slovak

Noun

dane

1. inflection of da?:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural