different between dene vs lene

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Homophones: dean, Deane

Etymology 1

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English dene

Noun

dene (plural denes)

1. (Northumbria) a valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet

Usage notes

This, or perhaps Old English dene, is found elsewhere in placenames, particularly in southern England, including Dene Park in Tonbridge, Kent, The Dene in Southwater, Sussex, Deepdene in Dorking, Surrey, The Dene in Alresford, Hampshire, Dene Hollow in south Birmingham, Denefield in Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, and Primrose Dene in Knottingley, Yorkshire

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to Middle Low German düne (“dune”).

Noun

dene (plural denes)

1. a sand dune by the seashore

Anagrams

• Eden, Ende, deen, eden, ende, need

Middle English

Noun

dene

1. Alternative form of dynne

Old English

Alternative forms

• denu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *danj?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?en- (“low ground”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de.ne/

Noun

dene f

1. valley
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Another Vision"

Declension

Descendants

• English: dene

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?e?n?e/

Verb

dene

1. Alternative spelling of déne

Mutation

South Slavey

Etymology

Cognates include Navajo diné and Dogrib done.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.n?/

Noun

dene

1. man
2. husband
3. person
4. (specifically) Slavey person

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 19

English

Noun

lene (plural lenes)

1. (phonetics) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
2. (phonetics) Any of the lene consonants, such as Greek pi, kappa, tau.

Anagrams

• Leen, Neel, elne

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?n?

Verb

lene

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of lenen

Anagrams

• leen

Galician

Etymology

From Latin l?nis, in substitution of the inherited form len (attested 13th century) which is preserved in the adverbial phrase ao len (“out in the open”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?ne?/

Adjective

lene m or f (plural lenes)

1. (literary) mild, gentle, soft
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 280:

     Madre, sabes tu que Esau, meu yrmão he veloso et eu nõ, mays som lem, et se meu padre me apalpar et souber que sóóm eu, medo ey que coyde queo quis [excarnesçer], et em lugar de bendiçõ ey medo que me maldiga.

     Mother, you know that Esau, my brother, is hairy, but not me, I'm hairless; and if my father would touch me and find that it's me, I fear that he would think that I was mocking him, and instead of his blessing I would have his curse

   Synonyms: maino, suave

References

• “lem” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “lene” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “lene” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lene” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin l?nis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.ne/
• Rhymes: -?ne
• Hyphenation: lè?ne

Adjective

lene (plural leni) (literary)

1. mild, gentle, soft

   Synonyms: delicato, lieve, mite, soave

   Antonyms: aspro, brusco, forte, greve, pesante

2. (poetic) smooth
3. (phonetics) lenis

Derived terms

• lenemente

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le.ne/
• Rhymes: -ene
• Hyphenation: lé?ne

Noun

lene f pl

1. plural of lena

Latin

Etymology 1

From l?nis.

Adverb

l?ne (comparative l?nius, superlative l?nissim?)

1. softly, gently

   Synonym: l?niter

Related terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

l?ne

1. nominative singular neuter of l?nis
2. vocative singular neuter of l?nis
3. accusative singular neuter of l?nis

References

• lene in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lene in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German lehnen

Verb

lene (imperative len, present tense lener, passive lenes, simple past lenet or lente, past participle lenet or lent, present participle lenende)

1. to lean

Derived terms

• armlene (of noun)

References

• “lene” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lena

Etymology

From German lehnen

Verb

lene

1. to lean

Derived terms

• armlene (of noun)

References

• “lene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin l?nis, l?nem. (The expected native form would be *lem from Old Portuguese l?e.)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?le.ni/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?le.n?/
• Hyphenation: le?ne

Adjective

lene m or f (plural lenes, comparable)

1. smooth, mild, gentle, soft

   Synonyms: brando, suave

Related terms

• leniente
• leniência

Romanian

Etymology

From Slavic *l?n?. Compare Serbo-Croatian lijén?st, Russian ???? (len?), Polish le?. Cf also Aromanian leani.

Noun

lene f (uncountable)

1. laziness, sloth, idleness, indolence

   Synonyms: indolen??, trând?vie, lâncezeal?, del?sare

Derived terms

Swedish

Adjective

lene

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of len.

Anagrams

• elen