different between dyne vs lyne

English

Etymology

From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek ???????? (dúnamis, “force”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?n
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /da?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

dyne (plural dynes)

1. A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.

Derived terms

• microdyne
• millidyne
• kilodyne
• megadyne
• aerodyne

Translations

Further reading

• dyne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “dyne” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• E.D.N.Y., Ynde, deny

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dýna, related to dúnn (“down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy?n?/, [?dy?n?]

Noun

dyne c (singular definite dynen, plural indefinite dyner)

1. continental quilt, duvet

Declension

Descendants

• English: doona

References

• “dyne” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (dúnamis)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /din/

Noun

dyne f (plural dynes)

1. (physics) dyne

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

dyne

1. Alternative form of dynen

Etymology 2

Noun

dyne

1. Alternative form of dynne

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”)

Noun

dyne f or m (definite singular dyna or dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. continental quilt, duvet

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German [Term?] or Middle Dutch d?ne.

Noun

dyne m (definite singular dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. a dune

Derived terms

• sanddyne

References

• “dyne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dy?n?/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”)

Noun

dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. continental quilt, duvet

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German or Middle Dutch d?ne.

Noun

dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. a dune

Derived terms

• sanddyne

References

• “dyne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *duni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dy.ne/

Noun

dyne n (nominative plural dynan)

1. din

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: dynne, dene, deone, din, dine, done, dune, dyn, dyne
  • English: din, dun
  • Scots: dyn, din

English

Noun

lyne (countable and uncountable, plural lynes)

1. Obsolete form of line.
2. Obsolete form of linen.

   • Nor any weaver, which his work doth boast
     In diaper, in damask, or in lyne,
     Might in their diverse cunning ever dare
     With this so curious net-work to compare.

Anagrams

• -enyl, enyl, leyn

Danish

Etymology

See lyn (“lightning”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly?n?/, [?ly?n?]

Verb

lyne (imperative lyn, infinitive at lyne, present tense lyner, past tense lynede, perfect tense er/har lynet)

1. zip (to close with a zip fastener)
2. lighten, lightning (to produce lightning)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lyn, line, lin, lynye, lyny

Etymology 1

From Old English l?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?n/, /lin/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

lyne (uncountable)

1. A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers.
2. The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown and spun for use in textiles.
3. Cloth woven from flax; linen.

Synonyms

• flex

Descendants

• English: line, linseed (in compound with seed)
• Yola: leen

References

• “l??n, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

Etymology 2

Adjective

lyne

1. Alternative form of lynnen

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?n(?)/

Noun

lyne

1. Alternative form of lynde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From lyn n (“lightning”).

Alternative forms

• ljona, lyna

Verb

lyne (present tense lyner, past tense lynte, past participle lynt, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyn)

1. (impersonal, intransitive) to produce lightning

2. (intransitive) to emit one or more flashes, to gleam
3. (intransitive, of eyes, idiomatic) to light up (in rage)
4. (intransitive) to flash; to move very fast

Etymology 2

From the adjective ly (“lew, tepid”).

Alternative forms

• lyna

Verb

lyne (present tense lynar, past tense lyna, past participle lyna, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyn)

1. (ergative) to lew

References

• “lyne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “lyne” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Anagrams

• ylen