different between lisne vs liane

English

Etymology

From dialectal lissen, lisne (“a cleft in a rock”).

Noun

lisne (plural lisnes)

1. (obsolete) A cavity or hollow.
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     And I remember in my youth, in the Lisne of a Rock at King?cote in Gloce{{long s{{tershire, I found at least a Bushel of Petrified Cockles actually distinct one from another

Anagrams

• LINEs, Niles, elsin, lenis, liens, lines

English

Noun

liane (plural lianes)

1. Alternative form of liana

Anagrams

• A-line, Aline, Elain, Elian, Elina, Nelia, alien, aline, anile, elain, laine, linea

French

Etymology

From a native name, but influenced by lien (“to bind”)

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Pronunciation

Noun

liane f (plural lianes)

1. herbaceous or woody vine.
2. creeper

Further reading

• “liane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

liane f

1. plural of liana

Anagrams

• aneli
• linea