"Dene" meaning in All languages combined

See Dene on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛneɪ/
Rhymes: -ɛneɪ Etymology: Probably from Chipewyan, though most Athabaskan languages have a similar word meaning "person" that's often used as the name for the people who speak the language and/or the language itself. Etymology templates: {{der|en|chp|-}} Chipewyan, {{der|en|ath}} Athabaskan Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Dene pl (plural only)
  1. An Athabascan people of Canada, especially of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Wikipedia link: Dene Tags: plural, plural-only Synonyms: Chipewyan, Dené Related terms: Dene-Yeniseian, Deneology, Diné Coordinate_terms: Na-Dene
    Sense id: en-Dene-en-noun-uePp5pQ8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English pluralia tantum, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 77 12 10 Disambiguation of Old English pluralia tantum: 85 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 91 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 4 4

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ˈde.ne/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *Danī, from Proto-Germanic *daniz, cognate with Old Norse danir. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*Danī}} Proto-West Germanic *Danī, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*daniz}} Proto-Germanic *daniz, {{cog|non|danir}} Old Norse danir Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m-p|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} Dene m pl, {{ang-noun|m-p}} Dene m pl Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun||Dene||Dene||Dena||Denum}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], - [nominative, singular], Dene [nominative, plural], - [accusative, singular], Dene [accusative, plural], - [genitive, singular], Dena [genitive, plural], - [dative, singular], Denum [dative, plural]
  1. Danes Tags: masculine, plural Categories (topical): Demonyms Derived forms: Denemearc (english: Denmark), Denisċ (english: Danish), Ēastdene (english: East-Danes), Gārdene (english: Spear-Danes), Hringdene (english: Ring-Danes), Norþdene (english: North-Danes), Sūþdene (english: South-Danes), Westdene (english: West-Danes)
    Sense id: en-Dene-ang-noun-BmWcSyyF Disambiguation of Demonyms: 84 16
  2. Denmark Tags: masculine, plural
    Sense id: en-Dene-ang-noun-xScJdXdg

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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