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1820s. The earliest known use of the word Dene is in the 1820s. OED's earliest evidence for Dene is from 1823, in the writing of J. Franklin. Dene is a borrowing from an Athabaskan language. See etymology.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dene, one of which is labelled obsolete.See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /diːn/ 2. Rhymes: -iːn 3. Homophones: dean, Deane
Etymology 1
From Middle English dene, from Old English dene.
Etymology 2
Perhaps related to Middle Low German düne (“dune”).
Pronunciation
1. (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.ne/, [ˈd̪eːnɛ] 2. (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.ne/, [ˈd̪ɛːne]
Numeral
dēne 1. vocative masculine singular of dēnus
Etymology 1
From Old English dene; possibly originally the same word as den (“den”).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin dēni.
Alternative forms
1. denu
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *danją, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“low ground”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈde.ne/
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːnʲe/
Verb
dene 1. Alternative spelling of déne
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan [Term?]. Cognates include Navajo diné and Dogrib done.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): [tɛ̀.nɛ̀(ʔ)] 2. Hyphenation: de‧ne
Noun
dene (stem -dene-) 1. man 2. person 3. husband
Etymology
From de (“I”) + ne (“this”). Compare dema.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /d̪e.ˈn̪e/
Pronoun
dene (possessive prefix ti) 1. (emphatic) first-person singular pronoun, I here 1.1. dene musti tidadi puni ― Imust become a spirit
Dene definition: A sandy tract or dune by the seashore. Dictionary ... From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Perhaps ...
Old English. The earliest known use of the noun dean is in the Old English period (pre-1150). dean is a word inherited from Germanic. See etymology.
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The meaning of DENE is valley. a member of any of the Athabascan-speaking peoples of the interior of Alaska and northwestern Canada
