dune

== English == === Etymology === Partly from a dialectal form of down; and partly from Dutch duin (from Middle Dutch dune) or from Middle Low German dûne; all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dūn, *dūnā, of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHnom (“enclosure”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of down (which see). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (non-yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /djuːn/ (yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːn/ Homophone: June (with /dʒ/) (General American) (yod-dropping) IPA(key): /dun/ (Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /dɪu̯n/ Rhymes: -uːn === Noun === dune (plural dunes) (geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by currents of wind or water. ==== Synonyms ==== sand dune, sand-dune ==== Antonyms ==== dyke, dike ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== duned ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === nude, undé == Albanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Bulgarian дю́ля (djúlja), dialectal ду́ня (dúnja), compare Macedonian дуња (dunja). === Noun === dune f (definite dunja) (dialectal, Mandrica) quince Synonym: (standard) ftua === References === Shuteriqi (1965), page 157: “dune-ja” == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French dune, from Old French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne (modern Dutch duin), from Old Dutch dūn, dūno, from Proto-West Germanic *dūnā (“hill”), of uncertain origin. More at Proto-West Germanic *dūnā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dyn/ Rhymes: -yn === Noun === dune f (plural dunes) dune ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: duna → Portuguese: duna === Further reading === “dune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Friulian == === Noun === dune f (plural dunis) dune == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdu.ne/ Rhymes: -une Hyphenation: dù‧ne === Noun === dune f pl plural of duna === Anagrams === nude == Middle English == === Noun === dune (Southern, West Midland) alternative form of dyne == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈduː.ne/ Rhymes: -uː.ne === Etymology 1 === Probably an aphetic form of adūn, adūne (“adown, down, downward”). Compare also ofdūne (“down”, adverb). ==== Adverb ==== dūne down === Etymology 2 === See dūn. ==== Noun ==== dūne inflection of dūn: accusative/genitive/dative singular nominative/accusative plural === References === === Further reading === T[homas] Northcote Toller (1921), “dúne, adj.”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary […]: Supplement, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 160, column 2. == Serbo-Croatian == === Verb === dune (Cyrillic spelling дуне) third-person singular present of dunuti