lene

== English == === Etymology === Anglicisation of Latin lēnis. Doublet of lenis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈliːn/ Homophone: lean === Noun === lene (plural lenes) (phonetics) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis). (phonetics) A voiceless, or unaspirated, stopped consonant, such as Greek pi, kappa, or tau. ==== Derived terms ==== dagesh lene === Anagrams === Leen, Neel, elne == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eːnə === Verb === lene (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of lenen === Anagrams === leen == Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin lēnis, in substitution of the inherited form len (attested 13th century) which is preserved in the adverbial phrase ao len (“out in the open”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛne̝/ === Adjective === lene m or f (plural lenes) (literary) mild, gentle, soft Synonyms: maino, suave === References === “lem” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lene”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lene”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lene”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Etymology 1 === Latinization of earlier leno, from Latin lēnis. ==== Alternative forms ==== leno (inherited, archaic, dialectal). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ne/ Rhymes: -ɛne Hyphenation: lè‧ne ==== Adjective ==== lene m or f by sense (plural leni) (literary) mild, gentle, soft Synonyms: delicato, lieve, mite, soave Antonyms: aspro, brusco, forte, greve, pesante (poetic) smooth (phonetics) lenis ===== Derived terms ===== allenare lenemente ===== Related terms ===== lenire lenità === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈle.ne/, /ˈlɛ.ne/ Rhymes: -ene, -ɛne Hyphenation: lé‧ne, lè‧ne ==== Noun ==== lene f pl plural of lena === References === lene in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From lēnis. ==== Adverb ==== lēne (comparative lēnius, superlative lēnissimē) softly, gently Synonym: lēniter ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== lēne nominative/vocative/accusative singular neuter of lēnis === References === “lene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “lene”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “lene”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From German lehnen. === Verb === lene (imperative len, present tense lener, passive lenes, simple past lenet or lente, past participle lenet or lent, present participle lenende) to lean ==== Derived terms ==== armlene (of noun) === References === “lene” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === lena === Etymology === From German lehnen. === Verb === lene to lean ==== Derived terms ==== armlene (of noun) === References === “lene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin lēnis. (The expected native form would be *lem from Old Galician-Portuguese lẽe.) === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: le‧ne === Adjective === lene m or f (plural lenes) smooth, mild, gentle, soft Synonyms: brando, suave ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “lene”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Alternative forms === лене (lene) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic лѣнь (lěnĭ), from Proto-Slavic *lěnь. Compare Serbo-Croatian lijénōst, Russian лень (lenʹ), Polish leń. Cf also Aromanian leani. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈle.ne/ Rhymes: -ene Hyphenation: le‧ne === Noun === lene f (uncountable) laziness, sloth, idleness, indolence Synonyms: indolență, trândăvie, lâncezeală, delăsare a îi fi lene ― to be lazy, not feel like ==== Usage notes ==== See leneș. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “lene”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Adjective === lene (Cyrillic spelling лене) inflection of len: masculine accusative plural feminine genitive singular feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin lēnis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlene/ [ˈle.ne] Rhymes: -ene Syllabification: le‧ne === Adjective === lene m or f (masculine and feminine plural lenes) (rare) soft sweet light === Further reading === “lene”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Adjective === lene definite natural masculine singular of len === Anagrams === elen