Denise

English

Etymology

French Denise, from Latin Dionysia (feminine form of Dionysius, a male name of Ancient Greek origin indicating "Dedication to Dionysus"). Dionysus is the mythological Greek god of wine responsible for growth of the vines and the originator of winemaking.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dəˈniːz/

Proper noun

Denise

1. A female given name from French, Latin, or Ancient Greek.
   • 2024 September 10, Huo Jingnan, Jasmine Garsd, “JD Vance spreads debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets”, in NPR‎^[1]:

     Springfield resident Denise Williams' phone began blowing up on Monday while she was spending time with her children and grandchildren, not long after Vance posted.

Usage notes

• Used in medieval England, and newly borrowed from French in the 20th century.

Related terms

• Denis, Dennis

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Denisa (cs) f
• French: Denise (fr) f
• Italian: Dionisia f
• Portuguese: Dionísia (pt) f
• Sicilian: Dinisi f
• Spanish: Dionisia (es) f
• Swedish: Denise (sv)

Anagrams

• Endies, Sidnee, denies, dienes, enside, neides, seined

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Denise, from French Denise, from Latin Dionysia, feminine form of Dionysius, a male name of Ancient Greek origin indicating "Dedication to Dionysus".

Proper noun

Denise

1. a female given name from English [in turn from French, in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek]

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːˈniː.zə/, /dəˈniː.zə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: De‧ni‧se
• Rhymes: -iːzə

Proper noun

Denise f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Denise

Anagrams

• eindes, eisend, niesde

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.niz/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Denise f

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Denis

Descendants

• → Dutch: Denise
• → English: Denise
• → German: Denise

Anagrams

• dénies
• dînées

German

Etymology

From French Denise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈniːs/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Denise f (proper noun, genitive Denise' or Denises, plural Denisen or Denises)

1. a female given name from French

Declension

Declension of Denise [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Denise	die	Denisen, Denises
genitive	einer	der	Denise', Denises	der	Denisen, Denises
dative	einer	der	Denise	den	Denisen, Denises
accusative	eine	die	Denise	die	Denisen, Denises