dyne

See also: dýně

English

Etymology

From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dúnamis, “force”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dīn
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dʌɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /daɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn
• Homophone: dine

Noun

dyne (plural dynes)

1. A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.

Derived terms

• microdyne
• millidyne
• kilodyne
• megadyne
• aerodyne

Translations

unit of force

• Bulgarian: дина (dina)
• Catalan: dina (ca) f
• Chinese: 達因／达因 (zh) (dáyīn)
• Greek: δύνη (el) f (dýni)
• Irish: dín f
• Japanese: ダイン (dain)
• Russian: ди́на (ru) f (dína)
• Spanish: dina (es) f
• Turkish: din (tr)

Further reading

• dyne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “dyne” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• Endy, deny, E.D.N.Y., EDNY, Ynde

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dýna, related to dúnn (“down”) (whence dun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyːnə/, [ˈdyːnə]

Noun

dyne c (singular definite dynen, plural indefinite dyner)

1. continental quilt, duvet

Declension

Declension of dyne

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyne	dynen	dyner	dynerne
genitive	dynes	dynens	dyners	dynernes

Descendants

• English: doona

References

• “dyne” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /din/

• Audio:

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Noun

dyne f (plural dynes)

1. (physics) dyne

Further reading

• “dyne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

dyne

1. Alternative form of dynen

Etymology 2

Noun

dyne

1. Alternative form of dynne

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”).

Noun

dyne f or m (definite singular dyna or dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. continental quilt, duvet

Derived terms

• dynetrekk
• ederdunsdyne
• helårsdyne, heilårsdyne
• sommerdyne
• vinterdyne

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German [Term?] or Middle Dutch dūne.

Noun

dyne m (definite singular dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. a dune

Derived terms

• sanddyne

References

• “dyne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dyːnə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”).

Noun

dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. continental quilt, duvet

Derived terms

• dynetrekk
• ederdunsdyne
• heilårsdyne
• sommardyne
• vinterdyne

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German or Middle Dutch dūne.

Noun

dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. a dune

Derived terms

• sanddyne

References

• “dyne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *duni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdy.ne/

Noun

dyne m

1. din

Declension

Declension of dyne (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dyne	dynas
accusative	dyne	dynas
genitive	dynes	dyna
dative	dyne	dynum

Descendants

• Middle English: dynne, den, dene, deone, din, dine, done, dune, dyn, dyne
  • English: din, dun
  • Scots: dyn, din