Denis
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛnɪs/, /dəˈni/
Proper noun
Denis
- A male given name, a mostly British spelling variant of Dennis.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, King Henry the Fifth, Act V, Scene II:
- Shall not thou and I, between Saint Denis and Saint George, compound a boy, half French, half English, that shall go to Constantinople and take the Turk by the beard?
- 1599, William Shakespeare, King Henry the Fifth, Act V, Scene II:
French
Alternative forms
- Denys (historical)
Etymology
From Latin Dionȳsius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.ni/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Denis m
- A male given name, equivalent of Dennis; originally given in honor of a third century bishop of Paris, the patron saint of France.
- A surname based on the given name.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Czech: Denis
- ⇒ Czech: Denisa (feminine)
- → Dutch: Dennis
- → English: Denis, Dennis
- → German: Denis, Dennis
- → Hungarian: Dénes
- → Middle English: Denis
- → Portuguese: Dênis
- → Romanian: Denis
- ⇒ Romanian: Denisa (feminine)
- → Russian: Денис (Denis)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovak: Denis
- ⇒ Slovak: Denisa (feminine)
- → Slovene: Denis
- → Ukrainian: Денис (Denys)
German
Alternative forms
Serbo-Croatian
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛnis/
Proper noun
Denis m (genitive Denisa, nominative plural Denisovia) declension pattern chlap
- A male given name.
Declension
Derived terms
- Denisko
Further reading
- Denis in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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