Denis

See also: denis, dénis, and Dênis

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛnɪs/, /dəˈni/

Proper noun

Denis

  1. 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?

Anagrams


French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Dionȳsius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də.ni/
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Proper noun

Denis m

  1. A male given name, equivalent of Dennis; originally given in honor of a third century bishop of Paris, the patron saint of France.
  2. A surname based on the given name.

Descendants

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German

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Denis

  1. A male given name borrowed from French, cognate to Dennis.

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Denis m (Cyrillic spelling Денис)

  1. A male given name, Dennis, Denis

Declension


Slovak

Etymology

From French Denis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛnis/

Proper noun

Denis m (genitive Denisa, nominative plural Denisovia) declension pattern chlap

  1. A male given name.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Denisko

Further reading

  • Denis in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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