ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lene

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈliːn/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Lene is a noun meaning (phonetics) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).

Meaning

(phonetics) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).

More Meanings

  1. (phonetics) A voiceless, or unaspirated, stopped consonant, such as Greek pi, kappa, or tau.

Example Sentences

When in a crasis, a lene consonant […] is combined with an aspirated vowel, the lene is always changed (except in the Ionic dialect) into the corresponding aspirate […]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include section, branch, dagesh, lenity, light, lambience.

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