dune
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Etymology edit
Partly from a dialectal form of down; and partly from French dune (from Old French dune), or from Middle Dutch dūne (modern Dutch duin), or from Middle Low German dûne; all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dūn, *dūnā, probably from Gaulish dunum (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHnom (“enclosure”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of down (which see). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /djuːn/, /dʒuːn/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /d(j)uːn/
- (Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /dɪu̯n/
- Rhymes: -uːn
Noun edit
dune (plural dunes)
- (geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French dune, from Old French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne (modern Dutch duin), from Old Dutch dūn, dūno, from Proto-West Germanic *dūnā (“hill”), of uncertain origin. More at Proto-West Germanic *dūnā.
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dune f (plural dunes)
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- “dune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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dune f (plural dunis)
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dune f pl
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dune
- Alternative form of dynne
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dune (Cyrillic spelling дуне)