Danish

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Noun

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dyner c

  1. indefinite plural of dyne

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French disner (breakfast, lunch), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre, contraction of disieiūnāre. Doublet of dynen, from the same Old French word in its original verbal function.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈneːr/, /ˈdinər/, /diːˈneːr/, /ˈdiːnər/

Noun

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dyner (plural dyners)

  1. lunch (main meal of the day, consumed at midday)
  2. (rare) breakfast (first meal of the day)

Descendants

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  • English: dinner (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: denner
  • Yola: dineare, deneare

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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dyner m or f

  1. indefinite plural of dyne (Etymology 1)

dyner m

  1. indefinite plural of dyne (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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dyner f

  1. indefinite plural of dyne

Swedish

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Noun

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dyner c

  1. indefinite plural of dyn

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dyner

  1. Soft mutation of tyner.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tyner dyner nhyner thyner
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.