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English[edit]
Dunes in Namibia
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-Germanic *dūnǭ, *dūnaz, 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]
Noun[edit]
dune (plural dunes)
- (geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.
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Translations[edit]
a ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne (Dutch duin), possibly from Gaulish *dunon (“hill”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dune f (plural dunes)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “dune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian[edit]
Noun[edit]
dune f (plural dunis)
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dune f pl
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
dune
- Alternative form of dynne
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