dune
English
Etymology
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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).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -uːn
Noun
dune (plural dunes)
- (geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.
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a ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind
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French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French dune, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch dūne (Dutch duin), possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gaulish *dunon (“hill”).
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Noun
dune f (plural dunes)
Further reading
- “dune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
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- Rhymes: -une
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dune f pl
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