dyne

See also: dýně

English

Etymology

From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dúnamis, “force”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dīn, IPA^(key): /daɪn/
• Homophone: -dyne

Noun

dyne (plural dynes)

1. A unit of force in the CGS system that is equal to the force which generates a velocity of one centimeter per second acting on one gram for one second. Symbol: dyn.

Derived terms

• microdyne
• millidyne
• kilodyne
• megadyne
• aerodyne

Translations

unit of force

• Bulgarian: дина (dina)
• Catalan: dina (ca) f
• Greek: δύνη (el) f (dýni)
• Irish: dín f
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• Japanese: ダイン (dain)
• Russian: ди́на (ru) f (dína)
• Spanish: dina (es)
• Turkish: din (tr)

Further reading

• dyne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “dyne” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• E.D.N.Y., Ynde, deny

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dýna, related to dúnn (“down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyːnə/, [ˈdyːnə]

Noun

dyne c (singular definite dynen, plural indefinite dyner)

1. continental quilt, duvet

Declension

Declension of dyne

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyne	dynen	dyner	dynerne
genitive	dynes	dynens	dyners	dynernes

References

• “dyne” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Noun

dyne f (plural dynes)

1. (physics) dyne

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”)

Noun

dyne f or m (definite singular dyna or dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. continental quilt, duvet

Derived terms

• dynetrekk
• ederdunsdyne
• helårsdyne, heilårsdyne

• sommerdyne
• vinterdyne

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German [Term?] or Middle Dutch dūne.

Noun

dyne m (definite singular dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. a dune

Derived terms

• sanddyne

References

• “dyne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dyːnə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”)

Noun

dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. continental quilt, duvet

Derived terms

• dynetrekk
• ederdunsdyne
• heilårsdyne

• sommardyne
• vinterdyne

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German or Middle Dutch dūne.

Noun

dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. a dune

Derived terms

• sanddyne

References

• “dyne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Germanic *duniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdy.ne/

Noun

dyne n (nominative plural dynan)

1. din

Declension

Declension of dyne (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dyne	dynan
accusative	dyne	dynan
genitive	dynan	dynena
dative	dynan	dynum

Descendants

• Middle English: dune, dyne, dene, dine, dyn
  • Scots: dyn, din
  • English: dun, din