dune
English
Etymology
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?)
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a ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind
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French
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dyn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -yn
Further reading
- “dune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdu.ne/
- Rhymes: -une
- Hyphenation: dù‧ne
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Middle English
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