Denis
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English[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Denis
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, a mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- Shall not thou and I, between Saint Denis and Saint George, compound a boy, half French, half English, that shall go to Constantinople and take the Turk by the beard?
- A surname.
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French[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin Dionȳsius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Denis m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis; originally given in honor of a third century bishop of Paris, the patron saint of France
- a surname based on the given name
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Descendants[edit]
- → Czech: Denis
- ⇒ Czech: Denisa (feminine)
- → Dutch: Dennis
- → German: Denis, Dennis
- → Hungarian: Dénes
- → Brazilian Portuguese: Dênis
- → Romanian: Denis
- ⇒ Romanian: Denisa (feminine)
- → Russian: Денис (Denis)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovak: Denis
- ⇒ Slovak: Denisa (feminine)
- → Slovene: Denis
- → Ukrainian: Денис (Denys)
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Dennis (borrowed from English)
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Denis
- a male given name from French Denis, equivalent to English Dennis
Related terms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius.
Proper noun[edit]
Denis
- a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “Denis”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Denis m (Cyrillic spelling Денис)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis, Denis
Declension[edit]
Declension of Denis
Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Denis m anim (genitive singular Denisa, nominative plural Denisovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name
Declension[edit]
Declension of Denis
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Denis”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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