Denis
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛnɪs/, /dəˈni/
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Proper noun
Denis
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, a mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis.
- 1599, 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 606515358, [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?
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- A surname.
French
Alternative forms
- Denys (historical)
Etymology
From Latin Dionȳsius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.ni/
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Proper noun
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
Related terms
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Denis m (Cyrillic spelling Денис)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis, Denis
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛnis/
Proper noun
Denis m (genitive singular Denisa, nominative plural Denisovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name
Declension
Derived terms
- Denisko
Further reading
- Denis in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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