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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin Dionȳsius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios).
Pronunciation
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
Descendants
Anagrams
German
- Dennis (borrowed from English)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Denis
- a male given name from French Denis, equivalent to English Dennis
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius.
Proper noun
Denis
- a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis
Descendants
References
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Denis m (Cyrillic spelling Денис)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis, Denis
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from French Denis.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Denis m pers (genitive singular Denisa, nominative plural Denisovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “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, 2003–2024