Denis

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See also: denis, dénis, and Dênis

English

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Denis

  1. 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?
  2. A surname.

Anagrams

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Dionȳsius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Denis m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis; originally given in honor of a third century bishop of Paris, the patron saint of France
  2. a surname based on the given name

Descendants

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

  • Dennis (borrowed from English)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Denis

  1. 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

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis

Descendants

References

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Denis m (Cyrillic spelling Денис)

  1. 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)

  1. 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, 2024