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Webster 1913 Edition

Dune

Dune

(dūn)
,
Noun.
[The same word as
down
: cf. D.
duin
. See
Down
a bank of sand.]
A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds.
[Written also
dun
.]
Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the
dunes
or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths.
Motley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dune

DUNE

,
Noun.
A hill. [See Down.]

Definition 2024

dune

dune

See also: Düne, dűne, d'une, and dune-

English

Dunes in Namibia

Noun

dune ‎(plural dunes)

  1. (geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.

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French

Etymology

From Old French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne (Dutch duin), possibly from Gaulish *dunon ‎(“hill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyn/

Noun

dune f ‎(plural dunes)

  1. dune

Italian

Noun

dune f pl

  1. plural of duna

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Etymology

Partially from a dialectal form of down; and partially from Old French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne (Dutch duin) or Middle Low German dune; all possibly from Gaulish dunum ‎(“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‎(“stronghold, rampart”). Compare English down.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /djuːn/, /dʒuːn/
    • Homophone: June (with /dʒ/)
  • (US) IPA(key): /duːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

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