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From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dŭ́nămĭs, “force”).

• enPR: dīn
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʌɪn/
• (General American) IPA(key): /daɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn
• Homophone: dine

dyne (plural dynes)

1. A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.

• microdyne
• millidyne
• kilodyne
• megadyne
• aerodyne

unit of force

• Bulgarian: дина (dina)

• Catalan: dina (ca) f

• Chinese: 達因 / 达因 (zh) (dáyīn)

• Finnish: dyne (fi)

• Greek: δύνη (el) f (dýni)

• Irish: dín f

• Japanese: ダイン (ja) (dain)

• Russian: ди́на (ru) f (dína)

• Spanish: dina (es) f

• Turkish: din (tr)

• dyne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• “dyne” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

• Endy, deny, E.D.N.Y., EDNY, Ynde

From Old Norse dýna, related to dúnn (“down”) (whence dun).

• IPA(key): /dyːnə/, [ˈdyːnə]

dyne c (singular definite dynen, plural indefinite dyner)

1. continental quilt, duvet

• English: doona
• “dyne” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis).

• IPA(key): /din/

dyne f (plural dynes)

1. (physics) dyne

• “dyne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• din, dine, dyn
• den, done, doene, duene (West Midland)
• dene, deone (East Anglia, West Midlands)
• dune (Southern, West Midlands)
• dynne (Late Middle English)

Inherited from Old English dyne, from Proto-West Germanic *duni, from Proto-Germanic *duniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwen-.

• IPA(key): /ˈdin(ə)/
• IPA(key): /ˈdeːn(ə)/ (East Anglia)
• IPA(key): /ˈdyn(ə)/, /ˈdœn(ə)/ (Southern, West Midlands)

dyne (uncountable)

1. din (loud noise)
2. noise, sound
3. shouting (loud voices)

• dynen
• erthe dyne
• English: din, dun
• Middle Scots: dyn, din
  • Scots: din
• “dine, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

dyne

1. alternative form of dynen (“to dine”)

From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”).

dyne f or m (definite singular dyna or dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. continental quilt, duvet

• dynetrekk
• ederdunsdyne
• helårsdyne, heilårsdyne
• sommerdyne
• vinterdyne

From Middle Low German [Term?] or Middle Dutch dūne.

dyne m (definite singular dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. a dune

• sanddyne
• “dyne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• IPA(key): /²dʏːnə/

From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”).

dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. continental quilt, duvet

• dynetrekk
• ederdunsdyne
• heilårsdyne
• sommardyne
• vinterdyne

From Middle Low German or Middle Dutch dūne.

dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)

1. a dune

• sanddyne
• “dyne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *duni.

• IPA(key): /ˈdy.ne/
• Rhymes: -y.ne

dyne m

1. din

Strong _i_-stem:

• Middle English: dyne, din, dine, dyn, den, done, doene, duene (West Midland), dene, deone (East Anglia, West Midlands), dune (Southern, West Midlands), dynne (Late Middle English)
  • English: din, dun
  • Middle Scots: dyn, din
    * Scots: din