Denis

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnɪs/, /dəˈni/

Proper noun

Denis

1. A male given name., a mostly British spelling variant of Dennis.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, King Henry the Fifth, 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?

Anagrams

• Sinde, dines, enids, nides, snide, snied

Alternative spellings

• Denys (historical)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.ni/

Proper noun

Denis m

1. A male given name., equivalent of 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.

Anagrams

• dines, dînes, dînés

Alternative forms

• Dennis

Proper noun

Denis

1. A male given name. borrowed from French, cognate to Dennis.

Proper noun

Denis m (Cyrillic spelling Денис)

1. A male given name., Dennis, Denis

Etymology

From French Denis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnis/

Proper noun

Denis m (genitive Denisa, nominative plural Denisovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name..

Further reading

• Denis in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk