plene

English

Etymology

From Latin plēnus (“full”). The senses relating to abjad writing are more precisely from the adverbial form plēnē (“fully”); they were originally used in the context of Hebrew.

Adverb

plene (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly of abjad script) With all vowels and other diacritics written out.

Adjective

plene (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Full.
  2. (chiefly of abjad script) Written with all vowels and other diacritics.

Noun

plene (plural plenes)

  1. (chiefly of abjad script) A word written with all vowels and other diacritics.

Esperanto

Adverb

plene

  1. fully

Coordinate terms

Latin

Adverb

plēnē

  1. fully

Adjective

plēne

  1. vocative masculine singular of plēnus

References

  • plene in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plene in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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