n.
Pronunciation: de- ' n ā , d ā -
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Déné or Dé · nés \ - ā z \
Etymology: Canadian French, of Athabascan origin; akin to Chipewyan & Slave (Athabascan languages of Canada) dene person
Date: 1891
: a member of any of the Athabascan-speaking peoples of the interior of Alaska and northwestern Canada also : the languages of these peoples