LENIS

Meaning of LENIS in English

[le.nis] adj [NL, fr. L, mild, smooth] (ca. 1897): produced with an articulation that is lax in relation to another speech sound "/t/ in gutter is ~, /t/ in toe is fortis"

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

LENIS — adjective Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, mild, smooth Date: circa 1897 produced with an articulation that is lax in relation …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LENIS — I. ˈlēnə̇s, ˈlān- adjective Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, smooth (of breathing, as in Late Latin spiritus lenis ), …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LENIS — /lee"nis, lay"-/ , adj., n., pl. lenes /lee"neez, lay"-/ . Phonet. adj. 1. pronounced with relatively weak muscular tension and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LENIS — adjective Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, mild, smooth Date: circa 1897 : produced with an articulation that is lax in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LENIS — [ 'lɛnɪs , 'leɪnɪs , 'li:nɪs ] ■ adjective Phonetics (of a consonant) weakly articulated, especially the less or least …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LENIS — lenis BrE AmE ˈliːn ɪs ˈleɪn-, § \ -əs ▷ lenes ˈliːn iːz ˈleɪn-, -eɪz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LENIS — / ˈlenɪs; NAmE ˈlɪːnɪs/ adjective ( phonetics ) ( of a consonant ) pronounced with not much force —compare fortis …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LENIS — (фонетика) произносимый без придыхания - * consonant согласный, произносимый без придыхания
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LENIS — a фон. произносимый без придыхания lenis consonant - согласный, произносимый без придыхания
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LENIS — (a) произносимый без придыхания
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LENIS — a фон. произносимый без придыхания ~ consonant - согласный, произносимый без придыхания
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LENIS — a фон. произносимый без придыхания lenis consonant - согласный, произносимый без придыхания
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LENIS — (фонетика) произносимый без придыхания - * consonant согласный, произносимый без придыхания
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LENIS — adj. Pronunciation: ' l ē -n ə s, ' l ā - Function: adjective Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, mild, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPIRITUS LENIS — -ˈlānə̇s, -ˈlen-, -ˈlēn- noun Etymology: Late Latin : smooth breathing
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPIRITUS LENIS — /spir"i teuhs lee"nis/ ; Lat. /spee"rddi toos' lay"nis/ . See smooth breathing . [ spiritus lenis ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LENITION — noun Etymology: Latin lenire Date: 1912 the change from fortis to lenis articulation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SMOOTH — I. ˈsmüth adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English smothe, from Old English smōth; akin to Old English smēthe smooth, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEDIA — I. media plural of medium II. me·dia ˈmēdēə noun ( plural medi·ae -dēˌē) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, feminine of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LETHAL — I. ˈlēthəl adjective Etymology: Latin lethalis, letalis, from letum death + -alis -al; probably akin to Latin lenis soft, mild …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LET — I. ˈlet, usu -ed.+V transitive verb ( letted ; letted or let ; letting ; lets ) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORTIS — I. ˈfȯr]d.ə̇s, ˈfȯ(ə)], ]tə̇s adjective Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, strong — more at fort of one of two homorganic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMOOTH BREATHING — noun Etymology: translation of Late Latin spiritus lenis 1. : a mark ' placed over some initial vowels in Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LENITY — -nəd.ē noun ( -es ) Etymology: Latin lenitat-, lenitas, from lenis soft, mild + -itat-, -itas -ity : the quality …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LENITION — -ˈnishən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin lenit us (past. participle of lenire to soften) + English -ion; intended as …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LENIFY — ˈlenəˌfī, ˈlēn- transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French lenifier, from Late Latin lenificare, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LENIENT — -ənt adjective Etymology: Latin lenient-, leniens, present participle of lenire to soften, from lenis soft, mild; akin to Latvian lēns …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LENES — plural of lenis
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LENE — (n.) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
Английский словарь Webster
LENE — ( n. ) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOFT — — softly , adv. — softness , n. /sawft, soft/ , adj., softer, softest , n., adv., interj. adj. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORTIS
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