lene
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of lene
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
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noun
- The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
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A voiceless, or unaspirated, stopped consonant, such as Greek pi, kappa, or tau.
“When in a crasis, a lene consonant […] is combined with an aspirated vowel, the lene is always changed (except in the Ionic dialect) into the corresponding aspirate […]”
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Etymology
Anglicisation of Latin lēnis. Doublet of lenis.
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