lene

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
6
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈliːn/

Definition of lene

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
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noun

  1. The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
  2. 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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2-letter words

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