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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "lene"}}
==English==

===Etymology===
Anglicisation of {{bor|en|la|lēnis}}. {{doublet|en|lenis}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈliːn/}}
* {{hmp|en|lean}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|phonetics}} The smooth breathing ([[spiritus lenis]]).
# {{lb|en|phonetics}} A voiceless, or unaspirated, stopped [[consonant]], such as Greek [[pi]], [[kappa]], or [[tau]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1861|author=William Edward Jelf|title=Accidence|passage=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 {{...}}}}

====Derived terms====
* [[dagesh lene]]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eeln|Leen|Neel|elne}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-lene.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|nl|eːnə|s=2}}

===Verb===
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|lenen||s|pres|sub}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nl|leen}}

==Galician==

===Etymology===
{{lbor|gl|la|lēnis}}, in substitution of the inherited form {{m|gl||len}} (attested 13th century) which is preserved in the adverbial phrase {{m|gl|ao len|t=out in the open}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gl|/ˈlɛne̝/}}

===Adjective===
{{gl-adj}}

# {{lb|gl|literary}} [[mild]], [[gentle]], [[soft]]
#: {{syn|gl|maino|suave}}
#* {{quote-book|gl|year=c. 1300|editor=R. Martínez López|title=General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV|location=Oviedo|publisher=Publicacións de Archivum|page=280
|passage=''Madre, sabes tu que Esau, meu yrmão he veloso et eu nõ, mays som '''lem''', et se meu padre me apalpar et souber que sóóm eu, medo ey que coyde queo quis [excarnesçer], et em lugar de bendiçõ ey medo que me maldiga. ''
|translation=Mother, you know that Esau, my brother, is hairy, but not me, I'm '''hairless'''; and if my father would touch me and find that it's me, I fear that he would think that I was mocking him, and instead of his blessing I would have his curse}}

===References===
* “[http://sli.uvigo.es/xelmirez/xelmirez.php?pescuda=+lem%2C&corpus=xelmirez lem]” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: ''Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval''. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
* {{R:gl:DDLG}}
* {{R:gl:TILG}}
* {{R:TLPGP}}

==Italian==

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|it|la|lēnis}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{it-pr|lène}}

====Adjective====
{{it-adj}} {{tlb|it|literary}}

# [[mild]], [[gentle]], [[soft]]
#: {{syn|it|delicato|lieve|mite|soave}}
#: {{ant|it|aspro|brusco|forte|greve|pesante}}
# {{lb|it|poetic}} [[smooth]]
# {{lb|it|phonetics}} [[lenis]]

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|it|lenemente}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|it|lenità}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
{{it-pr|léne,lène<r:DiPI:lena>}}

====Noun====
{{head|it|noun form|g=f-p}}

# {{plural of|it|lena}}

===References===
* {{R:it:Trec}}
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==Latin==

===Etymology 1===
From {{m|la|lēnis}}.

====Adverb====
{{la-adv|lēne|lēnius|lēnissimē}}

# [[softly]], [[gently]]
#: {{syn|la|lēniter}}

=====Related terms=====
{{rel4|la
|lēnīmen
|lēnīmentum
|lēniō
|lēnis
|lēnitās
|lēniter
|lēnitūdō}}

===Etymology 2===

====Adjective====
{{head|la|adjective form|head=lēne}}

# {{inflection of|la|lēnis||nom//voc//acc|s|n}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Etymology===
From {{der|nb|de|lehnen}}.

===Verb===
{{head|nb|verb|imperative|len|present tense|lener|passive|lenes|simple past|lenet|or|lente|past participle|lenet|or|lent|present participle|lenende}}

# to [[lean]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nb|armlene}} {{q|of noun}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|nn|lena}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|nn|de|lehnen}}.

===Verb===
{{head|nn|verb}}

# to [[lean]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nn|armlene}} {{q|of noun}}

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{lbor|pt|la|lēnis}}. (The expected native form would be {{m|pt||*lem}} from {{noncog|roa-opt|lẽe}}.)

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|[en:ê*n]}}
* {{hyphenation|pt|le|ne}}

===Adjective===
{{pt-adj}}

# [[smooth]], [[mild]], [[gentle]], [[soft]]
#: {{syn|pt|brando|suave}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|pt|leniente|leniência|lenir|lenificação|lenição|lenização}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|cu|лѣнь}}, from {{der|ro|sla-pro|*lěnь}}. Compare {{cog|sh|lijénōst}}, {{cog|ru|лень}}, {{cog|pl|leń}}. Cf also {{cog|rup|leani}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/ˈle.ne/}}
* {{rhyme|ro|ene|s=2}}
* {{hyph|ro|le|ne}}

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|f|-}}

# [[laziness]], [[sloth]], [[idleness]], [[indolence]]
#: {{syn|ro|indolență|trândăvie|lâncezeală|delăsare}}
#: {{coi|ro|a îi fi '''lene'''|to be lazy, not feel like}}

====Usage notes====
See {{m|ro|leneș}}.

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-f-e-e|len|n=sg}}

====Derived terms====
{{der2|ro
|alene
|leneș}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:DEX}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Adjective===
{{head|sh|adjective form}}

# {{inflection of|sh|len||m|acc|p|;|f|gen|s|;|f|nom//acc//voc|p}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Adjective===
{{es-adj}}

# {{lb|es|obsolete}} [[soft]]
# {{lb|es|obsolete}} [[sweet]]
# {{lb|es|obsolete}} [[light]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

==Swedish==

===Adjective===
{{head|sv|adjective form}}

# {{adj form of|sv|len||def|natm|s}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|sv|a=eeln|elen}}