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Meaning of lene | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

/ˈliːn/

Definitions

The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
A voiceless, or unaspirated, stopped consonant, such as Greek pi, kappa, or tau.

Examples

“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 […]”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

Leneghan Lenehan Leneva Lenexa Leney leng