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Lee vs Lene - What's the difference?

lee | lene |

As nouns the difference between lee and lene

is that lee is a protected cove or harbor, out of the wind while lene is the smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).

As a proper noun Lee

is {{surname|A=An|English topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag).

lee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
  • (sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
  • A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection.
    • the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
  • * Morte d'Arthure
    • We lurked under lee .
  • * Tyndall
    • Desiring me to take shelter in his lee .

    Derived terms

    * alee * leeward * leeway

    See also

    * lees

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    lene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
  • (phonetics) Any of the lene consonants, such as p'', ''k'', or ''i (or Greek pi, kappa, tau).
  • * 1861 , William Edward Jelf, Accidence
    • When in a crasis, a lene consonant
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