name
Meaning 1
A surname from Hebrew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
levin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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New-Zealand: /lɛˑvɪn/
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UK: /ˈlɛvɪn/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɛvɪn
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CMU ARPABET: L EH1 V IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: L AH0 V IH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A town in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. Named after William Levin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, poetic, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 5
To strike, as lightning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive, poetic
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History
Etymology
From Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levine.
From Middle English levene. Spellings in Middle English and Early Modern English include leven, levin, levyn, leiven, and leyven. The earlier etymology is less clear. It is thought to be related to Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌹 (lauhmuni) (which see for some more), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, to shine”). Possibly a regular reflex, possibly North Germanic loan, or possibly from a lost substrate.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мълния (mǎlnija) — lightning
- Danish: lynglimt — lightning
- Finnish: salama — lightning
- Persian: آذرخش (âzaraxš) — lightning
- Persian: صاعقه (sâ'eqe) — lightning
- Swedish: ljungeld — lightning
- Swedish: blixt — lightning
Real reading context