English Explanatory Dictionary

leven

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. Pronunciation spelling of eleven.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of levin (“lightning”).
verb
  1. Obsolete spelling of leaven.
name
  1. A coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3800).
  2. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1045).
  3. A short river in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, which flows from Loch Lomond to the Firth of Clyde.
  4. A river in Perth and Kinross council area and Fife council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Leven to the Firth of Forth at the town of Leven.
  5. A short river in Cumbria, England, which flows from Lake Windermere to Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea.
  6. A river in North Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Tees.
  7. A Scottish earldom.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɛvən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-leven.wav

Word forms

leven 'leven leben levens levening levened

Etymology

See eleven.

Derived words

fifty-leven forty-leven ninety-leven thirty-leven twenty-leven Levenmouth Loch Leven
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