levin
/ˈlɛvɪn/
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New Zealand/lɛˑvɪn/
levin noun: lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.
Noun
levin (countable and uncountable, plural levins)
- Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.
- His soul was like the night around us now, dark, and sultry, and silent, but lighted up by the red levin of wrath and torn by the bellowings of thunder-passion.1864, George MacDonald, The Old Nurse's Story
- And forth rith al so leuin fares.[c. 1280, “Godrich Displays Great Prowess”, in Frederic Madden, editor, The Lay of Havelok the Dane (in Middle English), London: N[icholas] Trübner & Company, published 1868, page 76, line 2690
Verb
levin (third-person singular simple present levins, present participle levining, simple past and past participle levined)
- To strike, as lightning.
- Tremendous bursts of electric discharge levined through the clouds or lit up their under surfaces and all the rain-soaked earth, […]1937, J. Allan Dunn, The Trouble at Tres Piños
Proper noun capitalized: Levin
Levin (countable and uncountable, plural Levins)
- A surname from Hebrew.
- According to the most recent available disclosures, UDP has spent more than $910,000 backing Stevens. AIPAC, a hawkish pro-Israel group that supports both Democrats and Republicans, endorsed Stevens and has attacked Levin, who is Jewish and comes from one of Michigan’s most prominent Jewish...2022 July 12, Gregory Krieg, “Progressive pro-Israel group takes on AIPAC in Michigan Democratic primary fight”, in CNN
- A male given name.
- A town in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. Named after William Levin.
- The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin was due to the mishap of dropping the tablet at Ohau, which entailed an out-of-course stop of 3 min. to recover it.1939 November, “Overseas Railways: Locomotive Performance in New Zealand”, in Railway Magazine, page 351
levin meaning in Hindi, Malayalam, Gujarati and Assamese
levin in Hindi
- लेवीन
levin in Malayalam
- ലെവിനിലേക്ക്
levin in Gujarati
- લેવીન
levin in Assamese
- levin, lightning, thunderbolt
- বিজুলী bizuli
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- levin in Persian
- آذرخش âzaraxš, صاعقه sâ'eqe
Forms of levin
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | levins |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | levins |
| present participle | levining |
| past participle | levined |
| past | levined |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Levins |
| alternative form | Leven |
| alternative form | Levene |
| alternative form | Lewin |
Origin of levin
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.
From Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levine.
Words formed from levin
- levin brand
- Cook-Levin theorem
- Levin search
- Levinson
Phrases with levin
Words that rhyme with levin
Questions about levin
- What does levin mean?
- Levin means lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.
- What is levin in Hindi?
- Levin in Hindi is लेवीन. See Levin meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is levin?
- Levin can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce levin?
- Levin is pronounced /ˈlɛvɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of levin?
- The plural of levin is levins.
Words near levin in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: levin (page history and authors); Levin (page history and authors); levin (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); levin (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); levin (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); বিজুলী (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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