dine
Di·né/daɪn/verb
dine is spelled D-I-N-E: 4 letters and 2 syllables (Di·né). It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, dine means “To eat; to eat dinner or supper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dine?
| Letters | 4: D-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: Di·né |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dine?
Dine appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dine?
- /daɪn/
Dine has 2 syllables, split Di·né in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dine.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Zazollo-dine.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Diné.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dine?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dine.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: enid, deni.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dine
- dines present, singular, he/she/it
- dining participle, present
- dined participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
- 2
To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
- 3
obsoleteTo dine upon; to have to eat.
noun
- 1
The Navajo people
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Diné.
noun
- 1
obsoleteDinnertime.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to eat; to eat dinner or supper:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dine come from?
From Middle English dynen, from Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre (“to eat breakfast”), from *disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).