glene
obsolete
glene is spelled G-L-E-N-E: 5 letters. As a noun, glene means “The pupil or eyeball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glene is glenes.
How many letters and syllables are in glene?
| Letters | 5: G-L-E-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| 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.
What rhymes with glene?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as glene.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gleen.
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).
What does glene mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteThe pupil or eyeball.
- 2
obsoleteA socket.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does glene come from?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γλήνη (glḗnē, “eyeball, socket”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).