Rhènè

See also: Rhene

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.nɛ/, /ʁe.nɛ/

Proper noun

Rhènè f

(Greek mythology) Rhene (a nymph, the paramour of King Oïleus of Locris, and the mother of either or neither of his sons Medon and Ajax)
- 1935, Anatole Bailly, Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,717/3, s.v. « Ῥήνη »:
  Ῥήνη, ης (ἡ) Rhènè, nymphe, Il.2, 728.
  Ῥήνη, ης (ἡ) Rhene, a nymph, Il.2.728.

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