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levin¹

  • /ˈlɛvɪn/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛvɪn

Where it comes from

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, q.v. for more), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, to shine”). Possibly a regular reflex, or a North Germanic loan, or perhaps from a lost substrate.

noun levins

  1. archaic, countable, poetic, uncountable 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.

verb levins · levining · levined

  1. archaic, intransitive, poetic 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, […]

Levin²

  • /lɛˑvɪn/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levine.

proper noun Levins · Leven · Levene · Lewin

  1. countable, uncountable 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 politica
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name.
  3. countable, uncountable 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.

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Closest in meaning: lightning, lee, ira, bongard, levine, waldman, epstein, kleine, fulmination, fulgur, flash, bolt, thunderbolt, fulmen, coruscation, fulguration

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@misc{levin_2026,
  title = {levin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/levin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}