Usually means: Soft, weak in articulatory force.
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  1. lenis: Merriam-Webster
  2. lenis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lenis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lenis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Leni's, Lenis, lenis: Wordnik
  6. lenis: Wiktionary
  7. lenis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. lenis: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. lenis: Dictionary.com
  10. Lenis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Lenis: Rhymezone
  12. lenis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lenis: Legal dictionary

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  1. lenis: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Lenis)

adjective:  (phonetics, of a consonant) Weakly articulated, hence voiced; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants.
noun:  (phonetics) A lenis consonant.
noun:  A surname.

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