plene /pliːn/adjective 2adverb 1noun 1forms 1 adjective2 •Written with matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).The Samaritan Pentateuch reflects the trend of the plene spellings in the post-Pentateuchal books rather than the defective spellings in the Torah in the Masoretic Text. — 2011 •(no longer used) Full, complete, whole. adverb1 •With matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.In the Mishnah (according to the Kaufmann Codex), this vowel is nearly consistently written plene (about 10,000 occurrences); most exceptions are in the tractate Avot. — 2013 noun1 •A word written with matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).Thus, in the Pentateuch and in the earlier prophets the plenes are counted, whilst in the later prophets the defectives are enumerated. — 2011 formsplenes
