D
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| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D |
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| Basic Latin | U+0044 |
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
From Etruscan 𐌃 (D), from Greek Δ (D), “‘Delta’”), from Phoenician 𐤃 (D), “‘dalet’”).
[edit] Letter
D upper case (lower case d)
- The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
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- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter D): Ďď Ḋḋ Ḑḑ Ḍḍ Ḓḓ Ḏḏ Đđ D̦d̦ Ɖɖ Ɗɗ Ƌƌ ᵭ ᶁ ᶑ ȡ ᴅ Dd ȸ DZDzdz DZDzdz DŽDždž DŽDždž
[edit] Etymology 2
A simplification of Ð under the graphic influence of the letter D, from a standardization of Ɔ superposed on a ⋌ or ⊢, from the practice of circling each hundredth ⋌ (now Roman numeral V), the tally stick notch mark representing five.
[edit] Numeral
D (upper case Roman numeral, lower case d)
- (mathematics) cardinal number five hundred (500).
[edit] Etymology 3
- (chemistry, deuterium): abbreviation of deuterium
- (computing, hexadecimal 13): From its position as the thirteenth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}
- (Germany): abbreviation of German word Deutschland (“‘Germany’”)
[edit] Symbol
D
- (chemistry) Deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen.
- (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for thirteen.
- A standard size of dry cell battery larger than C.
- Vehicle-distinguishing sign for Germany. [Clarification of this definition is requested]
- (biochemistry) IUPAC one-letter abbreviation for aspartic acid.
- (mathematics) The differential operator in calculus and analysis.
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Other representations of D:
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Uppercase and lowercase D in Fraktur |
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English upper case letter D from 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d), “‘daeg’”).
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D (upper case, lower case d)
- Dee, the fourth letter of the English alphabet.
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[edit] Etymology 2
Various abbreviations
[edit] Abbreviation
D
- Defense.
- (US politics) Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.
- D-New York
- Deny. [Clarification of this definition is requested]
- Divorced.
- Down (direction).
- Drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
- (printing) Duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
- Dutch language.
- (with “The”) The City of Detroit.
[edit] Etymology 3
From the shape of the upper case letter "D"
[edit] Noun
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D (plural Ds)
- (snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
[edit] Etymology 4
From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.
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D (plural Ds)
- a grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C
[edit] American Sign Language
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(Stokoe D)
- The letter D
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /deː/
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D (capital, lowercase d)
- The fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
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[edit] Esperanto
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
- The fifth letter of the Esperanto alphabet.
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[edit] Hungarian
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D
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[edit] Italian
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[edit] Noun
D m. and f. inv.
- The fourth letter of the Italian, and of the Latin alphabets
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /de/
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D (capital, lowercase d)
- The sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /d/. Preceded by C and followed by E.
[edit] Slovene
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[edit] Letter
D (capital, lowercase d)
- The 5th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by Č and followed by E.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
- The fifth letter of the Spanish alphabet.
