d
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology 1
Modification of capital letter D, from Ancient Greek letter Δ (D), “‘Delta’”).
[edit] Letter
d (lower case, upper case D)
- A lower case letter of the Latin script, the fourth in many alphabets, including English.
[edit] Usage notes
The letter d is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet, in the alphabets of many languages, and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the voiced alveolar plosive (IPA: /d/). In some languages and transcription systems where unaspirated stops contrast with aspirated stops, d represents an unaspirated /t/, while t represents an aspirated /tʰ/.
[edit] See also
- (select forms with diacritics) ď đ ð ƌ ȡ ḍ ḏ ḑ ḓ
- (select similar letters and symbols) ∂ ₫ ɖ ɗ
- (other scripts) δ д ד ㄷ د
- See Appendix:Variations of "d"
- Appendix:Roman script
[edit] Etymology 2
Lower case form of upper case roman numeral D, a standardization of D or Ð, from tally stick markings resembling a superimposed Ɔ and ⋌, from the practice of encircling each hundredth ⋌ notch.
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Numeral
d (lower case Roman numeral, uper case D)
- cardinal number five hundred (500).
[edit] Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as d, it represents five hundred thousand (500,000).
[edit] See also
- Lesser roman numeral symbol: c (“‘100’”)
- Greater roman numeral symbol: m (“‘1000’”)
- Roman numerals
[edit] Etymology 3
[edit] Symbol
d
- (mathematics) the differential of a quantity
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: /d/
[edit] Letter
d (lower case, upper case D)
- The letter dee, the fourth letter of the English alphabet.
[edit] See also
[edit] Etymology 2
- (died, death): abbreviation of
- (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin.
- (games, dice to use in a diceroll): abbreviation of dice
[edit] Abbreviation
d
[edit] Symbol
d
- (until February 1971) a British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p).
- £sd — “pounds, shillings and pence”
- (games, infix) dice to use in a diceroll
- 2d6 — “two six-sided die”
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /deː/
[edit] Letter
d (lower case, upper case D)
- The fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
[edit] See also
[edit] Fijian
[edit] Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: /nd/
[edit] Letter
d (lower case, upper case D)
- The fourth letter of the Fijian alphabet.
[edit] See also
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
d m. and f. inv.
- See under D
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
d (lower case, upper case D)
- The sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet.
[edit] See also
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
d (lower case, upper case D)
- A letter of the Vietnamese alphabet.

