dee

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • de (Northumbria)

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Variant of do.

Verb[edit]

dee (third-person singular simple present diz, present participle deein, simple past and past participle dyun)

  1. (Northumbria) To do.
    What are ye deein man!

References[edit]

  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

dee (plural dees)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.
    • 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
      I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
    • 2016, CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), pages 3–5:
      IED [is spoken] as "eye-ee-dee" instead of "I SPELL India Echo Delta Romeo".
  2. Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
    the pommel is furnished with dees.
  3. (colloquial) Police detective.
    the dees are about.
    • 2022 October 31, “Doomsday” (track 7, 1:53 from the start), in Kay Flock (lyrics), F L O C K A‎[3]:
      Dotty my holster, totin on this knocker (Grrah, grrah)
      If we see the Ds, bitch, move proper
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Aiwoo[edit]

Adverb[edit]

dee

  1. (interrogative) when

References[edit]

Bambara[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dee

  1. child

References[edit]

Chairel[edit]

Noun[edit]

dee

  1. water

References[edit]

  • W. McCulloch, Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill tribes with a comparative vocabulary of the Munnipore and other languages (1859, Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company)

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 弟?”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dee

  1. (Cantonese, often in compounds) brother
    華dee／华dee [Cantonese]  ―  waa4 di4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  a nickname, Brother Wah
  2. (Cantonese, poker, especially in big two) the largest of the poker cards, i.e. 2 (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
  3. (Cantonese, in compounds) big two
    dee王之王 [Cantonese]  ―  di4-2 wong4 zi1 wong4 [Jyutping]  ―  king of big two

Derived terms[edit]

Dutch Low Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Dutch die.

Pronoun[edit]

dee

  1. (relative) who, which, that

East Central German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare German denn.

Adverb[edit]

dee

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) (in a question, modal particle) then, ever, but, now (used for emphasis or to express interest, surprise or doubt, or in rhetorical questions)

References[edit]

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[4], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31:
  • https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/d.dee_1.wort

Estonian[edit]

Noun[edit]

dee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dē (“name of the letter D”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeː/, [ˈde̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Syllabification(key): dee

Noun[edit]

dee

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of dee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative dee deet
genitive deen deiden
deitten
partitive deetä deitä
illative deehen deihin
singular plural
nominative dee deet
accusative nom. dee deet
gen. deen
genitive deen deiden
deitten
partitive deetä deitä
inessive deessä deissä
elative deestä deistä
illative deehen deihin
adessive deellä deillä
ablative deeltä deiltä
allative deelle deille
essive deenä deinä
translative deeksi deiksi
abessive deettä deittä
instructive — dein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of dee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative deeni deeni
accusative nom. deeni deeni
gen. deeni
genitive deeni deideni
deitteni
partitive deetäni deitäni
inessive deessäni deissäni
elative deestäni deistäni
illative deeheni deihini
adessive deelläni deilläni
ablative deeltäni deiltäni
allative deelleni deilleni
essive deenäni deinäni
translative deekseni deikseni
abessive deettäni deittäni
instructive — —
comitative — deineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative deesi deesi
accusative nom. deesi deesi
gen. deesi
genitive deesi deidesi
deittesi
partitive deetäsi deitäsi
inessive deessäsi deissäsi
elative deestäsi deistäsi
illative deehesi deihisi
adessive deelläsi deilläsi
ablative deeltäsi deiltäsi
allative deellesi deillesi
essive deenäsi deinäsi
translative deeksesi deiksesi
abessive deettäsi deittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — deinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative deemme deemme
accusative nom. deemme deemme
gen. deemme
genitive deemme deidemme
deittemme
partitive deetämme deitämme
inessive deessämme deissämme
elative deestämme deistämme
illative deehemme deihimme
adessive deellämme deillämme
ablative deeltämme deiltämme
allative deellemme deillemme
essive deenämme deinämme
translative deeksemme deiksemme
abessive deettämme deittämme
instructive — —
comitative — deinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative deenne deenne
accusative nom. deenne deenne
gen. deenne
genitive deenne deidenne
deittenne
partitive deetänne deitänne
inessive deessänne deissänne
elative deestänne deistänne
illative deehenne deihinne
adessive deellänne deillänne
ablative deeltänne deiltänne
allative deellenne deillenne
essive deenänne deinänne
translative deeksenne deiksenne
abessive deettänne deittänne
instructive — —
comitative — deinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative deensä deensä
accusative nom. deensä deensä
gen. deensä
genitive deensä deidensä
deittensä
partitive deetään
deetänsä 		deitään
deitänsä
inessive deessään
deessänsä 		deissään
deissänsä
elative deestään
deestänsä 		deistään
deistänsä
illative deehensä deihinsä
adessive deellään
deellänsä 		deillään
deillänsä
ablative deeltään
deeltänsä 		deiltään
deiltänsä
allative deelleen
deellensä 		deilleen
deillensä
essive deenään
deenänsä 		deinään
deinänsä
translative deekseen
deeksensä 		deikseen
deiksensä
abessive deettään
deettänsä 		deittään
deittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — deineen
deinensä

Gokana[edit]

Noun[edit]

dee

  1. day

References[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.e/, (traditional) */ˈdɛ.e/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛe
  • Hyphenation: dè‧e

Noun[edit]

dee f

  1. plural of dea

Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

dee

  1. (archaic, poetic or popular Tuscan) Alternative form of deve, third-person singular present indicative of dovere

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 dee in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ dovere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

dee

  1. vocative singular of deus

Lombard[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin deus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Western, Milanese) IPA(key): /deː/
  • Hyphenation: dee

Noun[edit]

dee m (feminine deja, masculine plural dee, feminine plural deje) (New Lombard Orthography)

  1. god, deity
    Synonym: dia

Low German[edit]

Verb[edit]

dee

  1. first-person singular past of doon

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French dé, from Latin datum. Cognate with French dé.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /deː/, /diː/, /dæi̯/

Noun[edit]

dee (plural dees)

  1. A die or dice (cube used in games and gambling)
  2. A game which utilises or employs dice.
  3. (rare) A piece or cube of diced food.
  4. (rare) Something of little value.

Descendants[edit]

  • English: die; dice
  • Scots: die; dice

References[edit]

Scots[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Middle English, from Old English dīġan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *dauwjan (“to die”).

Compare English die, Danish dø, Norwegian Nynorsk døy, Norwegian Bokmål dø, Icelandic deyja, Swedish dö, Faroese doyggja.

Verb[edit]

dee (third-person singular simple present dees, present participle deein, simple past dee'd, past participle dee'd)

  1. to die
    • 1852-1859, Lady John Scott (lyrics and music), “Annie Laurie”, in Scottish Songs‎[5]:
      Maxwelton braes are bonnie, / Where early fa's the dew, / And its there that Annie Laurie, / Gie'd me her promise true / Gie'd me her promise true, / Which ne'er forgot shall be, / And for bonnie Annie Laurie / I'd lay me doon and dee.
      Maxwelton hills are pretty, / Where early falls the dew, / And it's there that Annie Laurie, / Gave me her promise true / Gave me her promise true, / Which never forgot shall be, / And for pretty Annie Laurie / I'd lay myself down and die.

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

dee (third-person singular simple present dees, present participle deein, simple past dee'd, past participle dee'd)

  1. Doric form of dae (“to do”)
    Fit ye deein?
    What are you doing?
    • 1875, William Alexander, Sketches of Life Among My Ain Folk, page 51:
      "A twa-horse wark, maybe? or dee ye make it oot wi' ae beast an' an owse?"
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Teop[edit]

Verb[edit]

dee

  1. to carry

References[edit]

Võro[edit]

Noun[edit]

dee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

West Makian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

dee

  1. (intransitive) to arrive
    dee pe ― to arrive at
  2. (intransitive) to reach
  3. (intransitive) to be enough, sufficient
    idee yo ― it is not enough (literally, “it does not reach”)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of dee (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tedee medee adee
2nd person nedee fedee
3rd person inanimate idee dedee
animate
imperative nedee, dee fedee, dee

References[edit]

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[6], Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • iye, ye (Caura River dialect)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Cariban *jôje (“tree, wood”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dee (Cunucunuma River dialect)

  1. wood, stick of wood
  2. tree

References[edit]

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “iye”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[7], Lyon, pages 24, 170, 221, 279, 286, 343, 361, 370, 415
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “de:”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “dē”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎[8], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English deyen, from Old English dīeġan, from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwjan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

dee (simple past deeth)

  1. to die

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 33
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