dei

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Contents 1 Basque 1.1 Noun 2 Galician 2.1 Verb 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Pronunciation 3.1.2 Contraction 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Pronunciation 3.2.2 Noun 3.2.2.1 Usage notes 4 Latin 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Related terms 4.1.2 Derived terms 5 Lojban 5.1 Cmavo 5.1.1 Related terms 6 Mandarin 6.1 Pinyin syllable 6.1.1 Usage notes 7 Norwegian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronoun 8 Scots 8.1 Verb 9 West Frisian 9.1 Noun

[edit] Basque

[edit] Noun

dei

1. call

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology 1

• prep di + article i

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [d̪ei̯], /dei/, SAMPA: /dei/
• Hyphenation: déi

[edit] Contraction

dei

1. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in plural not starting with a vowel, gn, pn, ps, s+consonant, x, y, nor z).

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [d̪ɛi̯], /dɛi/, SAMPA: /dEi/
• Hyphenation: dèi

[edit] Noun

dei m.

1. Plural form of dio.

[edit] Usage notes

• The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.

  Gli dei sono scontenti - The gods are displeased.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

Dei m (often capitalized); genitive singular of deus

1. of God; God's

[edit] Related terms

• Agnus Dei
• Opus Dei
• deus

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[edit] Lojban

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dei

1. (self-referential pro-sumti, referring to parts of the text containing it) this very utterance

[edit] Related terms

• di'u
• de'u
• da'u
• di'e
• de'e
• da'e
• do'i

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[edit] Mandarin

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dei

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having either of two tones, dēi or děi.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse þeir.

[edit] Pronoun

dei (Nynorsk)

1. they

   Veit du kvar dei er?

   Do you know where they are?

2. those

   Dei der?

   Those?

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Verb

tae dei (third-person singular simple present deis, present participle deiin, simple past deid, past participle deed)

1. (South Scots) to die

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Noun

dei c. (pl. dagen)

1. day, date