dé-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

French

Etymology

• Partially inherited from Middle French des-, from Old French des-, from a conflation of Latin dis- (“apart”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwís) and Vulgar Latin dē̆x- = dē- (“from”) + ex- (“out”); Compare the neological borrowing dis-.

• Partially borrowed from Latin dē- (“from”) in some cases; compare the inherited form de-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

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Prefix

dé-

1. used to make antonyms (similar to English prefixes un-, dis-)

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with dé-

Related terms

• dis-, dés-

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Irish

Alternative forms

• dá-, dó-

Prefix

dé-

1. di-, bi-, duo-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with dé-

• dé-altach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dé-	dhé-	ndé-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dé-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “dé-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024