D

See also: Appendix:Variations of "d"

Translingual

D U+0044, D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D ← C [U+0043] Basic Latin E → [U+0045]

Ⅾ U+216E, Ⅾ ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE HUNDRED ← Ⅽ [U+216D] Number Forms Ⅿ → [U+216F]

Ｄ U+FF24, Ｄ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D ← Ｃ [U+FF23] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｅ → [U+FF25]

Etymology 1

From Etruscan 𐌃 (D), from Greek Δ (D, “Delta”), from Phoenician 𐤃‎ (D, “dalet”).

Letter

D (lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  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

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.

Alternative forms

• d, IↃ, CCCCC, ccccc

Numeral

D (upper case Roman numeral, lower case d)

1. (Roman numerals) Five hundred (500).
2. (ordinal) the five hundredth (500th)

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”)

Symbol

D

1. (chemistry) Deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen.
2. (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for thirteen.
3. A standard size of dry cell battery larger than C.
4. Vehicle-distinguishing sign for Germany.
5. (biochemistry) IUPAC one-letter abbreviation for aspartic acid.
6. (mathematics) The differential operator in calculus and analysis.

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of D, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase D in Fraktur

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  Lowercase D in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of D:

NATO phonetic: Delta Morse code: -·· Braille: ⠑ ASL Manual: D

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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English

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”).

Pronunciation

• Letter name: IPA^(key): /diː/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iː
• Phoneme: IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d, plural Ds or D's)

1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Number

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The ordinal number fourth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Various abbreviations

Abbreviation

D

1. Defense.
2. (US, politics) Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.

   D-New York

3. Divorced.
4. Down (direction).
5. (automotive) Drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
6. (printing) Duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
7. (with “The”) The City of Detroit.
8. (euphemistic) Dick; penis.

   She wants the D!

9. (electronics) Data.
10. (Unicode) Canonical Decomposition
11. (euphemistic) Damn
    • 1878, W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, "I am the Captain of the Pinafore", H.M.S. Pinafore

      CAPTAIN. I never use a big, big D— ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. No, never! ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. Hardly ever! ALL. Hardly ever swears a big, big D—

12. (music) Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.

    Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417

    Coordinate term: Köchel number

See also

• (in Unicode): C, KC, KD, NF

Derived terms

• NFD

References

• Unicode Consortium, Unicode Standard Annex #15, revision 41 (2014-06-05), § 1.2, table 1: “Normalization Forms”

Etymology 3

From the shape of the upper case letter "D"

Noun

D (plural Ds)

1. (snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
2. (soccer) The penalty arc on a football pitch.

Etymology 4

From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

Noun

D (plural Ds)

1. (education, chiefly Canada, US) 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.

Proper noun

D

1. (computer languages) A programming language inspired from C++.

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Afar

Letter

D

1. The tenth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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American Sign Language

Letter

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe D)

1. The letter D

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Azerbaijani

Letter

D upper case (lower case d)

1. The fifth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): di¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: di¹
    • Yale: dī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: di¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: di¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tiː⁵⁵/

Noun

D

1. (Cantonese, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of 啲

Suffix

D

1. (Cantonese, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of 啲

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /deː/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a (Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï, IJ ij), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /do/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fifth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called do and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

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Finnish

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords except for the weak grade of t.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deː/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the German alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) Buchstabe; A a (Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s (ẞ ß), T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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German Sign Language

Etymology

Related to the French Sign Language sign for "D".

Production

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

• Posture the dominant hand in the “D” shape.

Letter

(transliteration needed)

1. the letter D

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Hungarian

Compass rose

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeːl]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

D (plural D-ek)

1. s. (south). Abbreviation of dél (“south”).

Declension

The declined forms below are used only in writing. When speaking, the declined forms of the full word should be used, as shown at dél.

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	D	D-ek
accusative	D-et	D-eket
dative	D-nek	D-eknek
instrumental	D-lel	D-ekkel
causal-final	D-ért	D-ekért
translative	D-lé	D-ekké
terminative	D-ig	D-ekig
essive-formal	D-ként	D-ekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	D-ben	D-ekben
superessive	D-en	D-eken
adessive	D-nél	D-eknél
illative	D-be	D-ekbe
sublative	D-re	D-ekre
allative	D-hez	D-ekhez
elative	D-ből	D-ekből
delative	D-ről	D-ekről
ablative	D-től	D-ektől

Possessive forms of D
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	D-em	D-eim
2nd person sing.	D-ed	D-eid
3rd person sing.	D-e	D-ei
1st person plural	D-ünk	D-eink
2nd person plural	D-etek	D-eitek
3rd person plural	D-ük	D-eik

See also

• észak (É), dél, kelet (K), nyugat (Ny)

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

D (lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Italian

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /di/
• Homophones: di, dì, di'
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

D m, f (invariable, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Italian alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d]

(file)

Letter

D

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The sixth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called dē and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) burts; A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): [di]
• (phoneme, syllable-initial) IPA^(key): [d]
• (phoneme, syllable-final) IPA^(key): [t̚]

Letter

D

1. The fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Portuguese

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Noun

D m

1. Abbreviation of dom. (as a title)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Saanich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʼ/

Letter

D

1. The eighth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

D (lower case d)

1. The eighth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Slovene

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) čŕka; A a, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /deːl/

Letter

D upper case (lower case d)

1. The seventh letter of the Somali alphabet, called deel and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The seventh letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by KH and followed by R.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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Spanish

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Turkish

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fifth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ze˧˧], [ʔɗe˧˧], [zəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧], [ʔɗej˧˧], [jəː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧], [ʔɗej˧˧], [jəː˨˩]
• Phonetic: dê, đê, dờ

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called dê, đê, or dờ and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

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Zulu

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z