d

See also: D, d', and Appendix:Variations of "d"

Translingual

d U+0064, d LATIN SMALL LETTER D ← c [U+0063] Basic Latin e → [U+0065]

ⅾ U+217E, ⅾ SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE HUNDRED ← ⅽ [U+217D] Number Forms ⅿ → [U+217F]

ｄ U+FF44, ｄ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER D ← ｃ [U+FF43] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｅ → [U+FF45]

Etymology 1

Modification of capital letter D, from Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “Delta”).

Letter

d (upper case D)

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

Usage notes

The letter d is used in the alphabets of many languages, and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the voiced alveolar or dental plosive (/d/). In some languages and transcription systems, d may also represent other sounds, such as /t/ or /ð/.

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
• (select similar letters and symbols) ∂ ₫ ð
• (other scripts) δ (d), д (d), ד‎, د‎ (d)
• See Appendix:Variations of "d"

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.

Alternative forms

• D, Ⅾ, ⅾ

Numeral

d (lower case Roman numeral, upper case D)

1. cardinal number five hundred (500).

Usage notes

With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as d, it represents five hundred thousand (500,000).

See also

• Lesser roman numeral symbol: c (“100”)
• Greater roman numeral symbol: m (“1000”)
• Roman numerals

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

d

1. (mathematics) the (path-independent, exact) differential of a quantity
2. (IPA) voiced alveolar plosive

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of D, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase D in Fraktur

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  Approximate form of upper case letter D in uncial script that was the source for lower case d

See also

• (IPA): t (“voiceless alveolar plosive”)
• (mathematics): δ

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 lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ.

Pronunciation

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

Audio (US)

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Audio (UK)

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• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

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

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

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

Derived terms

• d-hole

Number

d (lower case, upper 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

• (died, death): abbreviation
• (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin.
• (dice): abbreviation of dice

Verb

d

1. Abbreviation of died (or death)

   William Shakespeare, d 1616

Adjective

d

1. (cricket) Abbreviation of declared.

   Synonym: dec

Adverb

d

1. (crosswords) Abbreviation of down.

   Do you have the answer for 23d?

Symbol

d

1. (until February 1971) a British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p).

   £sd — “pounds, shillings and pence”

2. (dice games) Die or dice

   d20 — a specialized die with twenty sides

   2d6 — the sum of the roll of two six-sided dice

3. penny, a measure of the size of nails

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d(ə)/

Letter

d (d) (upper case D, lower case d)

1. The 5th letter of the Standard Albanian Latin-script alphabet.
2. The 7th letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.

See also

• (Greek script letters) Α α, Β β, Ƃ ƅ, Γ γ, Γj γj, Δ δ, D d, Ε ε, Ε̱ ε̱, Ζ ζ, Ζ̇ ζ̇, Θ θ, Ι ι, J j, Κ κ, Κ̇ κ̇, Λ λ, ΛΛ λλ, Λ̇ λ̇, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ν̇ ν̇, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Ρ̇ ρ̇, Σ σ, Σ̈ σ̈, Τ τ, Ȣ ȣ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Χ̇ χ̇, ΤΣ τσ, ΤΣ̈ τσ̈, DΣ dσ, DΣ̈ dσ̈
• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

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Alemannic German

Article

d f

1. (definite) the
   • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

     Di nöchscht rächts. Mir fared i d’Fäldschtrass.

     The next right. We'll drive down Feldstrasse.

d pl

1. (definite) the

Declension

Alemannic German definite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative/Accusative	de dr (Bern)	d	s ds (Bern)	d
Dative	em	der	em	de

• Masculine nominative/accusative singular de has the form der before a vowel, e.g. der alt Maa ‘the old man’
• Dative plural de has the form den before a vowel, e.g. den alte Fraue ‘(to) the old women’
• Feminine singular d and plural d have the variant di before an adjective, e.g. di jung Mueter ‘the young mother’

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

d lower case (upper 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
    • Sinological 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

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /deː/

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

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

See also

• Previous letter: c
• Next letter: e

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

d (lower case, upper 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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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̥eː/

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; 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, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

d (upper case D)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

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Fijian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ⁿd/

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

1. The fourth letter of the Fijian 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, 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, Y y

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː/, [ˈde̞ː] (name of letter)

• Audio

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Letter

d (lower case, upper 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

Noun

d

1. (music) D (note)

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Declension of d (type maa) singular plural nominative d d:t genitive d:n d:iden d:itten partitive d:tä d:itä accusative d d:n d:t inessive d:ssä d:issä elative d:stä d:istä illative d:hen d:ihin adessive d:llä d:illä ablative d:ltä d:iltä allative d:lle d:ille essive d:nä d:inä translative d:ksi d:iksi instructive – d:in abessive d:ttä d:ittä comitative – d:ineen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

• Audio

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Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

1. The fourth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter II:

     [À] peine les petits oiseaux nuancés de mille couleurs avaient-ils salué des harpes de leurs langues, dans une douce et mielleuse harmonie, la venue de l’aurore au teint de rose, ... que le fameux chevalier don Quichotte de la Manche ... prit sa route à travers l’antique et célèbre plaine de Montiel.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

     [S]carce had the little birds shaded of a thousand colours hailed from the harps of their tongues, in a soft and mellifluous harmony, the coming of the pink-tinted dawn, ... when the famous knight Don Quixote of La Mancha ... took his route across the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel.

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Fula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

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Gothic

Romanization

d

1. Romanization of 𐌳

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈd]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈdeː]

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

1. The sixth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called dé and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	d	d-k
accusative	d-t	d-ket
dative	d-nek	d-knek
instrumental	d-vel	d-kkel
causal-final	d-ért	d-kért
translative	d-vé	d-kké
terminative	d-ig	d-kig
essive-formal	d-ként	d-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	d-ben	d-kben
superessive	d-n	d-ken
adessive	d-nél	d-knél
illative	d-be	d-kbe
sublative	d-re	d-kre
allative	d-hez	d-khez
elative	d-ből	d-kből
delative	d-ről	d-kről
ablative	d-től	d-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	d-é	d-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	d-éi	d-kéi

Possessive forms of d
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	d-m	d-im
2nd person sing.	d-d	d-id
3rd person sing.	d-je	d-i
1st person plural	d-nk	d-ink
2nd person plural	d-tek	d-itek
3rd person plural	d-jük	d-ik

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /tjɛː/

Letter

d (upper case D)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

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Ido

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /de/

Letter

d (upper 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

Noun

d m or f (invariable)

1. See under D

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Kabyle

Particle

d

1. (copula) to be

   D tidett!

   It's true!

   Nekk d anelmad.

   I am a student.

Particle

d

1. proximal particle; suffixed onto verbs to indicate a direction towards an inferred reference point

Conjunction

d

1. and

   Nekk d gma neggan.

   Me and my brother were sleeping.

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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]

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Letter

D

d (lower case, upper case D)

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

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d̪/

Letter

d (upper case D)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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Lushootseed

Letter

d

1. The ninth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiced alveolar stop.

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Malay

Letter

d (lower case, upper case 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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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /deː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/, (in rd) /ɖ/

• Audio

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• Homophone: det

Letter

d

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (BR)

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Letter

d (lower case, upper 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): /d/

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

1. The sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called de or dî and 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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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (uppercase): D

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

d (Cyrillic spelling д)

1. The 6th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by ć and followed by dž.

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

d (upper 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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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): /d/, [ð̞]
• (Letter) IPA^(key): /de/

  • Audio (Spain)

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Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

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

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Swedish

Pronoun

d

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Pronunciation spelling of det (“it”).

Article

d

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Pronunciation spelling of det (“it”).

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Turkish

Letter

d (lower case, upper 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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Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

d (upper case D)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): (north) IPA^(key): /z/, (south) IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

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

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /diː/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /də/

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

1. The fifth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by ch and followed by dd.

Mutation

• d at the beginning of words mutates to dd in a soft mutation, to n in a nasal mutation and is unchanged by aspirate mutation, for example with the word draig (“dragon”):

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
draig	ddraig	nraig	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950-), chapter D, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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Zulu

Letter

d (lower case, upper 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