dè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

Mandarin

Romanization

dè (de⁴, Zhuyin ㄉㄜˋ)

1. Template:pinyin reading of

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲeː/, [d̊ʲeː]

Pronoun

dè

1. what

   Dè tha thu ag iarraidh? - What do you want? (literally What are you at wanting?)

   Chan eil cuimhn' aice dè thuirt e. - She doesn't remember what he said.

Usage notes

• If followed by the future tense, the relative future tense is used.

  Dè a bhios sibh a' dèanamh? - What will you do?

Derived terms

• ge be dè

Noun

dè m

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of dia

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 提/堤/隄 (“to guard against”, SV: đề).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɛ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jɛ˨˩]

Verb

dè • (提, 𠽮, 咦, 移)

1. to stint (on); to economise
2. to take care over; to spare
3. to foresee; to foreknow; to expect

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ăn dè
• chém tre không dè đầu mặt
• dè chừng
• dè dặt
• dè sẻn
• e dè
• kiêng dè