dé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː]

Noun

dé n

1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

Derived terms

• déčko

Further reading

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Dutch

Etymology

An emphatically stressed variant of the definite article de.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈˈdə/

Article

dé

1. the most excellent

   Dit is dé oplossing tegen muggen ― This is the solution against mosquitoes

Usage notes

• Like the unstressed version, the article is used with masculine and feminine nouns in the singular as well as plural nouns of all genders.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

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• Rhymes: -e

Etymology 1

Obscure, perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, itself from Latin dātum, or alternatively of Arabic origin; cf أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād). Compare Catalan dau, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish dado.

Noun

dé m (plural dés)

1. die (dice)
2. diced slice (of meat)

Etymology 2

From an alteration of Old French deel (influenced by the above word), from Late Latin digitāle < Latin digitālis.

Noun

dé m (plural dés)

1. thimble

Etymology 3

Latin dē

Noun

dé m (plural dés)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

Anagrams

• ed, éd.

Further reading

• “dé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeː]

• Audio:

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Noun

dé

1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tjɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

dé n (genitive singular dés, nominative plural dé)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

Declension

declension of dé

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dé	déið	dé	déin
accusative	dé	déið	dé	déin
dative	déi	déinu	déum	déunum
genitive	dés	désins	déa	déanna

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲeː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dé, from Proto-Celtic *dwīyūss, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.

Noun

dé f (genitive singular déithe, nominative plural déithe)

1. (literary) smoke
2. puff, breath
3. glimmer

Declension

Declension of dé

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dé déithe Vocative a dhé a dhéithe Genitive déithe déithe Dative dé déithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dé na déithe Genitive na déithe na ndéithe Dative leis an dé don dé leis na déithe

Etymology 2

Noun

dé sg

1. genitive singular of dia (“day”)

Etymology 3

Noun

dé m sg

1. inflection of dia (“god”):
   1. (nonstandard) vocative singular
   2. genitive singular

Etymology 4

Pronoun

dé?

1. Clipping of cad é.

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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Ladin

Alternative forms

• dèr, dèsc

Etymology

From Latin dāre, present active infinitive of dō (“give”).

Verb

dé

1. to give

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of dé (first conjugation, irregular)

infinitive	dé, dèr
auxiliary verb		—	gerund		—
past participle		dé
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	ie	tu	el / ela	nos	vos	ei / eles
present	dé	das	dà	don	deis	dà
imperfect	dove	doves	dova	dovan	dovais	dova
future	daré	daras	darà	daron	dareis	darà
subjunctive	che ie	che tu	che el / ela	che nos	che vos	che ei / eles
present	dae	daes	dae	don	deis	dae
imperfect	dasse	dasses	dassa	dassan	dassais	dassa
imperative	–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
	—	dà	—	—	dede	—

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Lashi

Verb

dé

1. send

References

• https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Luk_Hkaw_Thesis2017.pdf

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French deux (“two”).

Numeral

dé

1. two

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

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Norman

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Etymology 1

From Old French doit, doi, from Latin digitus.

Noun

dé m (plural dés)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) finger

Alternative forms

• deigt (Guernsey)

Derived terms

• s'mettre l'dé dans l'yi (“to put one's foot in it”, literally “to put one's finger in one's eye”)
• sèrvi au dé et à l'yi (“to wait on hand and foot”)

Related terms

• preunmié dé m (“forefinger, index finger”)
• maître dé m (“middle finger”)
• Jean des sceas m (“ring finger”)
• p'tit dé m (“pinkie, little finger”)

Etymology 2

Preposition

dé

1. (Jersey) Alternative form of d'

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Old French

Noun

dé oblique singular, m (oblique plural dez, nominative singular dez, nominative plural dé)

1. die (cube with numbers or symbols on each face)

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲeː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dwīyūss, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-

Noun

dé f (genitive dïad)

1. smoke

Declension

Feminine t-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dé	—	—
Vocative	dé	—	—
Accusative	dïaidN	—	—
Genitive	dïad	—	—
Dative	dïaidL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: dé

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dé

1. inflection of día:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dé	dé pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde/ [ˈd̪e]
• Homophone: de

Verb

dé

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dar.