de-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

English

Etymology

From Latin dē-, from the preposition dē (“of”, “from”).

Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA^(key): /diː/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /də/

Prefix

de-

1. Meaning reversal, undoing or removing.

   decouple

   de-ice

2. Intensifying.

   defraud

   decomplex

   denumerate

   depauperize

   deprostrate

   despecificate

3. Meaning from, off.

   detrain

   desubstantival

   deverbal

   demise

Derived terms

words formed using the prefix de-

• deactivate
• debar
• debrief
• debug
• debunk
• debus
• decaffeinate
• decentralise, decentralize

• decode
• decommission
• decompress
• deconsecrate
• deconstruct
• decontaminate
• decouple
• decriminalise, decriminalize

• decrypt
• deforestation
• defrag, defragment
• defrost
• defuse
• degauss
• dehumidify
• de-ice

• demilitarise, demilitarize
• demystify
• deplane
• desalinate
• deselect
• detoxicate
• detrain
• devalue

► English words prefixed with de-

Translations

NOTE: Words using the prefix de- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.

reversal, undoing or removing

• Armenian: ապ- (ap-)
• Catalan: de- (ca)
• Dutch: ver- (nl), ont- (nl), de- (nl)
• French: dé- (fr)
• Georgian: უკუ- (uḳu-)
• Greek: απο- (el) (apo-)
• Italian: dis- (it)
• Japanese: 脱- (datsu-)
• Malay: nyah-, de-

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: de-

  Nynorsk: de-

• Portuguese: de- (pt), dis- (pt)
• Romanian: de-, des- (ro), dez- (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: di-
• Spanish: de- (es)
• Swedish: av- (sv), de- (sv)
• Tagalog: hi-

intensify

• Italian: de-
• Romanian: răs- (ro), răz- (ro)

• Spanish: de- (es)

from off

See also

• an-
• dis-
• in-
• non-
• un-

Anagrams

• -ed, -èd, E.D., ED, Ed, Ed., ed, ed-, ed.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Prefix

de-

1. de-

► Dutch words prefixed with de-

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin dē-, from dē (“of”, “from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/, [d̪e]

Prefix

de-

1. Denoting:
   1. removal

      de- + ‎nuclearizzare (“to nuclearize”) → ‎denuclearizzare (“to denuclearize”)

   2. movement downwards; lowering

      de- + ‎grado (“grade”, “level”) → ‎degradare (“to gradually diminish in height”)

   3. privation; a-

      de- + ‎trarre (“to draw, extract”) → ‎detrarre (“to subtract”)

   4. negation; un-

      de- + ‎crescita (“growth”) → ‎decrescita (“degrowth”)

   5. intensifying

      de- + ‎limitare (“to contain, restrict”) → ‎delimitare (“to delimit”)

2. (chemistry) Denoting subtraction of one or more atoms, radicals or molecules:

   1. de- + ‎carbossilazione (“carboxylation”) → ‎decarbossilazione (“decarboxylation”)

Derived terms

► Italian words prefixed with de-

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Latin

Etymology

From dē (“of”, “from”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː/

Prefix

dē-

1. de-

Derived terms

► Latin words prefixed with de-

Descendants

• English: de-
• French: de-, dé- (partially)
• Italian: de-

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Malay

Etymology

From English de-, from Latin dē (“of, from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

Prefix

de-

1. (obsolete) de- (reversal, undoing or removing)

   deaktifkan (“deactivate”)

Synonyms

• nyah-

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Norwegian Bokmål

Prefix

de-

1. same as de- in English

References

► Norwegian Bokmål words prefixed with de-

• “de-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Prefix

de-

1. de-

References

► Norwegian Nynorsk words prefixed with de-

• “de-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin dis-.

Prefix

de-

1. Alternative form of des-
2. indicating that an action is done more strongly or more vigorously

   brisier (“to break”) →‎ debrisier (“to break”)

Descendants

• French: dé-

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West Coast Bajau

Prefix

de-

1. (cardinal) one