dees
English
Pronunciation
Noun
dees
- plural of dee, the name of the letter D.
- Something shaped like the letter D.
- the pommel is furnished with dees.
- (colloquial) Police detectives.
- the dees are about.
Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
dees
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) dēes
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly from Middle High German deist (“that is”), contraction of daz or dat + ist. Compare German es sei denn (literally “it be then”) and the use of English that is to introduce a specification or additional requirement.
Alternatives include some formation with Luxembourgish ees (“once, sometime”), from Middle High German eins, or possibly a contraction similar to Dutch tenzij, based on Middle High German et en sī (“it be not”), where the loss of the stressed final syllable would be unexpected, however.
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Conjunction
dees
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Inflected form of doen (“to do, to make”).
Verb
dees
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
dees
- Alternative form of deis (“dais”)
Etymology 2
From Old French des, plural of de. Owing to the noun's frequent use in the plural, sometimes, as in Modern English, reinterpreted as a singular.
Alternative forms
Noun
dees
Noun
dees (plural dees or dyses)
- Synonym of dee (“die”)
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