dé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː]

Noun

dé n (indeclinable)

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

Derived terms

• déčko

Further reading

• “dé”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dé”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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.

Emilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde/

Etymology 1

From Latin diem.

Noun

dé m (plural dé)

1. day

Etymology 2

Verb

dé

1. first/third-person singular past historic of dèr

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

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• Rhymes: -e

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French dé, of obscure origin: perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, itself from Latin dātum, or alternatively of Arabic origin; cf أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Compare Catalan dau; Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish dado.

Noun

dé m (plural dés)

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

Derived terms

• les dés sont jetés

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

Derived terms

• dé à coudre

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin dē.

Noun

dé m (plural dés)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ed, éd.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeː]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -deː

Noun

dé

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	dé	dék
accusative	dét	déket
dative	dének	déknek
instrumental	dével	dékkel
causal-final	déért	dékért
translative	dévé	dékké
terminative	déig	dékig
essive-formal	déként	dékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dében	dékben
superessive	dén	déken
adessive	dénél	déknél
illative	débe	dékbe
sublative	dére	dékre
allative	déhez	dékhez
elative	déből	dékből
delative	déről	dékről
ablative	détől	déktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	déé	déké
non-attributive possessive – plural	dééi	dékéi

Possessive forms of dé

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dém	déim
2nd person sing.	déd	déid
3rd person sing.	déje	déi
1st person plural	dénk	déink
2nd person plural	détek	déitek
3rd person plural	déjük	déik

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtjɛː]
• 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 (neuter)

	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

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 singular plural nominative dé déithe vocative a dhé a dhéithe genitive déithe déithe dative dé déithe forms with the definite article 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

Etymology 5

From Latin dē.

Noun

dé

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Mutation

Mutated forms of dé

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dé	dhé	ndé

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “dé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Kariri

Alternative forms

• de (Dzubukuá)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

dé (1st declension, 3rd person singular idé, male equivalent padzú) (Kipeá)

1. mother

   Synonyms: higgäh (Pedra Branca), hikgäeh (Sabujá)

   • 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, edited by Miguel Deslandes, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri [Art of grammar of the Brazilian language of the Kiriri nation] (overall work in Portuguese and Latin), Lisbon, page 78:

     Enkè inhuræ, no netçokie dide inhà

     [original: Chora o filho, porque naõ vè ſua mãy]

     Their son cries, because he does not see his own mother

   • 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, edited by Miguel Deslandes, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri [Art of grammar of the Brazilian language of the Kiriri nation] (overall work in Portuguese and Latin), Lisbon, page 90:

     Enke vinù iwobohò didè

     [original: Chora o menino por ſaudades da mãy]

     The boy cries for longing of his own mother

   • 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, edited by Miguel Deslandes, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri [Art of grammar of the Brazilian language of the Kiriri nation] (overall work in Portuguese and Latin), Lisbon, page 101:

     Dicri do ide

     [original: Deo a ſua mãy]

     They gave to their mother

   • 1698, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, edited by Miguel Deslandes, Catecismo da doutrina christãa na lingua braſilica da nação kiriri [Catechism of the Christian doctrine in the Brazilian language of the Kiriri nation] (overall work in Kariri, Portuguese, Latin, and Spanish), Lisbon, page 9:

     Acá dó epadzú dó edé nódehẽdi.

     [original: Honrarás a teu pay, & a tua mãy.]

     You will love your father and your mother.

Declension

Declension of dé

	singular	plural
1st	hidé	exclusive	hidedé
inclusive	cudeá
2nd	edé	edeá
3rd	idé	ideá

Derived terms

• dedenhé (“maternal aunt”)
• deyentá (“stepmother”)
• dé mó erá Tupã (“godmother”)
• ideinú (“wife”)

References

• Rodrigues, Arion Dall’Igna (1942), “DE”, in “Vocabulários Português-Kirirí e Kirirí-Português [Portuguese–Kirirí and Kirirí–Portuguese vocabularies]”, in Arquivos do Museu Paranaense, volume 2 (overall work in Portuguese), page 203, column 1

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin dāre (“to give”).

Verb

dé

1. (Gherdëina, Badiot) to give (changing ownership)

   Synonym: scinché

   Mi fëna me à dat na nueva ëura.. ― My wife gave me a new watch.

2. (Gherdëina, Badiot) to hand, to pass, to put within reach

   Da me chël! ― Give me that!

   Da me la man. ― Give me your hand (to hold).

   Pos'a me dé chëla biro? ― Could you hand me that pen?

3. (Gherdëina, Badiot) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there is/are or there exist(s)

   Dal pa de bona scoles tlo ntëur? ― Are there good schools in the neighborhood?

   L ne da deguna ega tl desert. ― There is no water in this desert.

   Chësc ne dal pu nia! ― This is nothing that could possibly exist!

4. (Gherdëina, Badiot) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign)

   Possi pa te dé n cunsëi? ― May I give you some advice?

   L jugadëur à dat n signal che l ulova unì mudà ora. ― The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted.

5. (Gherdëina, Badiot) to present; to put
6. (Gherdëina, Badiot) to result in

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	—

Alternative forms

• dèr (Fascian)

Louisiana Creole

Louisiana Creole numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: dé     Ordinal: sègon

Alternative forms

• de

Etymology

Inherited from French deux (“two”), from Middle French deux, from Old French deus, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative plural of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/
• Rhymes: -e

Numeral

dé

1. two

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• de — nonstandard

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Romanization

dé (de², Zhuyin ㄉㄜˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘚
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 得
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 德, 徳
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惪, 恴
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淂
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 登
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍀 / 锝

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'

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)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲeː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dwiyots, 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 (“god”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative plural
2. accusative/dative singular of día (“day”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

dé

1. alternative spelling of de: third-person singular masculine of di (“of, from”)

Mutation

Mutation of dé

radical	lenition	nasalization
dé	dé pronounced with /ðʲ-/	ndé

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Réunion Creole French

Réunion Creole French numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: dé

Etymology

From French deux.

Numeral

dé

1. two

Related terms

• dézièm

References

• Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 65

Romagnol

Noun

dé m or f (invariable)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lètra; a, bé, cé, dé, e, ëffe, ge, àcca / àca, i, i lóng, càpa, ëlle, èmme, ènne, o, pé, cu, ërre, ësse, té, u, vé, dópi vé / dópi vu / vu dópi, ics, i gréc / ìpsilon, zéta

Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

dé

1. superseded spelling of dè

Noun

dé

1. superseded spelling of dè

Mutation

Mutation of dé

radical	lenition
dé	dhé

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde/ [ˈd̪e]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: dé
• Homophone: de

Verb

dé

1. inflection of dar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Xârâcùù

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *topu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tobu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təbu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ⁿde]

Noun

dé

1. sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)

   Pa xûûchî nä xwii dé.

   The children are chewing sugar cane.

References

• Moyse-Faurie, Claire (1986), Dictionnaire xârâcùù-français (Nouvelle-Calédonie)‎^[1] (in French), Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Publishers, page 43