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D

See also: Appendix:Variations of "d"

D U+0044, D
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
← C
[U+0043] 		Basic Latin E →
[U+0045]
Character variations

Ⅾ U+216E, Ⅾ
ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE HUNDRED
← Ⅽ
[U+216D] 		Number Forms Ⅿ →
[U+216F]
Ｄ U+FF24, Ｄ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
← Ｃ
[U+FF23] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｅ →
[U+FF25]

TranslingualEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

 

From the Etruscan letter 𐌃 (d, “de”), from the Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “delta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃‎ (d, “dalet”), from an uncertain origin, likely the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿.

LetterEdit

D (lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
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Etymology 2Edit

A simplification of Ð under the graphic influence of the letter D, from a standardization of Ɔ superposed on a ⋌ or ⊢, from the practice of circling each hundredth ⋌ (now Roman numeral V), the tally stick notch mark representing five.

Alternative formsEdit

NumeralEdit

D (upper case Roman numeral, lower case d)

  1. (Roman numerals) Five hundred (500).
  2. the five hundredth (500th)

Etymology 3Edit

  • (chemistry, deuterium): abbreviation of deuterium
  • (computing, hexadecimal 13): From its position as the thirteenth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}
  • (Germany): abbreviation of German word Deutschland (“Germany”)

SymbolEdit

D

  1. (chemistry) Deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen.
  2. (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for thirteen.
  3. A standard size of dry cell battery larger than C.
  4. Vehicle-distinguishing sign for Germany.
  5. (biochemistry) IUPAC one-letter abbreviation for aspartic acid.
  6. (mathematics) The differential operator in calculus and analysis.
  7. (linguistics) A wildcard for an alveolar consonant
  8. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by Moody's Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings, indicating that a bond is in default, and the issuer is (or is about to become) bankrupt.
  9. denier (unit)
  10. (clothing) Bra cup size.

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles
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    Uppercase and lowercase versions of D, in normal and italic type

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    Uppercase D in Fraktur

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    Lowercase D in Fraktur

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Other representations of D:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).

PronunciationEdit

  • Letter name: IPA(key): /diː/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Phoneme: IPA(key): /d/

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d, plural Ds or D's)

  1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

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NumberEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The ordinal number fourth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2Edit

Various abbreviations

NounEdit

D

  1. Abbreviation of defense. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (US politics) Abbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.
    D-New York
  3. (automotive) Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
  4. (printing) Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
  5. (euphemistic, slang) Short for dick; penis.
    She wants the D!
  6. (electronics) Abbreviation of data.
  7. (unicode) Canonical decomposition
  8. (music) Abbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.
    Coordinate term: Köchel number
    Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417
  9. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of day.

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Derived termsEdit

AdverbEdit

D

  1. down (direction).

AdjectiveEdit

D

  1. divorced.

Proper nounEdit

D

  1. (with “The”) The City of Detroit.
  2. (religion) Abbreviation of Deuteronomist.

InterjectionEdit

D

  1. (euphemistic) Damn
    • 1878, W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, "I am the Captain of the Pinafore", H.M.S. Pinafore
      CAPTAIN. I never use a big, big D— ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. No, never! ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. Hardly ever! ALL. Hardly ever swears a big, big D—

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 3Edit

From the shape of the upper case letter "D".

NounEdit

D (plural Ds)

  1. (snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
  2. (soccer) The penalty arc on a football pitch.

Etymology 4Edit

From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

NounEdit

D (plural Ds)

  2. (education, chiefly Canada, US) A grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C.

Proper nounEdit

D

  1. (computer languages) A programming language inspired from C++.

AfarEdit

LetterEdit

D

  1. The tenth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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AfrikaansEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /dɪə/

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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NounEdit

D (plural D's, diminutive D'tjie)

  1. D

AlbanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (D) (upper case D, lower case d)

  1. The 5th letter of the Standard Albanian Latin-script alphabet.
  2. The 7th letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.

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AngamiEdit

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D

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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AzerbaijaniEdit

LetterEdit

D upper case (lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

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Central FranconianEdit

EtymologyEdit

  • /d/ is from West Germanic *d and *þ, in Ripuarian and northernmost Moselle Franconian also from geminated *dd (but not *þþ).

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notesEdit

Doubling of D and use in the syllable coda
  • In the German-based spelling, d is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between d and t may be based on internal analogy, but more often follows the German cognate.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, d is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open. In the syllable coda, internal analogy prevails.

ChineseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of D – see 啲 (“a few; a little bit; some; a bit; a bit more; etc.”).
(This character, D, is a variant form of 啲.)

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

D

  1. (Internet slang) to DDOS

Etymology 3Edit

Cantonese dok1
Spelling pronunciation in Hong Kong, derived from English dog.

Pronunciation 1Edit

Note: dok1 - Hong Kong.
Note: Often realised as 1di.
LetterEdit

D

  1. The fourth letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2Edit

LetterEdit

D

  1. The fourth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notesEdit
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called do and written in the Latin script.

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EstonianEdit

 
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LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  • Used only in loanwords except for the weak grade of t.

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the German alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

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HungarianEdit

 
Compass rose

Etymology 1Edit

Abbreviation of dél (“south”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

D (plural D-ek)

  1. s. (south)
DeclensionEdit

The declined forms below are used only in writing. When speaking, the declined forms of the full word should be used, as shown at dél.

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative D D-ek
accusative D-et D-eket
dative D-nek D-eknek
instrumental D-lel D-ekkel
causal-final D-ért D-ekért
translative D-lé D-ekké
terminative D-ig D-ekig
essive-formal D-ként D-ekként
essive-modal — —
inessive D-ben D-ekben
superessive D-en D-eken
adessive D-nél D-eknél
illative D-be D-ekbe
sublative D-re D-ekre
allative D-hez D-ekhez
elative D-ből D-ekből
delative D-ről D-ekről
ablative D-től D-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		D-é D-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		D-éi D-ekéi
Possessive forms of D
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. D-em D-eim
2nd person sing. D-ed D-eid
3rd person sing. D-e D-ei
1st person plural D-ünk D-eink
2nd person plural D-etek D-eitek
3rd person plural D-ük D-eik
Coordinate termsEdit

(compass points) égtájak;

északnyugat (ÉNy) észak (É) északkelet (ÉK)
nyugat (Ny)   kelet (K)
délnyugat (DNy) dél (D) délkelet (DK)

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called dé and written in the Latin script.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative D D-k
accusative D-t D-ket
dative D-nek D-knek
instrumental D-vel D-kkel
causal-final D-ért D-kért
translative D-vé D-kké
terminative D-ig D-kig
essive-formal D-ként D-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive D-ben D-kben
superessive D-n D-ken
adessive D-nél D-knél
illative D-be D-kbe
sublative D-re D-kre
allative D-hez D-khez
elative D-ből D-kből
delative D-ről D-kről
ablative D-től D-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		D-é D-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		D-éi D-kéi
Possessive forms of D
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. D-m D-im
2nd person sing. D-d D-id
3rd person sing. D-je D-i
1st person plural D-nk D-ink
2nd person plural D-tek D-itek
3rd person plural D-jük D-ik
Derived termsEdit

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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ItalianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Italian alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script.

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LatvianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

 
D

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called dē and written in the Latin script.

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MalayEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): [di]
  • (phoneme, syllable-initial) IPA(key): [d]
  • (phoneme, syllable-final) IPA(key): [t̚]

LetterEdit

D

  1. The fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

LetterEdit

D (lowercase d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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NupeEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Polish alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

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Further readingEdit

  • D in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • D in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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NounEdit

D m (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of dom. (as a title)

RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called de or dî and written in the Latin script.

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SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D

  1. The eighth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (lower case d)

  1. The eighth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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SloveneEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Gaj's Latin alphabet D, from Czech alphabet D, from Latin D, from the Etruscan letter 𐌃 (d, “de”), from the Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “delta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃‎ (d, “dalet”), from an uncertain origin, likely the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿.

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The seventh letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  3. The fifth letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

D m inan

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

InflectionEdit

  • Overall more common
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. D
gen. sing. D-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		D D-ja D-ji
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		D-ja D-jev D-jev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		D-ju D-jema D-jem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		D D-ja D-je
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		D-ju D-jih D-jih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		D-jem D-jema D-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing. D
gen. sing. D
singular dual plural
nominative D D D
accusative D D D
genitive D D D
dative D D D
locative D D D
instrumental D D D

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “D”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D upper case (lower case d)

  1. The seventh letter of the Somali alphabet, called deel and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  1. The seventh letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by KH and followed by R.

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SpanishEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Derived termsEdit

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TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called dê, đê, or dờ and written in the Latin script.

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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ch and followed by Dd.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Dinbych Ddinbych Ninbych unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter D, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

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D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The third letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called dí and written in the Latin script.

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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