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d

See also: D, d', and Appendix:Variations of "d"

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TranslingualEdit

 
d U+0064, d
LATIN SMALL LETTER D
← c
[U+0063] 		Basic Latin e →
[U+0065]
 
ⅾ U+217E, ⅾ
SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE HUNDRED
← ⅽ
[U+217D] 		Number Forms ⅿ →
[U+217F]
ｄ U+FF44, ｄ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER D
← ｃ
[U+FF43] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｅ →
[U+FF45]
 
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Etymology 1Edit

  Modification of capital letter D, from Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “Delta”).

LetterEdit

d (upper case D)

  1. The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Usage notesEdit

The letter d is used in the alphabets of many languages, and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the voiced alveolar or dental plosive (/d/). In some languages and transcription systems, d may also represent other sounds, such as /t/ or /ð/.

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Etymology 2Edit

Lower case form of upper case roman numeral D, a standardization of D or Ð, from tally stick markings resembling a superimposed Ɔ and ⋌, from the practice of encircling each hundredth ⋌ notch.

Alternative formsEdit

NumeralEdit

d (lower case Roman numeral, uper case D)

  1. cardinal number five hundred (500).
Usage notesEdit

With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as d, it represents five hundred thousand (500,000).

See alsoEdit
  • Lesser roman numeral symbol: c (“100”)
  • Greater roman numeral symbol: m (“1000”)
  • Roman numerals

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA
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SymbolEdit

 
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d

  1. (mathematics) the (path-independent, exact) differential of a quantity
  2. (IPA) voiced alveolar plosive

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles

  • Capital and lowercase versions of D, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase D in Fraktur

  • Approximate form of upper case letter D in uncial script that was the source for lower case d

See alsoEdit

  • (IPA): t (“voiceless alveolar plosive”)
  • (mathematics): δ

Other representations of D:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

 

Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ.

PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

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

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

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Derived termsEdit

NumberEdit

d (lower case, upper 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

  • (died, death): abbreviation of
  • (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin.
  • (dice): abbreviation of dice

AbbreviationEdit

d

  1. died, death.
    William Shakespeare, d 1616
  2. (cricket) declared; also abbreviated as dec
  3. (crosswords) down
    Do you have the answer for 23d?

SymbolEdit

d

  1. (until February 1971) a British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p).
    £sd — “pounds, shillings and pence”
  2. (dice games, infix) dice to use in a diceroll
    2d6 — “the sum of the roll of two six-sided dice”
  3. penny, a measure of the size of nails

Alemannic GermanEdit

ArticleEdit

d f

  1. (definite) the
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
      Di nöchscht rächts. Mir fared i d’Fäldschtrass.
      The next right. We'll drive down Feldstrasse.

d pl

  1. (definite) the

DeclensionEdit

Alemannic German definite articles
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative/Accusative de
dr (Bern) 		d s
ds (Bern) 		d
Dative em der em de
  • Masculine nominative/accusative singular de has the form der before a vowel, e.g. der alt Maa ‘the old man’
  • Dative plural de has the form den before a vowel, e.g. den alte Fraue ‘(to) the old women’
  • Feminine singular d and plural d have the variant di before an adjective, e.g. di jung Mueter ‘the young mother’


AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

d lower case (upper case D)

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

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ChineseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

d

  1. (Cantonese, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of 啲

SuffixEdit

d

  1. (Cantonese, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of 啲

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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d (lower case, upper case D)

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: c
  • Next letter: e

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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d (lower case, upper case D)

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

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FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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d (upper case D)

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

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FijianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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d (lower case, upper case D)

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

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

d (lower case, upper 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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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fourth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎fr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter II:
      [À] peine les petits oiseaux nuancés de mille couleurs avaient-ils salué des harpes de leurs langues, dans une douce et mielleuse harmonie, la venue de l’aurore au teint de rose, ... que le fameux chevalier don Quichotte de la Manche ... prit sa route à travers l’antique et célèbre plaine de Montiel.
      [S]carce had the little birds shaded of a thousand colours hailed from the harps of their tongues, in a soft and mellifluous harmony, the coming of the pink-tinted dawn, ... when the famous knight Don Quixote of La Mancha ... took his route across the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel.

FulaEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

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GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

d

  1. Romanization of 𐌳

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /d/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /de/

LetterEdit

d (upper case D)

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

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

d m, f (invariable)

  1. See under D

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 (lower case, upper case D)

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

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LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

d (upper case D)

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

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MalayEdit

LetterEdit

d (lower case, upper case D)

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

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NorwegianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /deː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/, (in rd) /ɖ/
  • Audio
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  • Homophone: det

LetterEdit

d

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

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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d (lower case, upper case D)

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

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NounEdit

d m

  1. Abbreviation of dom. (as a title)

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

d (lower case, upper case D)

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: c
  • Next letter: e

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (uppercase): D

PronunciationEdit

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d (Cyrillic spelling д)

  1. The 6th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by ć and followed by dž.

Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

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d (upper case D)

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

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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d (lower case, upper case D)

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

SwedishEdit

PronounEdit

d

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of det (“it”).

ArticleEdit

d

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of det (“the”).

TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

d (lower case, upper case D)

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

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TurkmenEdit

PronunciationEdit

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d (upper case D)

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

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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d (lower case, upper case D)

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

ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

d (lower case, upper case D)

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

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