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dé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

Czech

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Noun

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dé n (indeclinable)

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

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Further reading

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

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Etymology

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An emphatically stressed variant of the definite article de.

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Article

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dé

  1. the most excellent
    Dit is dé oplossing tegen muggen ― This is the solution against mosquitoes

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -e

Etymology 1

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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

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dé m (plural dés)

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

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From an alteration of Old French deel (influenced by the above word), from Late Latin digitāle < Latin digitālis.

Noun

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dé m (plural dés)

  1. thimble
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Etymology 3

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Inherited from Latin dē.

Noun

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dé m (plural dés)

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

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Hungarian

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Noun

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dé

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

Declension

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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

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Icelandic

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Noun

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dé n (genitive singular dés, nominative plural dé)

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

Declension

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declension of dé
n-s 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

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish dé, from Proto-Celtic *dwīyūss, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.

Noun

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dé f (genitive singular déithe, nominative plural déithe)

  1. (literary) smoke
  2. puff, breath
  3. glimmer
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Declension of dé

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dé déithe
Vocative a dhé a dhéithe
Genitive déithe déithe
Dative dé déithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dé na déithe
Genitive na déithe na ndéithe
Dative leis an dé

don dé

leis na déithe

Etymology 2

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Noun

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dé sg

  1. genitive singular of dia (“day”)

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Noun

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dé m sg

  1. inflection of dia (“god”):
    1. (nonstandard) vocative singular
    2. genitive singular

Etymology 4

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Pronoun

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dé?

  1. Clipping of cad é.

Etymology 5

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Noun

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dé

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

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dé dhé ndé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin dāre, present active infinitive of dō (“give”).

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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

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  • 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 —

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Lashi

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dé

  1. to send

References

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Louisiana Creole

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Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dé
    Ordinal : sègon
    Multiplier : doub
    Collective : toulédé

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Etymology

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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.

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Numeral

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dé

  1. two

Mandarin

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Alternative forms

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Romanization

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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

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Etymology 1

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From Old French doit, doi, from Latin digitus.

Noun

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dé m (plural dés)

  1. (Jersey, anatomy) finger
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Etymology 2

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Preposition

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dé

  1. (Jersey) Alternative form of d'

Old French

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Noun

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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

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *dwiyots, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.

Noun

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dé f (genitive dïad)

  1. smoke
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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
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  • Irish: dé

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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dé

  1. inflection of día (“god”):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative plural
  2. accusative/dative singular of día (“day”)

Etymology 3

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Pronoun

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dé

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

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
dé dé
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Romagnol

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Noun

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dé m or f (invariable)

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

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronoun

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dé

  1. Superseded spelling of dè.

Noun

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dé

  1. Superseded spelling of dè.

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dé dhé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dé

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