dê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

Galician

Verb

dê

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

Mandarin

Romanization

dê

1. Nonstandard spelling of dê̄.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

dê f

1. mother

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde/

• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: dê

Etymology 1

Noun

dê m (plural dês)

1. dee (name of the Latin letter D, d)

Etymology 2

Verb

dê

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

Sicilian

Preposition

dê

1. Contraction of di li (“of the”).

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ze˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧]
• Homophone: giê

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-teː.

Noun

(classifier con) dê • (移, 羝)

1. goat

Adjective

dê

1. (colloquial, vulgar) lewd; lascivious

Etymology 2

By analogy with đê.

Noun

dê

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

Usage notes

The letters D and d take this name if they are treated as alphabetic letters used to represent phonemes (/z/, /j/)

Synonyms

• dờ
• đê; đờ