dû

See also: Appendix:Variations of "du"

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

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Noun

dû m (plural dus)

1. what is owed, money's worth

Verb

dû m (feminine singular due, masculine plural dus, feminine plural dues)

1. past participle of devoir

   Elle a dû rentrer chez elle en marchant.

   She had to walk home.

Further reading

• “dû” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norman

Etymology

From Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-.

Adjective

dû m

1. (Jersey) hard

Derived terms

• duthement

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Compare Persian دود‎ (dud).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

dû m

1. smoke

Related terms

• dûkêl

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Sicilian

Contraction

dû

1. (contraction of the preposition di and the article lu) of/from the

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /də/

Pronoun

dû

1. (Wood) Alternative form of do

Inflection

West Frisian personal pronouns

Number	Person		Nominative	Objective		Possessive
				Normal	Reflexive	Determiner	Pronoun
Singular	First		ik	my	mysels	myn	mines
	Second	Informal	do/dû1	dy	dysels	dyn	dines
		Formal	jo	jo	josels	jo	jowes
	Third	Masculine	hy	him	himsels	syn	sines
		Feminine	sy/hja1	har	harsels	har	harres
		Neuter	it	it	himsels	syn	sines
Plural	First		wy	ús	ússels	ús	uzes
	Second		jim(me)	jim(me)	jimsels/jinsels	jim(me)	jimmes
	Third		sy/hja1	har(ren)	harsels	har(ren)	harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused

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Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʉ]
• Hyphenation: dû

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Cognate with Persian دود‎ (dud).

Noun

dû m

1. smoke