de-
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From Latin dē-, from the preposition dē (“of”, “from”). For sense development, compare Old English æf-, which was a similar prefix.
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de-
- reversal, undoing
- to remove from, removed
- de- + bus → debus
- de- + bark → debark
- de- + benzylate → debenzylate
- de- + arterialization → dearterialization
- Intensifying
- de- + fraud → defraud
- de- + complex → decomplex
- de- + numerate → denumerate
- de- + pauperize → depauperize
- de- + prostrate → deprostrate
- de- + specificate → despecificate
- derived from, of
- de- + substantival → desubstantival
- de- + verbal → deverbal
- de- + mise → demise
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NOTE: Words using the prefix de- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.
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Dutch edit
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de-
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de-
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch de-, from Latin de-.
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dé
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- “de-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin dē-, from dē (“of”, “from”).
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de-
- denoting:
- removal
- de- + nuclearizzare (“to nuclearize”) → denuclearizzare (“to denuclearize”)
- movement downwards; lowering
- privation; a-
- negation; un-
- de- + crescita (“growth”) → decrescita (“degrowth”)
- intensifying
- de- + limitare (“to contain, restrict”) → delimitare (“to delimit”)
- removal
- (chemistry) denoting subtraction of one or more atoms, radicals or molecules:
- de- + carbossilazione (“carboxylation”) → decarbossilazione (“decarboxylation”)
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Latin edit
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From dē (“of”, “from”).
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dē-
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Malay edit
Etymology edit
From English de-, from Latin dē (“of, from”).
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de-
- (obsolete) de- (reversal, undoing or removing)
- Synonym: nyah-
- deaktifkan ― deactivate
Middle English edit
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Borrowed from Old French de-, from a combination of Latin de- and dis-.
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de-
- Forms words denoting negativity, reversal or removal; dis-, de-.
- Synonym: dis-
- Intensifies words with a negative connotation; dis-, de-.
- Synonym: dis-
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- Because Old French de- sometimes comes from des-, this prefix may be used interchangeably with dis-.
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- English: de-
References edit
- “de-, pref.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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de-
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- “de-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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de-
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- “de-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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de-
- Alternative form of des-
- indicating that an action is done more strongly or more vigorously
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- French: dé-
Polish edit
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- de-
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Internationalism; compare English de-.
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de-
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- de- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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de-
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- “de-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
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From Latin dē-, from the preposition dē (“of”, “from”), through loan words mainly from French.
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de-
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Tagalog edit
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Borrowed from Spanish de (“of”).
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de- (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)
- prepositional particle added to indicate possession of quality or object
- de- + baterya (“battery”) → de-baterya (“with battery; powered by battery”)
- de- + gulong (“wheel”) → de-gulong (“with wheels”)
- de- + kahoy (“wood”) → de-kahoy (“wooden”)
- de- + koryente (“electricity”) → de-koryente (“electrical”)
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