English edit

Alternative forms edit

  • de (Northumbria)

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Variant of do.

Verb edit

dee (third-person singular simple present diz, present participle deein, simple past and past participle dyun)

  1. (Northumbria) To do.
    What are ye deein man!

References edit

  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

dee (plural dees)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.
    • 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
      I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
    • 2016, CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), pages 3–5:
      IED [is spoken] as "eye-ee-dee" instead of "I SPELL India Echo Delta Romeo".
  2. Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
    the pommel is furnished with dees.
  3. (colloquial) Police detective.
    the dees are about.
    • 2022 October 31, “Doomsday” (track 7, 1:53 from the start), in Kay Flock (lyrics), F L O C K A[3]:
      Dotty my holster, totin on this knocker (Grrah, grrah)
      If we see the Ds, bitch, move proper
Derived terms edit
Translations edit

See also edit

See also edit

Anagrams edit

Aiwoo edit

Adverb edit

dee

  1. (interrogative) when

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Bambara edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dee

  1. child

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Chairel edit

Noun edit

dee

  1. water

References edit

  • W. McCulloch, Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill tribes with a comparative vocabulary of the Munnipore and other languages (1859, Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company)

Chinese edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 弟?”)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

dee

  1. (Cantonese, often in compounds) brother
    deedee [Cantonese]  ―  waa4 di4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  a nickname, Brother Wah
  2. (Cantonese, poker, especially in big two) the largest of the poker cards, i.e. 2 (Classifier: c)
  3. (Cantonese, in compounds) big two
    dee [Cantonese]  ―  di4-2 wong4 zi1 wong4 [Jyutping]  ―  king of big two

Derived terms edit

Dutch Low Saxon edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Dutch die.

Pronoun edit

dee

  1. (relative) who, which, that

East Central German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compare German denn.

Adverb edit

dee

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) (in a question, modal particle) then, ever, but, now (used for emphasis or to express interest, surprise or doubt, or in rhetorical questions)

References edit

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[4], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31:
  • https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/d.dee_1.wort

Estonian edit

Noun edit

dee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin (name of the letter D).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeː/, [ˈde̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Syllabification(key): dee

Noun edit

dee

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

Declension edit

Inflection of dee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative dee deet
genitive deen deiden
deitten
partitive deetä deitä
illative deehen deihin
singular plural
nominative dee deet
accusative nom. dee deet
gen. deen
genitive deen deiden
deitten
partitive deetä deitä
inessive deessä deissä
elative deestä deistä
illative deehen deihin
adessive deellä deillä
ablative deeltä deiltä
allative deelle deille
essive deenä deinä
translative deeksi deiksi
abessive deettä deittä
instructive dein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of dee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative deeni deeni
accusative nom. deeni deeni
gen. deeni
genitive deeni deideni
deitteni
partitive deetäni deitäni
inessive deessäni deissäni
elative deestäni deistäni
illative deeheni deihini
adessive deelläni deilläni
ablative deeltäni deiltäni
allative deelleni deilleni
essive deenäni deinäni
translative deekseni deikseni
abessive deettäni deittäni
instructive
comitative deineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative deesi deesi
accusative nom. deesi deesi
gen. deesi
genitive deesi deidesi
deittesi
partitive deetäsi deitäsi
inessive deessäsi deissäsi
elative deestäsi deistäsi
illative deehesi deihisi
adessive deelläsi deilläsi
ablative deeltäsi deiltäsi
allative deellesi deillesi
essive deenäsi deinäsi
translative deeksesi deiksesi
abessive deettäsi deittäsi
instructive
comitative deinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative deemme deemme
accusative nom. deemme deemme
gen. deemme
genitive deemme deidemme
deittemme
partitive deetämme deitämme
inessive deessämme deissämme
elative deestämme deistämme
illative deehemme deihimme
adessive deellämme deillämme
ablative deeltämme deiltämme
allative deellemme deillemme
essive deenämme deinämme
translative deeksemme deiksemme
abessive deettämme deittämme
instructive
comitative deinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative deenne deenne
accusative nom. deenne deenne
gen. deenne
genitive deenne deidenne
deittenne
partitive deetänne deitänne
inessive deessänne deissänne
elative deestänne deistänne
illative deehenne deihinne
adessive deellänne deillänne
ablative deeltänne deiltänne
allative deellenne deillenne
essive deenänne deinänne
translative deeksenne deiksenne
abessive deettänne deittänne
instructive
comitative deinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative deensä deensä
accusative nom. deensä deensä
gen. deensä
genitive deensä deidensä
deittensä
partitive deetään
deetänsä
deitään
deitänsä
inessive deessään
deessänsä
deissään
deissänsä
elative deestään
deestänsä
deistään
deistänsä
illative deehensä deihinsä
adessive deellään
deellänsä
deillään
deillänsä
ablative deeltään
deeltänsä
deiltään
deiltänsä
allative deelleen
deellensä
deilleen
deillensä
essive deenään
deenänsä
deinään
deinänsä
translative deekseen
deeksensä
deikseen
deiksensä
abessive deettään
deettänsä
deittään
deittänsä
instructive
comitative deineen
deinensä

Gokana edit

Noun edit

dee

  1. day

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Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.e/, (traditional) */ˈdɛ.e/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛe
  • Hyphenation: dè‧e

Noun edit

dee f

  1. plural of dea

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

dee

  1. (archaic, poetic or popular Tuscan) Alternative form of deve, third-person singular present indicative of dovere

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 dee in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ dovere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Latin edit

Noun edit

dee

  1. vocative singular of deus

Lombard edit

Etymology edit

From Latin deus.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Western, Milanese) IPA(key): /deː/
  • Hyphenation: dee

Noun edit

dee m (feminine deja, masculine plural dee, feminine plural deje) (New Lombard Orthography)

  1. god, deity
    Synonym: dia

Low German edit

Verb edit

dee

  1. first-person singular past of doon

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old French , from Latin datum. Cognate with French .

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /deː/, /diː/, /dæi̯/

Noun edit

dee (plural dees)

  1. A die or dice (cube used in games and gambling)
  2. A game which utilises or employs dice.
  3. (rare) A piece or cube of diced food.
  4. (rare) Something of little value.

Descendants edit

  • English: die; dice
  • Scots: die; dice

References edit

Scots edit

Etymology 1 edit

Middle English, from Old English dīġan (to die), from Proto-West Germanic *dauwjan (to die).

Compare English die, Danish , Norwegian Nynorsk døy, Norwegian Bokmål , Icelandic deyja, Swedish , Faroese doyggja.

Verb edit

dee (third-person singular simple present dees, present participle deein, simple past dee'd, past participle dee'd)

  1. to die
    • 1852-1859, Lady John Scott (lyrics and music), “Annie Laurie”, in Scottish Songs[5]:
      Maxwelton braes are bonnie, / Where early fa's the dew, / And its there that Annie Laurie, / Gie'd me her promise true / Gie'd me her promise true, / Which ne'er forgot shall be, / And for bonnie Annie Laurie / I'd lay me doon and dee.
      Maxwelton hills are pretty, / Where early falls the dew, / And it's there that Annie Laurie, / Gave me her promise true / Gave me her promise true, / Which never forgot shall be, / And for pretty Annie Laurie / I'd lay myself down and die.

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

dee (third-person singular simple present dees, present participle deein, simple past dee'd, past participle dee'd)

  1. Doric form of dae (to do)
    Fit ye deein?
    What are you doing?
    • 1875, William Alexander, Sketches of Life Among My Ain Folk, page 51:
      "A twa-horse wark, maybe? or dee ye make it oot wi' ae beast an' an owse?"
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Teop edit

Verb edit

dee

  1. to carry

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Võro edit

Noun edit

dee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

West Makian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

dee

  1. (intransitive) to arrive
    dee peto arrive at
  2. (intransitive) to reach
  3. (intransitive) to be enough, sufficient
    idee yoit is not enough (literally, “it does not reach”)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of dee (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tedee medee adee
2nd person nedee fedee
3rd person inanimate idee dedee
animate
imperative nedee, dee fedee, dee

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[6], Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cariban *jôje (tree, wood).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dee (Cunucunuma River dialect)

  1. wood, stick of wood
  2. tree

References edit

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “iye”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 24, 170, 221, 279, 286, 343, 361, 370, 415
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “de:”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • Hall, Katherine (2007), “”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[7], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Yola edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English deyen, from Old English dīeġan, from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwjan.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

dee (simple past deeth)

  1. to die

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 33