See also: DEV, Dev, Dev., and dev'

English

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Etymology 1

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Clipping.

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Noun

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dev (countable and uncountable, plural devs)

  1. Clipping of developer.
    • 2022 September 8, Brad Norton, “MultiVersus patch 1.02 notes: Gizmo release, hitbox overhaul, Finn buffs, more”, in Dexerto[1]:
      “Our goal with this update is to more tightly tie hitboxes and hurtboxes to our character’s animations,” devs explained in the blog post.
    • 2024 September 4, Connor Bennett, “Rockstar dev claps back at GTA 6 fans finding “mistakes” in trailer”, in Dexerto[2]:
      Some fans, naturally, quizzed the Rockstar dev as to when they might expect a second trailer to drop. However, as is classic Rockstar, there are no answers on that front.
  2. Clipping of development.
    game dev
  3. (computing, UNIX) Clipping of device.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • French: dev

Etymology 2

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From Armenian դեւ (dew). Doublet of daeva.

Noun

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dev (plural devs)

  1. (Armenian mythology) A monster, dragon, serpent, or giant.
  2. (Armenian mythology) An immortal spirit who inhabits old ruins.

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Breton

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Adjective

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dev

  1. Soft mutation of tev.

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English dev.

Noun

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dev m or f by sense (plural devs)

  1. (computing) Synonym of développeur (dev)

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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Related to Persian دهان (dahân).

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dev m

  1. mouth

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish دیو (div, dev), from Persian دیو (dev, demon).

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dev (definite accusative devi, plural devler)

  1. giant
  2. colossus
  3. (slang) cop

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative dev
Definite accusative devi
Singular Plural
Nominative dev devler
Definite accusative devi devleri
Dative deve devlere
Locative devde devlerde
Ablative devden devlerden
Genitive devin devlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular devim devlerim
2nd singular devin devlerin
3rd singular devi devleri
1st plural devimiz devlerimiz
2nd plural deviniz devleriniz
3rd plural devleri devleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular devimi devlerimi
2nd singular devini devlerini
3rd singular devini devlerini
1st plural devimizi devlerimizi
2nd plural devinizi devlerinizi
3rd plural devlerini devlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular devime devlerime
2nd singular devine devlerine
3rd singular devine devlerine
1st plural devimize devlerimize
2nd plural devinize devlerinize
3rd plural devlerine devlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular devimde devlerimde
2nd singular devinde devlerinde
3rd singular devinde devlerinde
1st plural devimizde devlerimizde
2nd plural devinizde devlerinizde
3rd plural devlerinde devlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular devimden devlerimden
2nd singular devinden devlerinden
3rd singular devinden devlerinden
1st plural devimizden devlerimizden
2nd plural devinizden devlerinizden
3rd plural devlerinden devlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular devimin devlerimin
2nd singular devinin devlerinin
3rd singular devinin devlerinin
1st plural devimizin devlerimizin
2nd plural devinizin devlerinizin
3rd plural devlerinin devlerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular devim devlerim
2nd singular devsin devlersin
3rd singular dev
devdir
devler
devlerdir
1st plural deviz devleriz
2nd plural devsiniz devlersiniz
3rd plural devler devlerdir

Adjective

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dev

  1. giant, huge
    dev vücudunda küçük bir kalbe sahip.he/she possesses a little heart in his/her huge body.

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qluwX (dog). Cognate with Iu Mien juv.

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dev (classifier: tus)

  1. dog

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[4], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 34-5.