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Etymology

From French de.

Symbol

de

1. (radio slang) from (operator), this is (operator)

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• dee (Northumbria)

Verb

de (third-person singular simple present diz, present participle dein, simple past did, past participle dyun)

1. (Northumbria) To do.

References

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Article

de

1. Pronunciation spelling of the, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Etymology 3

Interjection

de

1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.

   "Dum de dum, dum de dum", he hummed as he sauntered down the road.

Anagrams

• -ed, -èd, E.D., ED, Ed, Ed., ed, ed-, ed.

Alternative forms

• der (prevocalic)
• dr (Bern)

Article

de

1. (definite) the

Declension

• Masculine nominative/accusative singular de has the form der before a vowel, e.g. der alt Maa ‘the old man’
• Dative plural de has the form den before a vowel, e.g. den alte Fraue ‘(to) the old women’
• Feminine singular d and plural d have the variant di before an adjective, e.g. di jung Mueter ‘the young mother’

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

de

1. of, from

Usage notes

• The preposition de contracts to d' before a word beginning with a vowel or h-: d'Asturies (“of Asturias”), d'hermanu (“of a brother”).

Derived terms

• d'
• del

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dè]

Particle

de

1. emphatic particle

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

Noun

de inan

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

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈde/

Noun

de f (plural des)

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

Etymology 2

From Latin dē.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /de/

Preposition

de (before vowel or h d')

1. of, from

Further reading

• “de” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Spanish de.

Preposition

de

1. (dated) of, from (only in names with Spanish origins or in phrases with Spanish construct)

   hopia de Cebu

   Cebu's hopia or hopia of/from Cebu

   Isabel biyuda de Cortes

   Maria widow of Cortes

Related terms

• del, dela

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də/

Article

de (definite, reduced)

1. (most dialects) feminine nominative and accusative
2. (most dialects) plural nominative and accusative
3. (many dialects) plural dative
4. (some dialects) masculine nominative
5. (some dialects) masculine accusative
6. (few dialects) feminine dative

Usage notes

• (masculine): Three territories must be distinguished: 1.) Ripuarian, in which the accusative takes the form of the nominative; 2.) western Moselle Franconian, in which the nominative takes the form of the accusative; 3.) eastern Moselle Franconian, in which nominative and accusative are distinct.

1.) In Ripuarian, the reduced masculine article in nominative and accusative is de only in a few places, including Bonn; most dialects have der. The full form is always dä.

2.) In western Moselle Franconian, the form is de, but becomes den before vowels, h-, and dental consonants. The full form is dän.

3.) In eastern Moselle Franconian, the reduced masculine article in the nominative is de in many dialects, der in others. The full form is där. The accusative takes den (full form: dän).

• (feminine): Virtually all dialects use de as the reduced feminine article in nominative and accusative. The full form is die. In the dative, de is used in a few dialects of Ripuarian; the general form is der. The full form may be där or dä.
• (plural): Virtually all dialects use de as the reduced plural article in nominative and accusative. The full form is die. In the dative, de is used in most dialects of Ripuarian. In Moselle Franconian the form is the same as the masculine accusative (see above). The full form of the dative plural may be dä, dän, or däne.
• Westernmost Ripuarian has no case distinction whatsoever. Only the nominative forms are relevant for these dialects.

Alternative forms

• di (Luserna)

Article

de

1. (Sette Comuni) the; definite article for four declensions:
   1. nominative singular feminine
   2. accusative singular feminine
   3. nominative plural

      De diarn zeint bille un de puuben noch mèeront.

      The girls are silly, and the boys even more so.

   4. accusative plural

See also

References

• “de” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo, 1974

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

de

1. of

Related terms

• dei

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/, [d̥i]
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology

From Old Danish thē, from Old Norse þeir, from Proto-Germanic *þai.

Article

de (singular)

1. plural definite article

   de grønne huse

   the green houses

See also

• den

Pronoun

de (as a personal pronoun, it has the forms dem in the oblique case and deres in the genitive; as a determiner, it is uninflected)

1. they (third-person plural nominative pronoun)
2. those (plural demonstrative pronoun)

   De kager smager ikke godt.

   Those cakes are not delicious.

   • 2000, Mon farven har en anden lyd?: strejftog i 90'ernes musikliv og ungdomskultur i Danmark, Museum Tusculanum Press →ISBN, page 90

     De huse er meget store, både som sommerhuse og som helårshuse for de gamle hvis de flytter tilbage som pensionister uden børnene.

     Those houses are very large, both as summerhouses and all-year-houses for the old people, if they move back, being retired, without their children.

   • 2015, Lynne Graham, Claire Baxter, Den lunefulde kærlighed/Min bedste ven, min elskede, Förlaget Harlequin AB →ISBN

     De borde var normalt forbeholdt VIP'erne og arrangørerne.

     Those tables were usually reserved for the VIP's and the arrangers.

See also

Etymology

An unstressed variety of Middle Dutch die. See die for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: de
• Rhymes: -ə

Article

de

1. the (definite article, masculine and feminine singular, plural)

   De man ― The man (masculine singular)

   De vrouw ― The woman (feminine singular)

   Het boek ― The book (neuter singular)

   De boeken ― The books (neuter plural)

   De oude man en de zee. ― The old man and the sea.

Usage notes

• Placed before masculine and feminine nouns in the singular and plural nouns of all genders, indicating a specific person or thing instead of a general case.

Inflection

• There is also the clitic form 's for des. The oblique cases are archaic and found in contemporary Dutch only in fixed idiomatic phrases (e.g., op den duur).

Derived terms

• dezelfde

Descendants

• Afrikaans: die

See also

• dé
• een
• het

Anagrams

• e.d.

Etymology

From Latin dē, French de, Spanish de.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): /de/
• Hyphenation: de

Preposition

de

1. from

   Mi ne aĉetas ion ajn de ĉi tiu vendejo!

   I don't buy anything at all from this store!

2. of, possessed by

   La aŭto de Davido estas nigra.

   David's car is black.

3. done, written or composed by

   Ĉu vi havas esperantan tradukon de Drakulo de Bram Stoker?

   Do you have an Esperanto translation of Dracula by Bram Stoker?

   La viro estis mordita de hundo.

   The man was bitten by a dog.

   Synonyms: far, fare de

Etymology

From Old Portuguese de, from Latin dē (“of; from”).

Preposition

de

1. of
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     Español falan millós de persoas.

     Millions of people speak Spanish.

Usage notes

Contractions:

• de + o: do
• de + os: dos
• de + a: da
• de + as: das

Noun

de n (genitive singular des, plural de)

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

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

Etymology 1

From Latin dē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də/

• audio

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• Rhymes: -ə

Preposition

de

1. of (expresses belonging)
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, chapter I, in L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra:

     Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo ....

     In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo ....

   Paris est la capitale de la France. ― Paris is the capital of France.

2. of (used to express property or association)

   Œuvres de Fermat ― Fermat’s Works

   Elle est la femme de mon ami. ― She is my friend’s wife.

   le voisin de Gabriel ― Gabriel's neighbor

3. from (used to indicate origin)

   Elle vient de France. ― She comes from France.

   Êtes-vous de Suisse ? ― Are you from Switzerland?

   Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. ― This cheese is from Spain.

   C’est de l’ouest de la France. ― It’s from the west of France.

   Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. ― The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.

4. of (indicates an amount)

   5 kilos de pommes. ― 5 kilograms of apples.

   Un verre de vin ― A glass of wine

   Une portion de frites ― A portion of fries

5. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word

   Un jus de pomme ― Apple juice

   Un verre de vin ― A glass of wine

   Une boîte de nuit ― A nightclub

   Un chien de garde ― A guarddog

   Une voiture de sport ― A sportscar

   Un stade de football ― A football stadium

6. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)

   De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. ― From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.

   Je travaille de huit heures à midi. ― I work from 8 o'clock to noon.

   un groupe de cinq à huit personnes ― a group of [from] five to eight people

7. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive

   J’ai arrêté de fumer. ― I stopped smoking.

   Il continue de m’embêter. ― He keeps annoying me.

   Elle m’a dit de venir. ― She told me to come.

   Nous vous exhortons de venir. ― We urge you to come.

8. by (indicates the amount of change)

   Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. ― Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.

Usage notes

Before a word beginning with a vowel sound, de elides to d’. Before the article le, it contracts with the article into du, as shown in the example above. Before the article les, it contracts with the article into des.

Le Songe d’une nuit d’été — “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Literally, “The Dream of a night of summer”)

La queue du chien — “The dog’s tail”

Index des auteurs — “Index of the authors”

Article

de (interrogative) (negative, negation)

1. (indefinite) some; any (in questions or negatives)

   Je voudrais de la viande. ― I would like some meat.

   Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? ― Is there any good music?

   Nous cherchons du lait. ― We're looking for some milk.

2. (negative) (pas de) a, an, any

   Elle a pas de mère. ― She doesn't have a mother.

   Il a pas de crayon. ― He doesn't have a pencil.

   J'ai pas de temps. ― I don't have any time.

Usage notes

In the positive, de is usually used with a definite article, as in the examples. In the negative, without an article.

Derived terms

• (contractions): d’, du, des

Etymology 2

Noun

d^e (plural d^es)

1. Abbreviation of dame.

See also

• d^lle
• s^r

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ed, éd.

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Preposition

de

1. of, from

Usage notes

The preposition de contracts to d- before articles, before third-person tonic pronouns, and before the determiners algún and outro.

Derived terms

• da, das, do, dos
• dalgún, dalgunha, dalgunhas, dalgúns
• del, dela, delas, deles
• dun, dunha, dunhas, duns
• doutra, doutras, doutro, doutros

Etymology

From French deux (“two”)

Numeral

de

1. two

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛ]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -dɛ

Adverb

de (not comparable)

1. how!, very much

   De szép ez a ház! ― Oh, how beautiful that house is!

Synonyms

• be (dated, poetic)
• milyen
• mennyire

Conjunction

de

1. but

   Synonyms: viszont, azonban, ám, ugyanakkor, ellenben

2. (oh) yes!, surely! (used as a positive contradiction to a negative statement)

   Synonym: de igen

   Nem voltál itt! - De ott voltam. ― You weren't here! - Yes I was!

Derived terms

• ámde
• dehogy
• dehát
• deviszont

(Expressions):

• a lélek kész, de a test erőtlen

See also

• csak
• dehát
• és
• mégis

Further reading

• (adverb): de in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
• (conjunction): de in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
• de in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress)

Alternative forms

• te (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

Article

de (definite)

1. inflection of där:
   1. unstressed nominative/accusative singular masculine
   2. unstressed dative singular feminine
   3. unstressed dative plural all genders

Declension

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Etymology

Borrowed from French de and Spanish de.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/, /dɛ/

Preposition

de

1. from (indicating departure, dependency, starting point, origin or derivation)

   Me kompris la frukti de la merkato.

   I bought the fruits from the market.

2. of (with a noun: indicating measurement, quantity, amount, content)

   Me esis un de kin en la konkurso.

   I was one of five in the competition.

   Me prizas tre multe tasego de kafeo ye la matino.

   I really like a big cup of coffee in the morning.

3. of (with an adjective: indicating measurement, dimension)

   Me havas tri boteli plena de aquo.

   I have three bottles of water.

4. with a title of nobility

   Rejio de Anglia

   Queen of England

Antonyms

• ad (“to”)
• til (“until, till”)

Derived terms

• de-
• del (“from the”)

Related terms

• di (“of (indicates possession or association)”)
• da (“by”)

Noun

de (plural de-i)

1. The name of the Latin script letter D/d.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

See also

• ek (“out of, out from”)

Preposition

de

1. from
2. since
3. of
4. with
5. by means of
6. to
7. for

Etymology 1

From Old Irish di (“of, from”)

Alternative forms

• d’ (used before a vowel sound)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛ/, /dʲə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ɡə/

Preposition

de (plus dative, triggers lenition, used only before consonant sounds)

1. from
2. of

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish de (“of/from him”).

Alternative forms

• dhe, dó, dhó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛ/

Pronoun

de (emphatic desean)

1. third-person singular masculine of de

Further reading

• "de" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 de, di”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019
• Entries containing “de” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “de” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Contraction

de

1. Apocopic form of del

   Michael Radford è il regista de "Il postino". ― Michael Radford is the director of "Il Postino".

Usage notes

De is used where del, della, etc, would ordinarily be used, but cannot be because the article is part of the title of a film, book, etc.

See also

• ne

Anagrams

• ed

Romanization

de

1. Rōmaji transcription of で
2. Rōmaji transcription of デ

Etymology

Cognate to Dutch de (“the”).

Article

de

1. the
   • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:

     De v'lôrene zön

     The prodigal (literally "lost") son

Postposition

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Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

de

1. of, from

Derived terms

• dl
• dla
• di
• dles

Preposition

de (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling די)

1. of
   • 2019, Silvyo OVADYA, “Hanukah Alegre”, in Şalom Gazetesi‎^[3]:

     Alhad la noche vamos a asender la primera kandela de muestras Hanukiyas.

     Sunday night we're going to light the first candle of our Hanukiyas.

2. from

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

Noun

de

1. wealth

References

• Hkaw Luk, A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), 2017

Etymology 1

From Etruscan. Etruscan names of stops were the stop followed by /eː/^[1].

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː/, [d̪eː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de/, [d̪ɛ]

Noun

dē f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter D.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

• de in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• de in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
• de in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• de in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *de. Also in suffixes -dam, -dum, -de, -dō (e.g. quondam, inde, unde, quandō), dōnec, Ancient Greek δέ (dé), δή (dḗ), English to.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː/, [d̪eː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de/, [d̪ɛ]

• Audio (Classical)

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Preposition

dē (+ ablative)

1. of, concerning, about
   • 1774, Finnur Jónsson, Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ 1:

     De introductione religionis Christianæ in Islandiam.

     Of the introduction of Christianity to Iceland.

   De rebus mathematicis. ― Concerning mathematical things.

2. from, away from, down from, out of; in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds.

   Emere de aliquo. ― To buy from someone.

   Aliquid mercari de aliquo. ― To buy something from someone.

   De aliquo quaerere, quid, etc., C ― To search for someone.

   Saepe hoc audivi de patre. ― I have often heard this from father.

   De mausoleo exaudita vox est. ― A voice was heard from the mausoleum.

   Ut sibi liceret discere id de me. ― Just as he himself permitted for me to learn.

   Hamum de cubiculo ut e navicula jacere. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Brassica de capite et de oculis omnia (mala) deducet. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   De digito anulum detraho. ― From the finger I pull the ring.

   De matris complexu aliquem avellere atque abstrahere. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (literally, “I rip someone away from the embrace of their mother and drag them away.”)

   Nomen suum de tabula sustulit. ― He removed his name from the tablet.

   Ferrum de manibus extorsimus. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (literally, “We wrench away from hands of iron.”)

   Juris utilitas vel a peritis vel de libris depromi potest. ― The utility of a law is able to be produced either from an expert or from books.

   De caelo aliquid demittere. ― To bring down something from the sky.

   1. with petere, of a place

      De vicino terra petita solo. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   2. (Late Latin) of persons

      Peto de te. ― I beg of thee.

3. from, away from, to indicate the place from which someone or something departs or withdraws.

   Animam de corpore mitto. ― I release the spirit from the body.

   Aliquo quom jam sucus de corpore cessit. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Civitati persuasit, ut de finibus suis cum omnibus copiis exirent. ― He persuaded the people to go forth from their territories with all their possessions.

   Decedere de provincia. ― To retire from office.

   De vita decedere. ― To withdraw from life

   Exire de vita. ― to exit out of life.

   (compare excedere e vita)

   De triclinio, de cubiculo exire. ― To go out from the triclinium, from the cubiculum.

   De castris procedere. ― To proceed out of the military camps.

   ...decido de lecto praeceps. ― I fall down from the bed headlong.

   De muro se deicere. ― To throw oneself down from the wall.

   De sella exsilire. ― To jump from the stool.

   Nec ex equo vel de muro etc., hostem destinare. ― To aim at the enemy from neither the horse nor the wall.

   De altera parte tertia Sequanos decedere juberet. ― He ordered the Sequani to withdraw from another third part.

Usage notes

• Dē denotes the going out, departure, removal, or separating of an object from any fixed point (it occupies a middle place between ab (“away from”) which denotes a mere external departure, and ex (“out of”) which signifies from the interior of a thing. Hence verbs compounded with dē are constructed not only with dē, but quite as frequently with ab and ex; and, on the other hand, those compounded with ab and ex often have the terminus a quo indicated by dē.

Derived terms

• dēex
• dēmum
• dēniquē
• dēterior
• sexāgēnārios dē ponte
• susque dēque

Descendants

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

Etymology 1

From Latin dē.

Preposition

de

1. of
2. from

de + article	Combined form
de + o	do
de + a	da
de + i	di
de + e	de

Etymology 2

de (“of, from”, preposition) + e (“the (fem. plur.)”, article)

Contraction

de

1. of the, from the (followed by a plural feminine noun)

Alternative forms

• dee (for the pronoun)
• dei

Etymology

From Middle Low German dê, from Old Saxon thē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deː/, /deɪ/, /dɛɪ̯/

Article

de m or f (neuter dat, plural de)

1. the
   • De Mann gat hen. ― The man walks [lit. goes] there.
   • De Fru geiht hen. ― The woman walks [lit. goes] there.

Usage notes

• Dative and accusative are sometimes called 'object case'. However, most (if not all) dialects have not actually merged these two.
• There is the only plural article and like English 'the' is used for nouns of every gender and class. Indefinite nouns in plural are used without article, again as in English.

Declension

Pronoun

de m or f (neuter dat)

1. (relative) which, that
   • de Mann, de dår güng ― the man, which walked there
   • de Mann, den wi hüert häbben ― the man, which we hired
   • de Fru, de wi hüert hębben ― the woman, which we have hired
   • dat Schipp, dat wi sailt hębben ― the ship that we have sailed

Usage notes

• The use as a relative pronoun might not be present in all dialects.

Declension

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [də]

Pronoun

de

1. unstressed form of du

Declension

Romanization

de (Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄜ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 地
2. Pinyin transcription of 底
3. Pinyin transcription of 得
4. Pinyin transcription of 的
5. Pinyin transcription of 脦
6. Pinyin transcription of 𠵨
7. Pinyin transcription of の

de

1. Nonstandard spelling of dē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dé.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dè.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Etymology

From French deux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

Numeral

de

1. two

Derived terms

• de trwa

Article

de

1. inflection of die:
   1. masculine nominative singular
   2. feminine nominative/accusative singular
   3. nominative/accusative plural

Etymology 1

From Old English þē.

Pronoun

de

1. Alternative form of þe.

References

• “the, (pron.2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

Etymology 2

From Old French de.

Noun

de

1. Alternative form of dee

Preposition

de

1. of
2. from

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

de

1. of, from

   Pertual ye un paíç localizado ne l sudoeste de la Ouropa. ― Portugal is a country located in the south-west of Europe.

Etymology

From Middle High German diu, from Old High German diu, from Proto-Germanic *þō, an alteration of *sō. Cognate with German die, obsolete English tho.

Article

de (singular masculine der, singular neuter s)

1. the, nominative singular feminine definite article
2. the, nominative plural definite article

References

• “de” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-de, from Proto-Bantu *-dàì.

Adjective

-de

1. tall

Inflection

This relative needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈte/

Conjunction

de

1. then, after that
2. then, in that case

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors, Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland, 2002-2008

Adverb

de

1. yes

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /diː/

Article

de

1. definite article, equivalent to "the", used before adjectives used with plural nouns; also used before adjectives converted to nouns. Usually capitalised as "De" when used in proper nouns.

Related terms

• den
• det

Pronoun

de (accusative dem, genitive deres)

1. they
2. those

See also

References

• “de” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þér, ér and þit, it. From a variant of Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronoun

de (objective case dykk, possessive dykkar)

1. you (second-person plural)

Synonyms

• dokker

See also

Etymology 2

From French de, Latin dē.

Preposition

de

1. used in set expressions (such as de jure); translates to "from" and "of"

References

• “de” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin dē.

Preposition

de

1. of
2. from

Alternative forms

• d' (before a vowel)

Etymology 2

Noun

de f (plural des)

1. dee (the letter d, D)

Etymology

Latin dē.

Preposition

de

1. of
2. from

Usage notes

• before a vowel, either remains as a separate word or becomes d'

Derived terms

• (de + )

Preposition

de

1. Alternative form of di (“of, from”)

Etymology

From Latin dē

Preposition

de

1. of
2. from

Alternative forms

• d- (elided form when followed by a word which begins with a vowel)
• D- (elided form when followed by a capitalised word which begins with a vowel)

Etymology

From Latin dē (“of; from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

Preposition

de

1. of
   • 13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , To codex, cantiga 5 (facsimile):

     Eſta ·xviiii· é como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriz de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou.

     This 19th is how Holy Mary helped the empress of Rome suffer the great pains she underwent.

Descendants

• Fala: de
• Galician: de
• Portuguese: de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də/

Etymology

Compare German den.

Article

de pl (definite)

1. the

Declension

Pronoun

de

1. you

Declension

Alternative forms

• d' (archaic, except for fixed terms)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese de (“of”), from Latin dē (“of”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /de/
  • (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /di/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /di/
• Homophone: dê (only when stressed)

Preposition

de

2. of (in relation to)
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 138:

     O protesto de Hermione foi abafado por uma risadinha alta.

     Hermione's objection was interrupted by a loud little laugh.

   os amigos dele

   his friends

   (literally, “the friends of his”)

   2. of (forms compounds; often untranslated)

      fones de ouvido

      headphones

      (literally, “phones of ear”)

      acampamento de verão

      summer camp

   4. of; about (on the subject of)

      Do que estavam falando?

      What were they talking about?

   6. of; -'s (belonging to)

      a casa de alguém

      someone's house

   8. -'s (made by)

      Você provou o bolo da minha mãe?

      have you tried my mother’s cake?

   10. of (being a part of)

       capa do livro

       cover of the book

   12. of (introduces the month a given day is part of)

       Primeiro de janeiro.

       First of January.

   14. of (introduces the object of an agent noun)

       Hitler foi um exterminador de judeus.

       Hitler was an exterminator of Jews.

   16. of (introduces the name of a place following its hypernym)

       A vila de Iorque.

       The village of York.

4. of; -en (made or consisting of)

   De que é feito?

   What is this made of?

   (literally, “Of what is made this?”)

   2. -long (having the duration of)

      um filme de duas horas

      a two hour-long movie

   4. of (indicates the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun)

      Milhares de pessoas vieram.

      Thousands of people came.

   6. of (characterised by; having the given quality)

      O templo não é mais um local de paz.

      The temple is no longer a place of peace.

6. of (introduces the noun that applies a given adjective or past participle)

   Um balde cheio de água.

   A bucket full of water.

8. from (born in or coming out of)

   De onde você é?

   Where are you from?

10. by means of; by

    Eu sempre vou trabalhar de ônibus.

    I always go to work by bus.

12. as (in the role of)

    Na festa, ele estava de bruxo.

    At the party, he was dressed as a wizard.

14. in (wearing)

    Homens de Preto

    Men in Black

Usage notes

Used in the following contractions:

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:de.

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/
• Rhymes: -e

Preposition

de (+accusative)

1. from

   Casa mea nu este departe de aici. ― My house is not far from here.

2. of

   o ceașcă de ceai ― a cup of tea

   un profesor de matematică ― a professor of mathematics

3. by

   o carte scrisă de Marin Preda. ― a book written by Marin Preda

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) di
• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) gi

Etymology

From Latin diēs.

Noun

de m (plural des)

1. (Surmiran) day

Alternative forms

• dhe

Etymology

From Old Irish di, from Proto-Celtic *dī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲe/

Preposition

de (+ dative)

1. of, off

Derived terms

• bhàrr (“down from, from off”)
• The following prepositional pronouns:

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъdě, *kъde, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷu-dʰe.

Adverb

de (Cyrillic spelling де)

1. (Kajkavian, regional) where

Pronoun

de (Cyrillic spelling де)

1. (Kajkavian, regional) where

Synonyms

• gdje

Etymology

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Numeral

de

1. two

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-de, from Proto-Bantu *-dàì.

Adjective

-de

1. tall

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Pronunciation

• (after a pause, 'l', 'm', 'n' and 'ñ') IPA^(key): /de/, [d̪e̞]
• (elsewhere) IPA^(key): /de/, [ð̞e̞]

• Audio (Latin America)

  (file)

• Audio (Spain)

  (file)

• Lua error: not enough memory
• Lua error: not enough memory
• Lua error: not enough memory

Etymology 1

Noun

Lua error: not enough memory

1. The name of the Latin-script letter [[D#Lua error: not enough memory|D]].Lua error: not enough memory

Etymology 2

Spanish preposition “de” written as a ligature in capitals

Hand-painted preposition “DE” in the wild

From Lua error: not enough memory.

Preposition

Lua error: not enough memory

1. of; ’s; Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

2. from Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

3. of Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

4. about Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

5. of, from Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

6. of Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

7. from Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

8. of Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

9. from Lua error: not enough memory

   Lua error: not enough memory

10. than Lua error: not enough memory

    Lua error: not enough memory

    Lua error: not enough memory

11. Lua error: not enough memory

    Lua error: not enough memory

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    Lua error: not enough memory

13. Lua error: not enough memory

    Lua error: not enough memory

    Lua error: not enough memory

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    Lua error: not enough memory

    Lua error: not enough memory

    Lua error: not enough memory

Usage notes

• Lua error: not enough memory combines with Lua error: not enough memory to form Lua error: not enough memory.

Derived terms

• Lua error: not enough memory
• Lua error: not enough memory

Related terms

• Lua error: not enough memory

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

Etymology

From Lua error: not enough memory.

Pronunciation

• Lua error: not enough memory

Verb

Lua error: not enough memory

1. Lua error: not enough memory to be.

Particle

Lua error: not enough memory

1. Lua error: not enough memory Lua error: not enough memory.

Alternative forms

• Lua error: not enough memory Lua error: not enough memory
• Lua error: not enough memory Lua error: not enough memory

Etymology

From Lua error: not enough memory, from Lua error: not enough memory (with noun ending -r).

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

  Lua error: not enough memory
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• Lua error: not enough memory (if pronounced /deː/.)
• Lua error: not enough memory Lua error: not enough memory
• Lua error: not enough memory

Pronoun

Lua error: not enough memory

1. they
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Declension