dé

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː]

dé n (indeclinable)

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

• “dé”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dé”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

An emphatically stressed variant of the definite article de.

• IPA^(key): /ˈˈdə/

dé

1. the most excellent

   Dit is dé oplossing tegen muggen ― This is the solution against mosquitoes

• Like the unstressed version, the article is used with masculine and feminine nouns in the singular as well as plural nouns of all genders.

• IPA^(key): /de/

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• Rhymes: -e

Inherited from Old French dé, of obscure origin: perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, itself from Latin dātum, or alternatively of Arabic origin; cf أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Compare Catalan dau; Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish dado.

dé m (plural dés)

1. die (dice)
2. diced slice (of meat)

• les dés sont jetés

From an alteration of Old French deel (influenced by the above word), from Late Latin digitāle < Latin digitālis.

dé m (plural dés)

1. thimble

• dé à coudre

Inherited from Latin dē.

dé m (plural dés)

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

• “dé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ed, éd.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeː]

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• Rhymes: -deː

dé

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

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	dé	dék
accusative	dét	déket
dative	dének	déknek
instrumental	dével	dékkel
causal-final	déért	dékért
translative	dévé	dékké
terminative	déig	dékig
essive-formal	déként	dékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dében	dékben
superessive	dén	déken
adessive	dénél	déknél
illative	débe	dékbe
sublative	dére	dékre
allative	déhez	dékhez
elative	déből	dékből
delative	déről	dékről
ablative	détől	déktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	déé	déké
non-attributive possessive - plural	dééi	dékéi

Possessive forms of dé
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dém	déim
2nd person sing.	déd	déid
3rd person sing.	déje	déi
1st person plural	dénk	déink
2nd person plural	détek	déitek
3rd person plural	déjük	déik

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

• IPA^(key): /tjɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

dé n (genitive singular dés, nominative plural dé)

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

• IPA^(key): /dʲeː/

From Old Irish dé, from Proto-Celtic *dwīyūss, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.

dé f (genitive singular déithe, nominative plural déithe)

1. (literary) smoke
2. puff, breath
3. glimmer

dé sg

1. genitive singular of dia (“day”)

dé m sg

1. inflection of dia (“god”):
   1. (nonstandard) vocative singular
   2. genitive singular

dé?

1. Clipping of cad é.

From Latin dē.

dé

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

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

From Latin dāre, present active infinitive of dō (“give”).

dé

1. (Gherdëina, Badiot) to give (changing ownership)

   Synonym: scinché

   Mi fëna me à dat na nueva ëura.. ― My wife gave me a new watch.

2. (Gherdëina, Badiot) to hand, to pass, to put within reach

   Da me chël! ― Give me that!

   Da me la man. ― Give me your hand (to hold).

   Pos'a me dé chëla biro? ― Could you hand me that pen?

3. (Gherdëina, Badiot) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there is/are or there exist(s)

   Dal pa de bona scoles tlo ntëur? ― Are there good schools in the neighborhood?

   L ne da deguna ega tl desert. ― There is no water in this desert.

   Chësc ne dal pu nia! ― This is nothing that could possibly exist!

4. (Gherdëina, Badiot) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign)

   Possi pa te dé n cunsëi? ― May I give you some advice?

   L jugadëur à dat n signal che l ulova unì mudà ora. ― The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted.

5. (Gherdëina, Badiot) to present; to put
6. (Gherdëina, Badiot) to result in

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• dèr (Fascian)

• IPA^(key): /de/

dé

1. to send

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : dé     Ordinal : sègon     Multiplier : doub     Collective : toulédé

• de

Inherited from French deux (“two”), from Middle French deux, from Old French deus, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative plural of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

• IPA^(key): /de/
• Rhymes: -e

dé

1. two

• de — nonstandard

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dé (de², Zhuyin ㄉㄜˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘚
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 得
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 德, 徳
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惪, 恴
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淂
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 登
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍀／锝

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From Old French doit, doi, from Latin digitus.

dé m (plural dés)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) finger

• deigt (Guernsey)

• s'mettre l'dé dans l'yi (“to put one's foot in it”, literally “to put one's finger in one's eye”)
• sèrvi au dé et à l'yi (“to wait on hand and foot”)

• preunmié dé m (“forefinger, index finger”)
• maître dé m (“middle finger”)
• Jean des sceas m (“ring finger”)
• p'tit dé m (“pinkie, little finger”)

dé

1. (Jersey) Alternative form of d'

dé oblique singular, m (oblique plural dez, nominative singular dez, nominative plural dé)

1. die (cube with numbers or symbols on each face)

• IPA^(key): /dʲeː/

From Proto-Celtic *dwiyots, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.

dé f (genitive dïad)

1. smoke

Feminine t-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dé	—	—
Vocative	dé	—	—
Accusative	dïaidN	—	—
Genitive	dïad	—	—
Dative	dïaidL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• Irish: dé

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dé

1. inflection of día (“god”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative plural
2. accusative/dative singular of día (“day”)

dé

1. Alternative spelling of de: third-person singular masculine of di (“of, from”)

dé m or f (invariable)

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

• (Latin-script letter names) lètra; a, bé, cé, dé, e, ëffe, ge, àcca / àca, i, i lóng, càpa, ëlle, èmme, ènne, o, pé, cu, ërre, ësse, té, u, vé, dópi vé / dópi vu / vu dópi, ics, i gréc / ìpsilon, zéta

dé

1. Superseded spelling of dè.

dé

1. Superseded spelling of dè.

• IPA^(key): /ˈde/ [ˈd̪e]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: dé
• Homophone: de

dé

1. inflection of dar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative