dieu

• deis

dieu

1. second-person plural present indicative of dir

Inherited from Middle French dieu, from Old French deu, from Latin deus, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

• IPA^(key): /djø/

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /dzjø/
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒø/

dieu m (plural dieux)

1. a god, male divinity

   Synonym: divinité

• When speaking of a god of a specific monotheistic religion, it is usually capitalized as Dieu.

• demi-dieu m
• dieudonné m & adjective
• dieux du ciel
• grand Dieu
• homme de dieu m
• jurer ses grands dieux

• déesse
• déifier

• Haitian Creole: dye

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

dieu

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

From Old French deu.

dieu m (plural dieux)

1. god

• When speaking of the Christian God, it is usually capitalized as Dieu.

• French: dieu
  • Haitian Creole: dye

From Latin deus.

dieu m (plural dieus)

1. god

dieu

1. here