Vietnamese

Noun

(classifier con) đê

1. (geology) dike

Derived terms

• đê điều

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French dé or Portuguese dê

Noun

đê

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

Usage notes

The letters D and d take this name if they are not treated as alphabetic letters used to represent phonemes (/z/, /j/). For example, in geometry, "point D" is called "điểm đê".

Synonyms

• đờ (1)
• dê; dờ (2)