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Webster 1913 Edition
De-
De-
.A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis- apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf.
Dis-
. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc. Definition 2024
de-
de-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"
English
Prefix
de-
- Meaning reversal, undoing or removing.
- decouple
- de-ice
- Intensifying.
- defraud
- decomplex
- denumerate
- depauperize
- deprostrate
- despecificate
- Meaning from, off.
- detrain
- desubstantival
- deverbal
Derived terms
words formed using the prefix de-
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See also
Translations
NOTE: Words using the prefix de- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.
reversal, undoing or removing
from off
Dutch
Pronunciation
Prefix
de-
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Malay
Etymology
From English de-, from Latin dē (“of, from”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de/
Prefix
de-
- (obsolete) de- (reversal, undoing or removing)
- deaktifkan (“deactivate”)
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Prefix
de-
- same as de- in English
References
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_words_prefixed_with_de-'>Norwegian Bokmål words prefixed with de-</a>
- “de-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Prefix
de-
References
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Norwegian_Nynorsk_words_prefixed_with_de-'>Norwegian Nynorsk words prefixed with de-</a>
- “de-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
Prefix
de-
- Alternative form of des-
- indicating that an action is done more strongly or more vigorously