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Webster 1913 Edition
D
D
(dē)
1.
The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Phœnician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th;
as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr.
. See Guide to Pronunciation, √178, 179, 229. θυγάτηρ
, Skr. duhitr2.
(Mus.)
The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F.
3.
As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign [GREEK] (or [GREEK] ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000.
Definition 2024
Ḏ
Ḏ
Composition: D [U+0044] + ̱ [U+0331]
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Translingual
Letter
Ḏ upper case (lower case ḏ)
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter D): Ďď Ḋḋ Ḑḑ Ḍḍ Ḓḓ Ḏḏ Đđ D̦d̦ Ɖɖ Ɗɗ Ƌƌ ᵭ ᶁ ᶑ ȡ ᴅ Dd ȸ DZDzdz DZDzdz DŽDždž DŽDždž
- (Letters using macron sign or underline sign): Āā Ǟǟ Ḇḇ C̄c̄ Ḏḏ Ēē Ḕḕ Ḗḗ Ḡḡ ẖ Īī Ḹḹ Ḻḻ Ṉṉ Ōō Ȫȫ Ṑṑ Ṓṓ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ Ṯṯ Ūū Ǘǘ Ǖǖ Ṻṻ Ȳȳ Ẕẕ Ǣǣ
ḏ
ḏ
Composition: d [U+0064] + ̱ [U+0331]
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Translingual
Letter
ḏ lower case (upper case Ḏ)
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter D): Ďď Ḋḋ Ḑḑ Ḍḍ Ḓḓ Ḏḏ Đđ D̦d̦ Ɖɖ Ɗɗ Ƌƌ ᵭ ᶁ ᶑ ȡ ᴅ Dd ȸ DZDzdz DZDzdz DŽDždž DŽDždž
- (Letters using macron sign or underline sign): Āā Ǟǟ Ḇḇ C̄c̄ Ḏḏ Ēē Ḕḕ Ḗḗ Ḡḡ ẖ Īī Ḹḹ Ḻḻ Ṉṉ Ōō Ȫȫ Ṑṑ Ṓṓ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ Ṯṯ Ūū Ǘǘ Ǖǖ Ṻṻ Ȳȳ Ẕẕ Ǣǣ