Irish

Proper noun

Dé m

1. inflection of Dia ‎(“God”):
   1. vocative singular
   2. genitive singular
   • The translation of Silent Night into Irish) begins:

     Oíche chiúin, oíche Mhic Dé

     Silent night, night of God’s Son

Etymology 2

Originally the dative of dia ‎(“day”).

Preposition

Dé ‎(plus genitive, triggers h-prothesis, used only with the names of the days of the week)

1. on

   Dé Domhnaigh‎ ― on Sunday

Usage notes

Dé is not used with Déardaoin ‎(“Thursday”), which by itself is both the noun “Thursday” and the adverb “on Thursday”.

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "Dé" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲeː/

Noun

Dé m

1. inflection of Día ‎(“God”):
   1. vocative singular
   2. genitive singular

Mutation

Czech

Noun

dé n

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

Derived terms

• déčko

French

Etymology 1

Obscure, perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, itself from Latin dātum, or alternatively of Arabic origin; cf أَعْدَاد ‎(ʾaʿdād). Compare Catalan dau, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish dado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

dé m ‎(plural dés)

1. die (dice)
2. diced slice (of meat)
3. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

dé m ‎(plural dés)

1. thimble

Anagrams

• ed, éd.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeː]

Noun

dé

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

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tjɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

dé n ‎(genitive singular dés, nominative plural dé)

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

Declension

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʲeː]

Noun

dé

1. genitive singular of dia

Mutation

Ladin

Alternative forms

• dèr
• dèsc

Etymology

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

Verb

dé

1. To give

Conjugation

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French deux ‎(“two”).

Numeral

dé

1. (cardinal) two

Mandarin

Pronunciation

Romanization

dé (Zhuyin ㄉㄜˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 嘚
2. Pinyin transcription of 得
3. 徳
4. Pinyin transcription of 德
5. Pinyin transcription of 恴
6. Pinyin transcription of 惪
7. Pinyin transcription of 淂
8. Pinyin transcription of 登
9. Pinyin transcription of 鍀
10. Pinyin transcription of 锝
11. Pinyin transcription of 陙

Norman

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French doit, doi, from Latin digitus.

Noun

dé m ‎(plural dés)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) finger

Alternative forms

• deigt (Guernsey)

Derived terms

• 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”)

Related terms

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

Etymology 2

Preposition

dé

1. (Jersey) Alternative form of d'

Old French

Noun

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

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲeː/

Noun

dé

1. vocative singular of día
2. genitive singular of día
3. nominative plural of día

Mutation

Spanish

Verb

dé

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dar.