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Webster 1828 Edition
De
DE
, a Latin prefix, denotes a moving from, separation; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. Hence it often expresses a negative; as in derange. Sometimes it augments the sense, as in deprave, despoil. It coincides nearly in sense with the French des and L. dis.DE
'ACON,Noun.
Definition 2024
dê
dê
See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"
Portuguese
Verb
dê
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of dar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of dar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of dar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of dar
Etymology 2
Noun
dê m (plural dês)
- dee (name of the Latin letter D, d)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [z̻e˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jej˧˥]
- Homophone: giê
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *tē
Noun
Etymology 2
By analogy with đê
Noun
dê
Usage notes
The letters D and d take this name if they are treated as alphabetic letters used to represent phonemes (/z/, /j/)
Synonyms
- dờ
- đê; đờ