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de¹

  • /ˈdɛ/

noun des

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д.

de²

  • /diː/ Northumbria
  • /dɪ/ interrogative
  • /dɪv/ before vowel, interrogative

Rhymes with -iː

verb diz · dein · did · dyun · dee

  1. Northumbria, alternative Alternative form of dee (“to do”).

de³

article

  1. Caribbean, Jamaica, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of the “He went to’ds de back, ma’am.” The negro opened the door and slid his legs, clad in army O.D. and a pair of linoleum putties, to the ground. “‘I’ll go git ’im.”’

de⁴

interjection

  1. A meaningless unstressed syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm. “Dum de dum, dum de dum”, he hummed as he sauntered down the road.

de⁵

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French de (“of”).

preposition

  1. historical Used in the titles of French nobility; of. Conwoman Jeanne de La Motte stole a 2,800-carat diamond necklace, The Slave's Collar, by convincing the Cardinal de Rohan that Queen Marie-Antoinette wanted it.

DE⁶

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Delaware: a state of the United States.

noun DEs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of desktop environment
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of diatomaceous earth
  3. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of destroyer escort, a type of warship of the destroyer subtype, also called a frigate.
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of differential equation
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of delayed ejaculation

De⁷

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 德 (Dé).

proper noun Te · Tê

  1. historical A former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong.

De⁸

Where it comes from

From Bengali [Term?].

proper noun

  1. A surname from India

dE⁹

noun dEs

  1. dwarf elliptical galaxy

    Similar: DEG, dEG

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: stilboestrol, diethylstilbestrol, stilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, pesar, of, from, off, about, regarding, concerning, apropos, on, touching, respecting, relating

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noun initialism of differential equation

DeutschDGL, DGl, Dgl, Dgl.

name Translations

中文德州 Dézhōu

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@misc{de_2026,
  title = {de},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/de},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}