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di¹

  • /diː/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
  • /di/ Canada, US, Scotland
  • /ɖiː/ India

Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

imitative.

interjection

  1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm. The chorus goes like this: "di di di di dum, da di da".

Di²

  • /daɪ/

Sounds like die, dye, Dai, daye · Rhymes with -aɪ

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Diana and Diane.

Di³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Chinese 狄 (Dí).

proper noun Dis

  1. A surname from Chinese.

DI⁴

noun DIs

  1. Commonwealth, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of detective inspector; a police rank.
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dens invaginatus
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of diabetes insipidus
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of disposition index
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of diffused illumination
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dependency injection
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of direct injection (“fuel injection”).
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of ductile iron
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of direct input DI unit
  10. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of DI unit recorded with a DI
  11. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of directional influence (“the ability to change one's direction of movement while falling”).
  12. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of disability insurance

dI⁵

noun dIs

  1. dwarf irregular galaxy

    Similar: DIG, dIG

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: orcus, capello, nephrogenic, usp, rection, isocyanate, gamba, monte, chiana, igp, methylphenol, seppia, tert, trisaccharides, two, double

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@misc{di_2026,
  title = {di},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/di},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}