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dies¹

  • /daɪz/

Sounds like dyes · Rhymes with -aɪz

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of die

noun

  1. plural plural of die (when used in the sense of a pattern / of obsolete spelling of dye)

Dies²

Where it comes from

From Latin dies (“Day”).

proper noun

  1. Roman One of the Protogenoi, the Protogenos personification of day. She is the daughter of fellow Protogenoi, Nox/Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness), and sister-wife of Aether. She is the Roman counterpart of Hemera.
  2. A surname from Spanish.

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Closest in meaning: decease, pass away, expire, die out, perish, break down, exit, break, fail, conk out, give way, give out, pall, go, become flat, ist

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@misc{dies_2026,
  title = {dies},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dies},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}