# dé
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛː]

### Noun

dé n (indeclinable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

#### Derived terms

* déčko

### Further reading

* “dé”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “dé”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Etymology

An emphatically stressed variant of the definite article de.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈˈdə/

### Article

dé
* the most excellent
    Dit is dé oplossing tegen muggen ― This is the solution against mosquitoes

#### Usage notes

* Like the unstressed version, the article is used with masculine and feminine nouns in the singular as well as plural nouns of all genders.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /de/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -e

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French dé, of obscure origin: perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, itself from Latin dātum, or alternatively of Arabic origin; cf أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād). (Can this etymology be sourced?) Compare Catalan dau; Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish dado.

#### Noun

dé m (plural dés)
* die (dice)
* diced slice (of meat)

##### Derived terms

* les dés sont jetés

### 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)
* thimble

##### Derived terms

* dé à coudre

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin dē.

#### Noun

dé m (plural dés)
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

### Further reading

* “dé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* ed, éd.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdeː]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -deː

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tjɛː/
* Rhymes: -ɛː

### Noun

dé n (genitive singular dés, nominative plural dé)
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

#### Declension
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲeː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish dé, from Proto-Celtic *dwīyūss, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.

#### Noun

dé f (genitive singular déithe, nominative plural déithe)
* (literary) smoke
* puff, breath
* glimmer

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
dé
déithe
vocative
a dhé
a dhéithe
genitive
déithe
déithe
dative
dé
déithe
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an dé
na déithe
genitive
na déithe
na ndéithe
dative
leis an dé don dé
leis na déithe :

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dé sg
* genitive singular of dia (“day”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

dé m sg
* inflection of dia (“god”):
** (nonstandard) vocative singular
** genitive singular

### Etymology 4
#### Pronoun

dé?
* Clipping of cad é.

### Etymology 5

From Latin dē.

#### Noun

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

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
* Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “dé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin dāre (“to give”).

### Verb

dé
* (Gherdëina, Badiot) to give (changing ownership)
    Synonym: scinché
    Mi fëna me à dat na nueva ëura.. ― My wife gave me a new watch.
* (Gherdëina, Badiot) to hand, to pass, to put within reach
    Da me chël! ― Give me that!
    Da me la man. ― Give me your hand (to hold).
    Pos'a me dé chëla biro? ― Could you hand me that pen?
* (Gherdëina, Badiot) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there is/are or there exist(s)
    Dal pa de bona scoles tlo ntëur? ― Are there good schools in the neighborhood?
    L ne da deguna ega tl desert. ― There is no water in this desert.
    Chësc ne dal pu nia! ― This is nothing that could possibly exist!
* (Gherdëina, Badiot) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign)
    Possi pa te dé n cunsëi? ― May I give you some advice?
    L jugadëur à dat n signal che l ulova unì mudà ora. ― The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted.
* (Gherdëina, Badiot) to present; to put
* (Gherdëina, Badiot) to result in

#### Conjugation

* Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### Alternative forms

* dèr (Fascian)

## Louisiana Creole
### Alternative forms

* de

### Etymology

Inherited from French deux (“two”), from Middle French deux, from Old French deus, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative plural of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /de/
* Rhymes: -e

### Numeral

dé
* two

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* de — nonstandard

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Romanization

dé (de$^2$, Zhuyin ㄉㄜˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘚
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 得
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 德, 徳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惪, 恴
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 登
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍀 / 锝

## Norman
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old French doit, doi, from Latin digitus.

#### Noun

dé m (plural dés)
* (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
* (Jersey) Alternative form of d'

## Old French
### Noun

dé oblique singular, m (oblique plural dez, nominative singular dez, nominative plural dé)
* die (cube with numbers or symbols on each face)

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲeː/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dwiyots, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.

#### Noun

dé f (genitive dïad)
* smoke

##### Declension

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

##### Descendants

* Irish: dé

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

dé
* inflection of día (“god”):
** vocative/genitive singular
** nominative plural
* accusative/dative singular of día (“day”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

dé
* Alternative spelling of de: third-person singular masculine of di (“of, from”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Romagnol
### Noun

dé m or f (invariable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) lètra; a, bé, cé, dé, e, ëffe, ge, àcca / àca, i, i lóng, càpa, ëlle, èmme, ènne, o, pé, cu, ërre, ësse, té, u, vé, dópi vé / dópi vu / vu dópi, ics, i gréc / ìpsilon, zéta

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronoun

dé
* Superseded spelling of dè.

### Noun

dé
* Superseded spelling of dè.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈde/ [ˈd̪e]
* Rhymes: -e
* Syllabification: dé
* Homophone: de

### Verb

dé
* inflection of dar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative