D
D - Translingual
Letter
D (lower case d)
- The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Alternative forms
- d, IↃ, CCCCC, ccccc
Numeral
D (upper case Roman numeral, lower case d)
- (Roman numerals) Five hundred (500).
- the five hundredth (500th)
Symbol
D
- (chemistry) Deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen.
- (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for thirteen.
- A standard size of dry cell battery larger than C.
- Vehicle-distinguishing sign for Germany.
- (biochemistry) IUPAC one-letter abbreviation for aspartic acid.
- (mathematics) The differential operator in calculus and analysis.
- (linguistics) A wildcard for an alveolar consonant
- (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by Moody's Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings, indicating that a bond is in default, and the issuer is (or is about to become) bankrupt.
- denier (unit)
- (clothing) Bra cup size.
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D - English
Pronunciation
- Letter name: IPA: /diː/
- Phoneme: IPA: /d/
Letter
Number
D (upper case, lower case d)
Noun
D
- Abbreviation of defense.
- (US politics) Abbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.
- D-New York
- (automotive) Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
- (printing) Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
- (euphemistic, slang) Clipping of dick (“penis”).
- She wants the D!
- (electronics) Abbreviation of data.
- (Unicode) Canonical decomposition
- (music) Abbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.
- Coordinate term: Köchel number
- Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of day.
Derived terms
Adverb
D
- Abbreviation of down (direction).
Adjective
D
- Abbreviation of divorced.
Proper noun
D
- (with “The”) The City of Detroit.
- (religion) Abbreviation of Deuteronomist.
Interjection
D
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Noun
D (plural Ds)
- (snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
- (soccer) The penalty arc on a football pitch.
Noun
D (plural Ds)
Proper noun
D
- (computer languages) A programming language inspired from C++.
D - Afar
Letter
D
D - Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /dɪə/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Noun
D - Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /d(ə)/
Letter
D (D) (upper case D, lower case d)
- The 5th letter of the Standard Albanian Latin-script alphabet.
- The 7th letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.
D - Angami
Letter
D
D - Azerbaijani
Letter
D upper case (lower case d)
D - Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA: /de/, [d̪e̞]
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Central Franconian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /d/, (coda) [t]
Letter
D
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes
- In the German-based spelling, d is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between d and t may be based on internal analogy, but more often follows the German cognate.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, d is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open. In the syllable coda, internal analogy prevails.
D - Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
D
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): di1, dok1
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien, POJ): ti
- (Teochew, Peng'im): di5
- Wu (Wiktionary): 1ti
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dì
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dì
- Wade–Giles: ti4
- Yale: dì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
- Palladius: ди (di)
- Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: di1, dok1
- Yale: dī, dōk
- Cantonese Pinyin: di1, dok7
- Guangdong Romanization: di1, dog1
- Sinological IPA : /tiː⁵⁵/, /tɔːk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti
- Tâi-lô: ti
- Phofsit Daibuun: dy
- IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: di5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tî
- Sinological IPA : /ti⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: 1ti
- Sinological IPA : /ti⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
Letter
D
- The fourth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, common)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dē
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: de
- Wade–Giles: tê1
- Yale: dē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: de
- Palladius: дэ (dɛ)
- Sinological IPA : /tɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, official)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dê̄
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄝ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dê
- Wade–Giles: teh1
- Yale: dē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dè
- Palladius: дэй (dɛj)
- Sinological IPA : /tɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common)+
Letter
D
- The fourth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes
- 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
- The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
D - Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /deː/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /do/
- (phoneme): IPA: /d/
- Homophone (letter name): do (“so, therefore”)
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Estonian
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Finnish
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords except for the weak grade of t.
D - German
Pronunciation
- IPA: /deː/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈdeːl]
Noun
D (plural D-ek)
Declension
The declined forms below are used only in writing. When speaking, the declined forms of the full word should be used, as shown at dél.
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | D | D-ek |
accusative | D-et | D-eket |
dative | D-nek | D-eknek |
instrumental | D-lel | D-ekkel |
causal-final | D-ért | D-ekért |
translative | D-lé | D-ekké |
terminative | D-ig | D-ekig |
essive-formal | D-ként | D-ekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | D-ben | D-ekben |
superessive | D-en | D-eken |
adessive | D-nél | D-eknél |
illative | D-be | D-ekbe |
sublative | D-re | D-ekre |
allative | D-hez | D-ekhez |
elative | D-ből | D-ekből |
delative | D-ről | D-ekről |
ablative | D-től | D-ektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular | D-é | D-eké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | D-éi | D-ekéi |
Possessive forms of D | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | D-em | D-eim |
2nd person sing. | D-ed | D-eid |
3rd person sing. | D-e | D-ei |
1st person plural | D-ünk | D-eink |
2nd person plural | D-etek | D-eitek |
3rd person plural | D-ük | D-eik |
Coordinate terms
(compass points) égtájak;
északnyugat (ÉNy) | észak (É) | északkelet (ÉK) |
nyugat (Ny) | kelet (K) | |
délnyugat (DNy) | dél (D) | délkelet (DK) |
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: [ˈd]
- (letter name): IPA: [ˈdeː]
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | D | D-k |
accusative | D-t | D-ket |
dative | D-nek | D-knek |
instrumental | D-vel | D-kkel |
causal-final | D-ért | D-kért |
translative | D-vé | D-kké |
terminative | D-ig | D-kig |
essive-formal | D-ként | D-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | D-ben | D-kben |
superessive | D-n | D-ken |
adessive | D-nél | D-knél |
illative | D-be | D-kbe |
sublative | D-re | D-kre |
allative | D-hez | D-khez |
elative | D-ből | D-kből |
delative | D-ről | D-kről |
ablative | D-től | D-ktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular | D-é | D-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | D-éi | D-kéi |
Possessive forms of D | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | D-m | D-im |
2nd person sing. | D-d | D-id |
3rd person sing. | D-je | D-i |
1st person plural | D-nk | D-ink |
2nd person plural | D-tek | D-itek |
3rd person plural | D-jük | D-ik |
Derived terms
- D-dúr
- D-vitamin
D - Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA: /d/
Letter
D (lower case d)
D - Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /de/
- (phoneme): IPA: /d/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Italian
Pronunciation
- (phonemic realization) IPA: /d/
Letter
D f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case d)
D - Latvian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [d]
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Malay
Pronunciation
- (name of letter) IPA: [di]
- (phoneme, syllable-initial) IPA: [d]
- (phoneme, syllable-final) IPA: [t̚]
Letter
D
D - Norwegian Bokmål
Letter
D (lowercase d)
D - Nupe
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: /d/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /dɛ/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Portuguese
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Noun
D m (uncountable)
- Abbreviation of dom. (as a title)
D - Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA: /d/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /d/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Saanich
Pronunciation
- IPA: /tʼ/
Letter
D
D - Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /d/
Letter
D (lower case d)
D - Slovene
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: /d/, [t]
- (letter name): IPA: /də́/, /dèː/, /déː/
- Homophone: d
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Noun
D m inan
Inflection
- Overall more common
Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | D | ||
gen. sing. | D-ja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) | D | D-ja | D-ji |
genitive (rodȋlnik) | D-ja | D-jev | D-jev |
dative (dajȃlnik) | D-ju | D-jema | D-jem |
accusative (tožȋlnik) | D | D-ja | D-je |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) | D-ju | D-jih | D-jih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | D-jem | D-jema | D-ji |
- More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | D | ||
gen. sing. | D | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | D | D | D |
accusative | D | D | D |
genitive | D | D | D |
dative | D | D | D |
locative | D | D | D |
instrumental | D | D | D |
D - Somali
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: /d/
- (letter name): IPA: /deːl/
Letter
D upper case (lower case d)
Usage notes
D - Spanish
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Derived terms
D - Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: D
- (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA: /di/, [dɪ]
- (letter name, Abecedario): IPA: /de/, [dɛ]
- (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA: /da/, [dɐ]
- (phoneme): IPA: /d/, [d]
- (phoneme, Teresa-Morong, occasionally): IPA: /ɾ/, [ɾ]
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)
- The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called di and written in the Latin script.
- (historical) The fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called de and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
Letter
D - Turkish
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA: [ze˧˧], [ʔɗe˧˧], [zəː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA: [jej˧˧], [ʔɗej˧˧], [jəː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA: [jej˧˧], [ʔɗej˧˧], [jəː˨˩]
- Phonetic: dê, đê, dờ
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Welsh
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA: /diː/
- (informal) IPA: /də/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
Mutation
- D at the beginning of words mutates to Dd in a soft mutation, to N in a nasal mutation and is unchanged by aspirate mutation, for example with the word Dinbych (“Denbigh”):
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
Dinbych | Ddinbych | Ninbych | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
D - Yoruba
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: /d/
- (letter name): IPA: /dí/
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)
D - Zulu
Letter
D (upper case, lower case d)