di

See also: Variations of "di"

di - Translingual

Alternative forms

  • (roman numeral): DI, CCCCCI, ccccci

Number

di

  1. A Roman numeral representing five hundred one (501).

di - English

Interjection

di

  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".

Anagrams

di - Afrikaans

Article

di

  1. Obsolete spelling of die

Pronoun

di

  1. Obsolete spelling of die

di - Ajië

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ⁿdi]

Adjective

di

  1. wet

di - Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/

Verb

di (first-person singular past tense dita, participle ditur)

  1. I know
    • Nuk e di.
      • I don't know.
    • Do të doja të dija më shumë rreth teje.
      • I'd like to know more about you.

Conjugation

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participle ditur
singular plural
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers. 1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
indicative present di di di dimë dini dinë
imperfect dija dije dinte dinim dinit dinin
aorist dita dite diti ditëm ditët ditën
subjunctive present di dish dije të dimë dini të dinë
optative present ditsha diç dittë ditshim ditshit ditshin
admirative present ditkam ditke ditka ditkemi ditkeni ditkan
imperfect ditkësha ditkëshe ditkësh ditkëshim ditkëshit ditkëshin
imperative present di dini

Derived terms


Alternative forms

Verb

di (first-person singular past tense diu, participle dirë)

  1. (Tosk) to dawn (daylight)

Synonyms

di - Aromanian

Preposition

di

  1. of
  2. from

di - Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [dí]

Verb

di

  1. to give

di - Bavarian

Pronoun

di

  1. you (accusative, singular)

di - Belizean Creole

Article

di

  1. the

Particle

di

  1. continuous tense marker; -ing

Usage notes

  • It tends to immediately precede the verb that it modifies.

Derived terms

  • mi-di

di - Blagar

Adverb

di

  1. also

di - Bura

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [dì]

Noun

  1. town, settlement
  2. land

di - Cameroon Pidgin

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/

Verb

di

  1. (auxiliary) imperfective or progressive aspect marker

di - Cebuano

Adverb

di

  1. not

di - Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /diː/, /di/
  • Homophone: die

Determiner

di (masculine denge or dinge, feminine deng or ding)

  1. (Ripuarian) your (second-person singular possessive)
    • Wo häs de dann di Jlas henjestallt?
      • Where did you put your glass?

Usage notes

  • The form deng/ding is used for the neuter when strongly stressed: Dat es ding Booch! (That's your book!) Contrariwise, the form di may be used for the masculine and feminine when unstressed, chiefly with words for relatives: di Papp (“your father”, but less common than denge Papp).

di - Cimbrian

Alternative forms

  • de (Sette Comuni)

Article

di

  1. (Luserna) the; definite article for four declensions:
    1. nominative singular feminine
    2. accusative singular feminine
    3. nominative plural
    4. accusative plural

di - Dimasa

Noun

di

  1. water

Derived terms

di - Eastern Magar

Noun

di

  1. water

di - Ewe

Verb

di

  1. to search

di - Fayu

Noun

di

  1. water
  2. river

di - Friulian

Preposition

di

  1. of
  2. from
  3. by

di - Galician

Verb

di

  1. third-person singular present indicative of dicir
  2. second-person singular imperative of dicir

di - Guinea-Bissau Creole

Preposition

di

  1. of
  2. at
  3. from

di - Haitian Creole

Verb

di

  1. to say
  2. to tell

Derived terms

di - Ido

Preposition

di

  1. of (indicating possession)
    • La domo di mea matro
      • The house of my mother
  • de (from, of) (where an amount is indicated)
  • da (by)

di - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/

Preposition

di

  1. in
    • di Surabayain Surabaya
  2. at
  3. on
  4. (dialect, colloquial) to
  5. (dialect, colloquial) from

Noun

di

  1. alternative spelling of adi-

di - Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dʲɪ/
  • (Aran also) IPA: /dʲiː/
  • (Cois Fharraige also) IPA: /d̪ˠiː/

Pronoun

di (emphatic dise)

  1. third-person singular feminine of de: from/of her, from/of it f
  2. third-person singular feminine of do: to/for her, to/for it f

di - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: °°/di/°
  • Hyphenation: di

Preposition

di

  1. used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
    • L’ira di ApolloApollo’s wrath (literally, “The wrath of Apollo”)
    • la coda del canethe dog’s tail
    • Canto dello sciatoreSong of the skier
    • Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’Uomo
      • Universal declaration of the Rights of [the] Man
    • Simbolo degli ApostoliSigns of the Apostles
    • Manifesto della cucina futuristaManifesto of the futurist kitchen
    • Dei delitti e delle pene
      • Of [the] crimes and [of the] punishments
  2. from
    • Lei è di Monreale in Sicilia, ma adesso vive a Roma
      • She's from Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome
  3. by, of, ’s
    • La mia canzone preferita degli U2? 'One' !
      • My favorite song by U2? 'One'!
    • La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri
      • The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
  4. than
    • Jack è più alto di sua moglie, Joan.
      • Jack is taller than his wife, Joan.
    • Biden ha detto che l'economia USA è in condizioni peggiori di quanto pensasse
      • Biden says US economy is in worse shape than he thought.
  5. used in superlative forms; in, of
    • Pont Neuf è il più antico ponte di Parigi
      • Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris.
  6. about, on, concerning
    • Euclide scrisse diversi libri di matematica.
      • Euclid wrote many books on mathematics.
    • Parliamo di sentimenti.Let's talk about feelings.
  7. expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted
    • Sei Nazioni: la Scozia gioca con l'Italia in un incontro decisivo per il cucchiaio di legno.
      • Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.
    • Ho comprato una collana d'oro bianco.
      • I bought a white gold necklace.
  8. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
    • Lei ha detto di non preoccuparsi.
      • She said not to worry.
    • Che devo fare se penso di avere un virus nel mio computer?
      • What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?
  9. used with the definite article in partitive constructions; some
    • Vuoi dell'acqua?Would you like some water?
  10. used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article
    • penso diI think so
    • niente di meglionothing better
    • Che c’è di nuovo?What's new?

Usage notes

  • When followed by the definite article, di combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
  • The i can additionally optionally be elided before vowel sounds to form d'.

Derived terms


Pronunciation

  • IPA: **/ˈdi/*
  • Hyphenation:

Noun

di f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.; dee

di - Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈdi/

Article

di

  1. the
    • Is a riddim mi love from birth. Di harmonies, di lyrics; everything perfect.It's a rhythm I've always loved. The harmony, the lyrics ... everything's perfect.

di - Japanese

Romanization

di

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ディ

di - Kabyle

Preposition

di

  1. in
    • di yexxam-inu
      • in my house
    • Izeddeɣ di Lezzayer.
      • He lives in Algeria.
    • Synonym: deg
  2. during

di - Krio

Article

  1. the

di - Kuna

Noun

di

  1. water

di - Ladin

Contraction

di

  1. of the (masculine plural)

di - Latin

Noun

 m pl

  1. nominative/vocative plural of deus

di - Ligurian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/

Contraction

di

  1. Contraction of de i.; of the (masculine plural)

di - Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/

Numeral

di

  1. ten.

Usage notes

di - Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/

Preposition

di (Jawi spelling د)

  1. in
    • di Kuala Lumpurin Kuala Lumpur
  2. at
    • di sungaiat the river
  3. on
    • di jalanon the road

di - Mandarin

Romanization

di (di5di0, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄧ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

di

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

di - Mansaka

Adverb

di

  1. not

di - Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /diː/, /di/

Pronoun

di

  1. accusative/dative of du

di - Middle English

Noun

di

  1. Alternative form of dee

di - Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /diː/

Pronoun

  1. (second person singular dative) you, thee
  2. (second person singular accusative) you, thee

Declension

nominative accusative dative genitive
1st person singular ik (ek) (, mik, mek)mîn (mîner)
2nd person singular (, dik, dek)dîn (dîner)
3rd person singular
m (, hie)ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn)ēme, em (ȫme, en)sîn (sîner)
n it (et)
f (, sie, sü̂)ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)
1st person plural (, wie)uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik)unser (ûser)
2nd person plural (, î) (jûwe, û, jük, gik)jûwer (ûwer)
3rd person plural (, sie)em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen)ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)

For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here.

di - Moran

Noun

di

  1. water

di - Nigerian Pidgin

Article

di

  1. the

di - North Frisian

Article

di

  1. the (masculine singular)
  2. the (common singular) (Sylt)

Pronoun

di

  1. you, thou (familiar object singular)

di - Northern Kurdish

Preposition

di

  1. in
  2. an element of several circumpositions

di - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

di

  1. feminine singular of din

Verb

di

  1. imperative of die

di - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /diː/

Adverb

di

  1. Used as a comparative correlative.
    1. the; With multiple comparatives (or meir (more) with verb phrases), establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.
      • Synonym: jo
      • Di sterkare, di betre
        • The stronger the better
    2. With a single adverbial meir (more) or comparative, establishes an often inverse correlation with a preceding comparative or stated degree.
      • Han sa lite, men tenkte di meir
        • He said little, but thought more (than he didn't speak)
  2. (literary, poetic) because

Conjunction

di

  1. (literary) because
  2. Used especially in more common compound adverbs and conjunctions.

Derived terms


Pronunciation

  • IPA: /diː/

Determiner

di

  1. feminine singular of din (your)

Pronoun

di

  1. feminine singular of din (yours)

Pronoun

di

  1. Eye dialect spelling of de.
  2. Eye dialect spelling of dei.

Determiner

di

  1. Eye dialect spelling of dei.

Anagrams

di - Old French

Noun

di m (oblique plural dis, nominative singular dis, nominative plural di)

  1. day (period of 24 hours)

di - Old Frisian

Noun

 m

  1. Alternative form of dei

Inflection

case singular plural
nominative degar, dega
accusative degar, dega
genitive dīs dega
dative degum, degem

di - Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dʲi/

Preposition

di (with dative)

  1. of, from

For quotations using this term, see di.

Inflection

Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. (i)m dí(i)msa
2d person sing. dít
3d sing. masc./neut., dative de, desom
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative
3d sing. fem., dative
3d sing. fem., accusative
1st person pl. dín(n) dínni
2d person pl. díb díbsi
3d person pl., dative diib, dí(i)b diibsom, díbsem
3d person pl., accusative

Combinations with a definite article:

Combinations with a possessive determiner:

  • dim (from my)
  • dit (from your sg)
  • dia, dua (from his/her/its/their)

Combinations with a relative pronoun:

  • dia (from which; when, if)

Descendants

  • Irish: de
  • Manx: jeh
  • Scottish Gaelic: de

Pronoun

di

  1. Alternative spelling of : to/from her

di - Old Prussian

Pronoun

di

  1. it, the third person [singular] neuter pronoun

di - Papiamentu

Conjunction

di

  1. of, of the
  2. from, from the

di - Romansch

Alternative forms

  • gi (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
  • de (Surmiran)

Noun

di m (plural dis)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) day

di - Sardinian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/

Preposition

di

  1. (Campidanese) Alternative form of de

di - Sassarese

Alternative forms

  • d' (apocopic, used before vowel sounds)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/

Preposition

di

  1. Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; 's
    • Lu cani di PàuruPaul's dog
    • Edda è un'amigga di mammaShe's a friend of mother's
  2. Used to indicate origin; from
    • Eu soggu di SàssariI'm from Sassari
  3. Used in comparisons; than
    • La poltrona è più còmuda di la caddreaThe armchair is more comfortable than the chair
  4. Used to indicate authorship; by, of, 's
    • Canne al vento è un libru di Gràzia DeleddaCanne al vento is a book by Grazia Deledda
  5. about, on, concerning
    • E eddi cosa ni pènsani di te?What do they think about you?
  6. Used in superlative forms; in, of
    • Edda è la più bedda di tuttiShe's the most beautiful (of all)
  7. Expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted
    • Un'ampulla di veddruA glass bottle (literally, “A bottle of glass”)

di - Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /tʲi/, /tʲiː/

Pronoun

di

  1. Alternative form of dhi

di - Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

di (Cyrillic spelling ди)

  1. (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia, colloquial) where (interrogative)
    • Di si ti cili božji dan?Where on earth have you been the whole day?
  2. (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia, proscribed, colloquial) whither, where, whereto
    • Di si išao jučer?Where did you go yesterday?

Pronoun

di (Cyrillic spelling ди)

  1. (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia) where

Usage notes

  • Originally of Chakavian-Ikavian origin, the word is today colloquially used throughout Croatia and other countries to a lesser extent.

Synonyms

di - Sicilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/
  • IPA: /dɪ/ (Apocopic form)
  • Hyphenation: di

Preposition

di

  1. Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
    • A raggia di ApolluApollo’s wrath (literally, “The wrath of Apollo”)
    • a cuda canithe dog’s tail
    • Dichiarazziuni Univirsali Diritti di l’Omu
      • Universal declaration of the Rights of [the] Man
    • Sìmmulu di l'ApòstuliSigns of the Apostles
    • Manifestu cucina futuristaManifesto of the futurist kitchen
    • Di li dilitta e di li peni
      • Of [the] crimes and [of the] punishments
  2. from
    • Iḍḍa è di Murriali, 'n Sicilia, ma ora campa a Ruma
      • She's from Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome
  3. by, of, ’s
    • A me canzuni prifiruta Pink Floyd? 'Echoes' !
      • My favorite song by Pink Floyd? 'Echoes'!
    • A Divina Cummedia di Danti Aligheri
      • The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
  4. than
    • Jack è cchiù autu di so mugghieri, Joan.
      • Jack is taller than his wife, Joan.
    • Biden dissi ca l'ecunumìa USA è 'n cunnizziuna pijuri di quantu pinzassi
      • Biden says US economy is in worse shape than he thought.
  5. Used in superlative forms; in, of
    • Pont Neuf è u ponti cchiù anticu di Parisi
      • Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris.
  6. about, on, concerning
    • Euclidi scrissi diversi libbra di matimàtica.
      • Euclid wrote many books on mathematics.
    • Parramu di sintimenta.Let's talk about feelings.
  7. Expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted
    • Sei Nazziuna: a Scozzia joca cu l'Italia nni nu ncontru dicisivu pâ cucchiara di lignu.
      • Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.
    • Acchattai na cuḍḍana d'oru jancu.
      • I bought a white [made of] gold necklace.
  8. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
    • Iḍḍa dissi di nun priuccupàrisi.
      • She said not to worry.
    • Ch'avissi a fari si penzu d'aviri nu virus nnô me cumputer?
      • What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?
  9. Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.
    • Ca penzu di seI think so
    • Nenti di megghiunothing better
    • Chi cc’è di novu?What's new?

Usage notes

  • When followed by a definite article, di combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
  • di + article Combined form
    di + u
    di + lu di lu
    di + a
    di + la di la
    di + i
    di + li di li
    di + l' di l'
  • The i can additionally optionally be elided before vowel sounds to form d'.

Derived terms

  • d'accordu
  • d'accusì
  • d'accuḍḍì
  • d'oru
  • d'èbbica
  • di basi
  • di certu
  • di corpu
  • di cuntìnuu
  • di cunzichitanza
  • di norma
  • di notti
  • di novu
  • di pirsuna
  • di ricenti
  • di sicuru
  • di supra
  • di sòlitu
  • di tantu 'n tantu
  • di truppeḍḍu
  • dâ minchia
  • dû cori
  • dû gèniri

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/
  • IPA: /dɪ/ (Apocopic form)
  • Hyphenation: di

Noun

di (f)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.; dee

di - Singpho

Noun

di

  1. egg

di - Slavomolisano

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/

Adverb

di

  1. (interrogative) where

Pronoun

di

  1. where

di - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈdi/ [ˈd̪i]
  • Syllabification: di

Verb

di

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar
    • Dile lo que te di.Tell him what I gave you.

Verb

di

  1. second-person singular imperative of decir
    • Dile lo que te di.Tell him what I gave you.
  2. Obsolete spelling of dice

di - Sumerian

Romanization

di

  1. Romanization of 𒁲 (di)

di - Swedish

Noun

di c

  1. suck, suckle; milk from the mother (human or animal) directly to the offspring

Declension

Declension of di 
Declension of di 

Derived terms

Pronoun

di

  1. Pronunciation spelling of de, representing Finland Swedish.
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) your, yours; feminine singular of din

Alternative forms

Anagrams

di - Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /diʔ/, [dɪʔ]
  • IPA: /deʔ/, [dɛʔ] (relaxed)

Adverb

(Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

  1. no; not
    • Antonyms: oo, (respectful) opo

Alternative forms

  • 'di
  • d text messaging, Internet slang

Derived terms


Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: di
  • IPA: /di/, [dɪ]

Noun

di (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d, in the Filipino alphabet.
    • Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) da, (in the Abecedario) de

di - Tat

Noun

di

  1. village

Derived terms

di - Tausug

Adverb

di

  1. not

di - Teribe

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /di/

Noun

di

  1. water
  2. river

Synonyms

di - Trumai

Noun

di

  1. water
  2. mirror

di - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

di

  1. to change position; to move

Derived terms


Verb

di

  1. (only in compounds) to leave behind; to bequeath

Derived terms

di - Volapük

Preposition

di

  1. of

di - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /diː/
  • Homophones: du (South Wales), (South Wales)

Alternative forms

Pronoun

di

  1. Soft mutation of ti.
  2. you (singular); thou

Usage notes

The form di is used after verb forms ending with a vowel (namely the simple future tense), while ti is used after other verb forms which end in -t. Di is also the form used as an emphatic pronoun after dy (your) in possessive and infinitive contexts.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
ti di unchanged thi
Irregular.
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Noun

di f (plural diau)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.

Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

di - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (high-tone): IPA: /dí/
  • (mid-tone): IPA: /dī/
  • (low-tone): IPA: /dì/

Noun

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.

Verb

  1. (intransitive) to become opaque
  2. (transitive) to occlude, to obstruct
  3. (transitive) to block, to clog, to plug

Derived terms


Verb

di

  1. (transitive) to change to something else
  2. (transitive) Alternative form of da (to become)

Derived terms


Verb

  1. (transitive) to bind, to fasten, to tie up
  2. (transitive) to pack, to bundle
  3. (transitive) to braid, to plait

Derived terms


Verb

di

  1. (transitive) to defeat, to conquer, to vanquish

Verb

  1. (intransitive) to coagulate, to solidify

Derived terms


Verb

  1. (intransitive) to win a game

di - Zhuang

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA: /ti˨˦/

  • Tone numbers: di1
  • Hyphenation: di

Classifier

di (Sawndip form , 1957–1982 spelling di)

  1. a bit of; a little; some

Adverb

di (Sawndip form , 1957–1982 spelling di)

  1. a little more

di - Zia

Noun

di

  1. tooth
Meaning and Definition of di
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