D

See also: Appendix:Variations of "d"

D U+0044, D
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
C
[U+0043]
Basic Latin E
[U+0045]

Translingual

Etymology 1

Etruscan 𐌃 (D), the source for Latin D

From the Etruscan letter 𐌃 (d, de), from the Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, delta), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃 (d, dalet), from an uncertain origin, likely the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿.

Letter

D (lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
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Etymology 2

A simplification of Ð under the graphic influence of the letter D, from a standardization of Ɔ superposed on a ⋌ or ⊢, from the practice of circling each hundredth ⋌ (now Roman numeral V), the tally stick notch mark representing five.

Alternative forms

  • d, IↃ, CCCCC, ccccc

Numeral

D (upper case Roman numeral, lower case d)

  1. (Roman numerals) Five hundred (500).
  2. the five hundredth (500th)

Etymology 3

  • (chemistry, deuterium): abbreviation of deuterium
  • (computing, hexadecimal 13): From its position as the thirteenth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}
  • (Germany): abbreviation of German word Deutschland (Germany)

Symbol

D

  1. (chemistry) Deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen.
  2. (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for thirteen.
  3. A standard size of dry cell battery larger than C.
  4. Vehicle-distinguishing sign for Germany.
  5. (biochemistry) IUPAC one-letter abbreviation for aspartic acid.
  6. (mathematics) The differential operator in calculus and analysis.
  7. (linguistics) A wildcard for an alveolar consonant
  8. (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.
  9. denier (unit)
  10. (clothing) Bra cup size.

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Other representations of D:

English

Etymology 1

From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter (d, daeg).

Pronunciation

  • Letter name: IPA(key): /diː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Phoneme: IPA(key): /d/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d, plural Ds or D's)

  1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

See also

Number

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The ordinal number fourth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Various abbreviations

Noun

D

  1. Abbreviation of defense. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (US politics) Abbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.
    D-New York
  3. (automotive) Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
  4. (printing) Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
  5. (euphemistic, slang) Short for dick; penis.
    She wants the D!
  6. (electronics) Abbreviation of data.
  7. (unicode) Canonical decomposition
  8. (music) Abbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.
    Coordinate term: Köchel number
    Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417
  9. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of day.

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Derived terms

Adverb

D

  1. down (direction).

Adjective

D

  1. divorced.

Proper noun

D

  1. (with “The”) The City of Detroit.
  2. (religion) Abbreviation of Deuteronomist.

Interjection

D

  1. (euphemistic) Damn

References

Etymology 3

From the shape of the upper case letter "D".

Noun

D (plural Ds)

  1. (snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
  2. (soccer) The penalty arc on a football pitch.

Etymology 4

From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

Noun

D (plural Ds)

  1. (education, chiefly Canada, US) A grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C.

Proper noun

D

  1. (computer languages) A programming language inspired from C++.

Afar

Letter

D

  1. The tenth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /dɪə/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun

D (plural D's, diminutive D'tjie)

  1. D

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d(ə)/

Letter

D (D) (upper case D, lower case d)

  1. The 5th letter of the Standard Albanian Latin-script alphabet.
  2. The 7th letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.

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Angami

Letter

D

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Azerbaijani

Letter

D upper case (lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de/, [d̪e̞]

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

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Central Franconian

Etymology

  • /d/ is from West Germanic *d and , in Ripuarian and northernmost Moselle Franconian also from geminated *dd (but not *þþ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d/, (coda) [t]

Letter

D

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of D – see (“a few; a little bit; some; a bit; a bit more; etc.”).
(This character, D, is a variant form of .)

Pronunciation


Verb

D

  1. (Internet slang) to DDOS

Etymology 3

Cantonese dok1
Spelling pronunciation in Hong Kong, derived from English dog.

Pronunciation 1


Note: dok1 - Hong Kong.
Note: Often realised as 1di.
Letter

D

  1. The fourth letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2


Letter

D

  1. 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).

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /deː/
  • (file)

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /do/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/
  • (file)
  • Homophone (letter name): do (so, therefore)

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called do and written in the Latin script.

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Estonian

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

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Finnish

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords except for the weak grade of t.

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deː/
  • (file)

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the German alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

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Hungarian

Compass rose

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of dél (south).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdeːl]
  • (file)

Noun

D (plural D-ek)

  1. s. (south)
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)
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(key): [ˈd]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈdeː]
  • (file)

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.
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

See also

Ido

Pronunciation

Letter

D (lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /de/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): **/ˈdi/*
  • (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /d/

Letter

D f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Italian alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script.

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Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d]
(file)

Letter

D

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

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Malay

Pronunciation

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): [di]
  • (phoneme, syllable-initial) IPA(key): [d]
  • (phoneme, syllable-final) IPA(key): [t̚]

Letter

D

  1. The fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Letter

D (lowercase d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Nupe

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛ/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Polish alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

See also

Further reading

  • D in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • D in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun

D m (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of dom. (as a title)

Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called de or and written in the Latin script.

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Saanich

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʼ/

Letter

D

  1. The eighth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /d/

Letter

D (lower case d)

  1. The eighth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Slovene

Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabet D, from Czech alphabet D, from Latin D, from the Etruscan letter 𐌃 (d, de), from the Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, delta), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃 (d, dalet), from an uncertain origin, likely the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿.

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/, [t]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /də́/, /dèː/, /déː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: , -eː
  • Homophone: d

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The seventh letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  3. The fifth letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

D m inan

  1. The name of the Latin script letter D / d.

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

See also

Further reading

  • D”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Somali

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /deːl/

Letter

D upper case (lower case d)

  1. The seventh letter of the Somali alphabet, called deel and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  1. The seventh letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by KH and followed by R.

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Spanish

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

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Turkish

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ze˧˧], [ʔɗe˧˧], [zəː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jej˧˧], [ʔɗej˧˧], [jəː˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jej˧˧], [ʔɗej˧˧], [jəː˨˩]
  • Phonetic: dê, đê, dờ

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called , đê, or dờ and written in the Latin script.

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Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /diː/
    • (informal) IPA(key): /də/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ch and followed by Dd.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
Dinbych Ddinbych Ninbych unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter D, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /dí/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The third letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

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Zulu

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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