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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 堤.
Noun
(classifier con) đê
- (geology) dike
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French dé.
Noun
đê
- The name of the Latin-script letter Đ.
- The name of the Latin-script letter D.
Usage notes
The letters D and d take this name if they are not treated as alphabetic letters used to represent phonemes (/z/, /j/). For example, in geometry, "point D" is called "điểm đê".
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Particle
đê
- (colloquial) Alternative form of đi (imperative sentence-ending particle)
Thôi dẹp đê!- Oh give me a break!
Etymology 4
Borrowed from French dé.
Noun
(classifier cái) đê
- a thimble