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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Đỗ.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Do m or f
- a surname from Vietnamese
German
Noun
Do
- (nonstandard) Abbreviation of Donnerstag (“Thursday”). Alternative form of Do.
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German *dag, northern variant of tag. The nominative case of this word became Luxembourgish Dag. The dative singular (and the plural) developed regularly into Do (dage > *dāe > *dōe > dō). Both forms then became distinct words with slightly different meanings.
Pronunciation
Noun
Do m (uncountable)
- the bright time of the day (chiefly in adverbial constructions)
Am Do ginn d'Stroossen net beliicht.- In the daytime, the streets are not lit.
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