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Translingual
Etymology 1
Modification of capital letter D , from Ancient Greek letter Δ ( D , “ Delta ” ) .
Letter
d (upper case D )
The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet .
Usage notes
The letter d is used in the alphabets of many languages, and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the voiced alveolar or dental plosive (/d/ ). In some languages and transcription systems, d may also represent other sounds, such as /t/ or /ð/ .
See also
Etymology 2
Lower case form of upper case roman numeral D , a standardization of Ꟈ or Ð , from tally stick markings resembling a superimposed Ɔ and ⋀ , from the practice of encircling each hundredth ⋀ notch.
Numeral
d (lower case Roman numeral , upper case D )
cardinal number five hundred (500).
Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as d̅, it represents five hundred thousand (500,000).
See also
Lesser roman numeral symbol: c ( “ 100 ” )
Greater roman numeral symbol: m ( “ 1000 ” )
Roman numerals
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Pronunciation of IPA with the sound : (file )
Symbol
d
( mathematics ) the (path-independent, exact ) differential of a quantity
( IPA ) a voiced alveolar plosive .
( superscript ⟨ᵈ⟩ , IPA ) -onset (prestopping / preocclusion / preplosion ), -release , -coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .
( financial mathematics ) annual effective discount rate
Gallery
See also
( IPA ) : t ( “ voiceless alveolar plosive ” )
( mathematics ) : δ
Other representations of D:
English
Etymology 1
Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ, the Old English letter replaced by Latin d
From the Old English lower case letter d , from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ .
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D , plural ds or d's )
The fourth letter of the English alphabet , called dee and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) letter ; A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Derived terms
Number
d (lower case , upper case D )
The ordinal number fourth , derived from this letter of the English alphabet , called dee and written in the Latin script .
Etymology 2
Abbreviations.
( British penny; old penny ) : abbreviation of Latin denarii , the name of the corresponding Roman coin.
( dice ) : abbreviation of dice
d
Abbreviation of died or death .
William Shakespeare, d 1616
( stenoscript ) Abbreviation of do and inflections doing , did , done and homophone due
exception: dz 'does'
( stenoscript ) prefix dis- or des-
Adjective
d
( cricket ) Abbreviation of declared .
Synonym: dec
Adverb
d
( crosswords ) Abbreviation of down .
Do you have the answer for 23d ?
( Malaysia , informal ) Abbreviation of already . Used to form the perfect tenses. Used in text messages.
Come d.
Done d.
Prefix
d
( stenoscript ) the prefix dis- or des-
Symbol
d
( until February 1971 ) A British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p ).
£sd — “pounds, shillings and pence”
( dice games ) Die or dice .
d 20 — a specialized die with twenty sides
2d 6 — the sum of the roll of two six-sided dice
A penny , a measure of the size of nails .
Albanian
Pronunciation
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.
See also
(Greek-script letters ) Α α , Β β , Ƃ ƅ , Γ γ , Γϳ γϳ , Δ δ , D d , Ε ε , Ε̱ ε̱ , Ζ ζ , Ζ̇ ζ̇ , Θ θ , Ι ι , Ϳ ϳ , Κ κ , Κ̇ κ̇ , Λ λ , ΛΛ λλ , Λ̇ λ̇ , Μ μ , Ν ν , Ν̇ ν̇ , Ο ο , Π π , Ρ ρ , Ρ̇ ρ̇ , Σ σ , Σ̈ σ̈ , Τ τ , Ȣ ȣ , Υ υ , Φ φ , Χ χ , Χ̇ χ̇ , ΤΣ τσ , ΤΣ̈ τσ̈ , DΣ dσ , DΣ̈ dσ̈
( Latin-script letters) shkronjë ; A a , B b , C c , Ç ç , D d , Dh dh , E e , Ë ë , F f , G g , Gj gj , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , Ll ll , M m , N n , Nj nj , O o , P p , Q q , R r , Rr rr , S s , Sh sh , T t , Th th , U u , V v , X x , Xh xh , Y y , Z z , Zh zh
Alemannic German
Article
d f
( definite ) the
1978 , Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
Di nöchscht rächts. Mir fared i d’ Fäldschtrass.The next right. We'll drive down Feldstrasse.
Article
d pl
( definite ) the
Declension
Masculine nominative/accusative singular de has the form der before a vowel, e.g. der alt Maa ‘the old man’
Dative plural de has the form den before a vowel, e.g. den alte Fraue ‘(to) the old women’
Feminine singular d and plural d have the variant di before an adjective, e.g. di jung Mueter ‘the young mother’
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Letter
d lower case (upper case D )
The fifth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) hərf ; A a , B b , C c , Ç ç , D d , E e , Ə ə , F f , G g , Ğ ğ , H h , X x , I ı , İ i , J j , K k , Q q , L l , M m , N n , O o , Ö ö , P p , R r , S s , Ş ş , T t , U u , Ü ü , V v , Y y , Z z
Basque
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Basque alphabet , called de and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , B b , C c (Ç ç ), D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ñ ñ , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u (Ü ü ), V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Central Mazahua
Pronunciation
Letter
d (upper case D )
A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ⱥ ⱥ , A̱ a̱ , B b , C c , Cꞌ cꞌ , Cj cj , Cu cu , Cꞌu cꞌu , Cju cju , Ch ch , Chꞌ chꞌ , Chj chj , D d , Dy dy , E e , Ɇ ɇ , E̱ e̱ , G g , Gu gu , Hu hu , ꞌHu ꞌhu , I i , I̱ i̱ , J j , Jꞌ jꞌ , Jm jm , Jn jn , Jñ jñ , Ju ju , Jy jy , L l , M m , Mꞌ mꞌ , N n , Nꞌ nꞌ , Ñ ñ , Ñꞌ ñꞌ , O o , Ø ø , O̱ o̱ , P p , Pj pj , R r , S s , T t , Tꞌ tꞌ , Tj tj , Ts ts , Tsꞌ tsꞌ , Tsj tsj , U u , Ꞹ ꞹ , U̱ u̱ , X x , Z z , Zh zh , ꞌ
Chinese
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of d – see 啲 (“a few ; a little bit; some ; a bit; a bit more ; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 啲 ).
Etymology 2
From English d ifferentiate or the differentiation symbol d .
Pronunciation
Verb
d
( Hong Kong Cantonese , mathematics ) to differentiate
d 唔 到 [Hong Kong Cantonese ] ― di1 m4 dou3-2 ― nondifferentiable
d 兩 次 / d 两 次 [Hong Kong Cantonese ] ― d i1 loeng5 ci3 ― to take the second derivative (literally, “to differentiate twice”)
See also
Chipewyan
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /t/
Letter
d (upper case D )
A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Danish
Letter
d (uppercase D )
the fourth letter of the Danish alphabet
See also
( Latin-script letters) bogstav ; A a (Á á ), B b , C c , D d , E e (É é ), F f , G g , H h , I i (Í í ), J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o (Ó ó ), P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u (Ú ú ), V v , W w , X x , Y y (Ý ý ), Z z , Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ ), Å å
Dutch
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
Previous letter: c
Next letter: e
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fifth letter of the Esperanto alphabet , called do and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) litero ; A a , B b , C c , Ĉ ĉ , D d , E e , F f , G g , Ĝ ĝ , H h , Ĥ ĥ , I i , J j , Ĵ ĵ , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , R r , S s , Ŝ ŝ , T t , U u , Ŭ ŭ , V v , Z z
Estonian
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Estonian alphabet , called dee and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) täht ; A a , B b (C c ), D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p (Q q ), R r , S s , Š š , Z z , Ž ž , T t , U u , V v (W w ), Õ õ , Ä ä , Ö ö , Ü ü (X x , Y y )
Faroese
Pronunciation
Letter
d (upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Faroese alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) bókstavur ; A a , Á á , B b , D d , Ð ð , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , Í í , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , Ó ó , P p , R r , S s , T t , U u , Ú ú , V v , Y y , Ý ý , Æ æ , Ø ø
Fijian
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Fijian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u , V v , W w , Y y
Finnish
Etymology 1
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information , and d for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈdeː/ , ( name of letter )
Rhymes: -eː
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
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.
See also
( Latin-script letters) kirjain ; A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s (Š š ), T t , U u , V v (W w ), X x , Y y , Z z (Ž ž ), Å å , Ä ä , Ö ö
Etymology 2
German musical notation .
Noun
d
( music ) D ( note )
Usage notes
Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.
Declension
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the French alphabet , written in the Latin script .
1837 , Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche fr.Wikisource , translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter II:[À] peine les petits oiseaux nuancés d e mille couleurs avaient-ils salué d es harpes d e leurs langues, d ans une d ouce et mielleuse harmonie, la venue de l’aurore au teint de rose, ... que le fameux chevalier d on Quichotte d e la Manche ... prit sa route à travers l’antique et célèbre plaine de Montiel. carce had the little birds shaded of a thousand colours hailed from the harps of their tongues, in a soft and mellifluous harmony, the coming of the pink-tinted dawn, ... when the famous knight Don Quixote of La Mancha ... took his route across the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel.
Fula
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
A letter of the Fula alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Usage notes
See also
( Latin-script letters) karfeeje ; ' , A a , B b , Mb mb , Ɓ ɓ , C c , D d , Nd nd , Ɗ ɗ , E e , F f , G g , Ng ng , Ɠ ɠ , H h , I i , J j , Nj nj , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ŋ ŋ , Ñ ñ , Ɲ ɲ , O o , P p , R r , S s , T t , U u , W w , Y y , Ƴ ƴ
Gothic
Romanization
d
Romanization of 𐌳
Heiltsuk
Pronunciation
Letter
d (upper case D )
A letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Á á , A̓ a̓ , B b , C c , C̓ c̓ , D d , , G g , Gv gv , Ǧ ǧ , Ǧv ǧv , H h , H̓ h̓ , Ħ ħ , I i , Í í , I̓ i̓ , K k , Kv kv , K̓ k̓ , K̓v k̓v , L l , ʼL l̓ , Ḷ ḷ , Ḷ́ ḷ́ , ʼḶ ḷ̓ , Ɫ ɫ , M m , ʼM m̓ , Ṃ ṃ , Ṃ́ ṃ́ , ʼṂ ṃ̓ , N n , ʼN n̓ , Ṇ ṇ , Ṇ́ ṇ́ , ʼṆ ṇ̓ , P p , P̓ p̓ , Q q , Qv qv , Q̓ q̓ , Q̓v q̓v , S s , T t , T̓ t̓ , ƛ , ̓ ƛ̓ , U u , Ú ú , U̓ u̓ , W w , ʼW w̓ , X x , Xv xv , X̌ x̌ , X̌v x̌v , Y y , ʼY y̓ , Z z , ʔ
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The sixth letter of the Hungarian alphabet , called dé and written in the Latin script .
Declension
Derived terms
See also
( Latin-script letters) betű ; A a , Á á , B b , C c , Cs cs , D d , Dz dz , Dzs dzs , E e , É é , F f , G g , Gy gy , H h , I i , Í í , J j , K k , L l , Ly ly , M m , N n , Ny ny , O o , Ó ó , Ö ö , Ő ő , P p , R r , S s , Sz sz , T t , Ty ty , U u , Ú ú , Ü ü , Ű ű , V v , Z z , Zs zs . Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y . Commonly used: ch . Also defined: à ë . In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ .
Further reading
( sound and letter ) : d in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh . A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
( musical note and its key/position ) : d in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh . A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
d in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language ] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó , 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024) .
Icelandic
Pronunciation
( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /tjɛː/
Letter
d (upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Icelandic alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) bókstafur ; A a , Á á , B b , D d , Ð ð , E e , É é , F f , G g , H h , I i , Í í , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , Ó ó , P p , R r , S s , T t , U u , Ú ú , V v , X x , Y y , Ý ý , Þ þ , Æ æ , Ö ö
Ido
Pronunciation
( context pronunciation ) IPA (key ) : /d/
( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /de/
Letter
d (upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Ido alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) litero ; A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Indonesian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) huruf ; A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Irish
Letter
d (lower case , upper case d )
The fourth letter of the Irish alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) litir ; A a (Á á ), B b (Bh bh , bhF bhf , bP bp ), C c (Ch ch ), D d (Dh dh , dT dt ), E e (É é ), F f (Fh fh ), G g (gC gc , Gh gh ), H h , I i (Í í ), L l , M m (mB mb , Mh mh ), N n (nD nd , nG ng ), O o (Ó ó ), P p (Ph ph ), R r , S s (Sh sh ), T t (Th th , tS ts ), U u (Ú ú ), V v
( diacritics ) ◌́ ◌̇
( dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type ) Ḃ ḃ , Ċ ċ , Ḋ ḋ , Ḟ ḟ , Ġ ġ , Ṁ ṁ , Ṗ ṗ , Ṡ ẛ ṡ , Ṫ ṫ
Italian
Letter
d f or m (invariable , lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Italian alphabet , called di and written in the Latin script .
Kabyle
Etymology
From Proto-Berber *d . Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴷ ( d ) .
Particle
d
( copula ) to be
Nekk d anelmad. I am a student.
Particle
d
proximal particle; suffixed onto verbs to indicate a direction towards an inferred reference point
Conjunction
d
and
Nekk d gma neggan. Me and my brother were sleeping.
Kankanaey
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog d . Letter pronunciation is influenced by English d .
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet , called di and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) letra ; A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ñ ñ , Ng ng , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
References
Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016 ) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography ] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN , pages 10-11
Kashubian
Etymology
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and d for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The sixth letter of the Kashubian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ą ą , Ã ã , B b , C c , D d , E e , É é , Ë ë , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , Ł ł , M m , N n , O o , Ò ò , Ó ó , Ô ô , P p , R r , S s , T t , U u , Ù ù , W w , Y y , Z z , Ż ż
Latin
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
A letter in the Latin alphabet , representing the sound /d/
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , V v , X x , Y y , Z z
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
Letter
D
d (lower case , upper case D )
The sixth letter of the Latvian alphabet , called dē and written in the Latin script .
See also
Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
burti : A a , Ā ā , B b , C c , Č č , D d , E e , Ē ē , F f , G g , Ģ ģ , H h , I i , Ī ī , J j , K k , Ķ ķ , L l , Ļ ļ , M m , N n , Ņ ņ , O o , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , Ū ū , V v , Z z , Ž ž
Livonian
Pronunciation
Letter
d (upper case D )
The sixth letter of the Livonian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦ ; A a , Ā ā , Ä ä , Ǟ ǟ , B b , D d , D̦ d̦ , E e , Ē ē , F f , G g , H h , I i , Ī ī , J j , K k , L l , Ļ ļ , M m , N n , Ņ ņ , O o , Ō ō , Ȯ ȯ , Ȱ ȱ , Õ õ , Ȭ ȭ , P p , R r , Ŗ ŗ , S s , Š š , T t , Ț ț , U u , Ū ū , V v , Z z , Ž ž
Lushootseed
Letter
d
The ninth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiced alveolar stop.
Malay
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Malay alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Maltese
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /d/
IPA (key ) : /t/ ( per final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent )
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Maltese alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) ittra ; A a , B b , Ċ ċ , D d , E e , F f , Ġ ġ , G g , Għ għ , H h , Ħ ħ , I i , Ie ie , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u , V v , W w , X x , Ż ż , Z z
Navajo
Letter
d (upper case D )
A letter of the Navajo alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a (Á á , Ą ą , Ą́ ą́ ), B b , Ch ch , Chʼ chʼ , D d , Dl dl , Dz dz , E e (É é , Ę ę , Ę́ ę́ ), G g , Gh gh , H h , Hw hw , X x , I i (Í í , Į į , Į́ į́ ), J j , K k , Kʼ kʼ , Kw kw , ʼ , L l , Ł ł , M m , N n (Ń ń ), O o (Ó ó , Ǫ ǫ , Ǫ́ ǫ́ ), S s , Sh sh , T t , Tʼ tʼ , Tł tł , Tłʼ tłʼ , Ts ts , Tsʼ tsʼ , W w , Y y , Z z , Zh zh
North Frisian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : ( most dialects )
IPA (key ) : ( Sylt , merges with ⟨t ⟩ except at the start of a word or stressed syllable)
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
A letter of the North Frisian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( North Frisian letters ) : a , ä , å , ā , b , c , d , đ , e , ē , f , g , h , i , j , k , l , m , n , o , ö , p , r , s , t , u , ü , v , w (q , x , y , z )
Norwegian
Pronunciation
( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /deː/
( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /d/ , ( in rd ) /ɖ/
Letter
d
The fourth letter of the Norwegian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Letter
d (upper case D , definite singular d-en , indefinite plural d-er , definite plural d-ene )
The fourth letter of the Norwegian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
d (upper case D , definite singular d-en , indefinite plural d-ar , definite plural d-ane )
The fourth letter of the Norwegian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Etymology 2
( det ) : abbreviation
( død ) : abbreviation
Pronoun
d
Abbreviation of det .
Article
d
Abbreviation of det .
Adjective
d
Abbreviation of død .
References
“d” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Nupe
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Nupe alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) banki ; A a (Á á , À à ), B b , C c , D d , Dz dz , E e (É é , È è ), F f , G g , Gb gb , H h , I i (Í í , Ì ì ), J j , K k , Kp kp , L l , M m (Ḿ ḿ , M̀ m̀ , M̄ m̄ ), N n (Ń ń , Ǹ ǹ , N̄ n̄ ), O o (Ó ó , Ò ò ), P p , R r , S s , Sh sh , T t , Ts ts , U u (Ú ú , Ù ù ), V v , W w , Y y , Z z , Zh zh
Polish
Etymology
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and d for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
Letter
d (upper case D , lower case )
The sixth letter of the Polish alphabet , called de and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ą ą , B b , C c , Ć ć , D d , E e , Ę ę , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , Ł ł , M m , N n , Ń ń , O o , Ó ó , P p (Q q ), R r , S s , Ś ś , T t , U u (V v ), W w (X x ), Y y , Z z , Ź ź , Ż ż
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) letra ; A a (Á á , À à , Â â , Ã ã ), B b , C c (Ç ç ), D d , E e (É é , Ê ê ), F f , G g , H h , I i (Í í ), J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o (Ó ó , Ô ô , Õ õ ), P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u (Ú ú ), V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Noun
d m (uncountable )
Abbreviation of dom . ( as a title )
Romani
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The sixth letter of the Romani alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , X x , I i , J j , K k , Kh kh , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Ph ph , R r , S s , T t , Th th , U u , V v , Z z International Standard: (À à , Ä ä , Ǎ ǎ ), Ć ć , Ćh ćh , (È è , Ë ë , Ě ě ), (Ì ì , Ï ï , Ǐ ǐ ), (Ò ò , Ö ö , Ǒ ǒ ), Rr rr , Ś ś , (Ù ù , Ü ü , Ǔ ǔ ), Ź ź , Ʒ ʒ , Q q , Ç ç , ϴ θ . Pan-Vlax: Č č , Čh čh , Dž dž , (Dź dź ), Ř ř , Š š , (Ś ś ), Ž ž , (Ź ź ) .
Romanian
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet , called de or dî and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ă ă , Â â , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , Î î , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , Ș ș , T t , Ț ț , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet , written in the Latin script . It is preceded by c and followed by e . Its traditional name is dair ( “ oak ” ) .
See also
( Latin-script letters) litir ; A a (À à ), B b (Bh bh ), C c (Ch ch ), D d (Dh dh ), E e (È è ), F f (Fh fh ), G g (Gh gh ), H h , I i (Ì ì ), L l , M m (Mh mh ), N n , O o (Ò ò ), P p (Ph ph ), R r , S s (Sh sh ), T t (Th th ), U u (Ù ù )
( diacritics ) ◌̀
( obsolete vowels ) Á á É é Ó ó
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Letter
d (Cyrillic spelling д )
The 6th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica ), preceded by ć and followed by dž .
Silesian
Etymology
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and d for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The sixth letter of the Silesian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ã ã , B b , C c , Ć ć , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , Ł ł , M m , N n , Ń ń , O o , Ŏ ŏ , Ō ō , Ô ô , Õ õ , P p , R r , S s , Ś ś , T t , U u , W w , Y y , Z z , Ź ź , Ż ż
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
Letter
d (upper case D )
The eighth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) bukva ; A a , Â â , B b , C c , Č č , Ʒ ʒ , Ǯ ǯ , D d , Đ đ , E e , F f , G g , Ǧ ǧ , Ǥ ǥ , H h , I i , J j , K k , Ǩ ǩ , L l , M m , N n , Ŋ ŋ , O o , Õ õ , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , V v , Z z , Ž ž , Å å , Ä ä , ʹ
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Gaj's Latin alphabet d , from Czech alphabet d , from Latin d , which is a modification of capital letter D , from Ancient Greek letter Δ ( D , “ Delta ” ) . Pronunciation as IPA (key ) : /də/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German d .
Pronunciation
( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /d/ ,
( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /də́/ , /dèː/ , /déː/
Audio ( letter name, non-tonal ) : (file )
Rhymes: -ə , -eː
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet , written in the Latin script .
The seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script .
The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script .
Symbol
d
( SNPT ) Phonetic transcription of sound .
Noun
d m inan
The name of the Latin script letter D / d .
( linguistics ) The name of the phoneme /d / .
Inflection
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
Etymology 2
From da with the same meaning, from Proto-Slavic *da , from Proto-Indo-European *doh₂ , which is pronoun Proto-Indo-European *de- , Proto-Indo-European *do- 'this' in lative case . Simplification occurred due to modern vowel reduction as the final /a / reduced to /ə /.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
d
( colloquial ) that, so that, so
2007 October 11, “Športna medicina: forum”, in The nutriitiion.com :ko treniraš s prevelikimi težami si rekel d se rast ustavi, ker telo vso enrgijo porab za mišice, kaj pa če s tem prenehaš a pol se rast spet začne? When you are training with too heavy weights, you said that the growth stops because the body uses all the energy for the muscles, but what if you stop doing it, does the growth begin again?
See also
( Latin-script letters) čŕka ; A a , B b , C c , Č č , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , V v , Z z , Ž ž
đ
Further reading
“d ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Spanish
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Preposition
d
( text messaging , Internet slang ) Abbreviation of de .
Swedish
Pronoun
d
( Internet slang , text messaging ) Pronunciation spelling of det ( “ it ” ) .
Article
d
( Internet slang , text messaging ) Pronunciation spelling of det ( “ it ” ) .
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish d . Each pronunciation has a different source:
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English d .
Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish d .
Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜇ ( da ) .
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D , Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ )
The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet ), called di and written in the Latin script .
( historical ) The fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario ), called de and written in the Latin script .
Usage notes
Sometimes switched with the letter ⟨r ⟩ between vowels, ⟨w⟩ , or ⟨y⟩ in a word due to lenition of /d/ to /ɾ/ such as dadaan can become daraan . Compare flapping in pronunciation of English medal . The letter does not change if the next consonant is an /ɾ/ (such as madurog does not become marurog ) or /l/ (such as madilim does not become marilim ).
Some words starting with the letter can also become ⟨r ⟩ if the last letter of the preceding word is a vowel, ⟨w⟩ , or ⟨y⟩ . Examples are daw /raw , dito /rito , dami /rami , and damot /ramot .
On all cases stated above, it is acceptable whether ⟨d⟩ or ⟨r⟩ is used. However, the said phenomena do not occur on proper nouns nor recent loan words.
In the Teresa-Morong dialect, the letter r may interchange with the letter on any position in the word even when not followed by a vowel, ⟨w⟩ , or ⟨y⟩ . (ex. ragat /dagat and bayar /bayad ). Exceptions are recent loanwords, or if the next consonant after a /d/ is /ɾ/ (such as in durog ) or /l/ (such as in dila ).
Often switched with the letter ⟨r⟩ on non-initial positions in early texts which may indicate ancient pronunciation of words.
See also
( Latin-script letters) titik ; A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ñ ñ , Ng ng , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D , Baybayin spelling ᜇ )
The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet ), called da and written in the Latin script .
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English d ( dee ) , homophonous to di .
Pronunciation
Adverb
d (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ )
( text messaging , Internet slang ) Abbreviation of di .
Further reading
“d ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Tlingit
Pronunciation
Letter
d (upper case D )
A letter of the Tlingit alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
Canada: ( Latin-script letters) A a , Á á , À à , Â â , Ch ch , Chʼ chʼ , D d , Dł dł , Dz dz , E e , É é , È è , Ê ê , G g , Gw gw , Gh gh , Ghw ghw , H h , I i , Í í , Ì ì , Î î , J j , K k , Kw kw , Kʼ kʼ , Kʼw kʼw , Kh kh , Khw khw , Khʼ khʼ , Khʼw khʼw (L l ), Ł ł , Łʼ łʼ (M m ), N n (O o ), S s , Sʼ sʼ , Sh sh , T t , Tʼ tʼ , Tl tl , Tlʼ tlʼ , Ts ts , Tsʼ tsʼ , U u , Ú ú , Ù ù , Û û , W w , X x , Xw xw , Xʼ xʼ , Xʼw xʼw , Xh xh , Xhw xhw , Xhʼ xhʼ , Xhʼw xhʼw , Y y (Ÿ ÿ ), ․
US: ( Latin-script letters) A a , Á á , Aa aa , Áa áa , Ch ch , Chʼ chʼ , D d , Dl dl , Dz dz , E e , É é , Ee ee , Ée ée , Ei ei , Éi éi , G g , Gw gw , G̱ g̱ , G̱w g̱w , H h , I i , Í í , J j , K k , Kw kw , Kʼ kʼ , Kʼw kʼw , Ḵ ḵ , Ḵw ḵw , Ḵʼ ḵʼ , Ḵʼw ḵʼw , L l , Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ , M m ), N n (O o ), Oo oo , Óo óo , S s , Sʼ sʼ , Sh sh , T t , Tʼ tʼ , Tl tl , Tlʼ tlʼ , Ts ts , Tsʼ tsʼ , U u , Ú ú , W w , X x , Xw xw , Xʼ xʼ , Xʼw xʼw , X̱ x̱ , X̱w x̱w , X̱ʼ x̱ʼ , X̱ʼw x̱ʼw , Y y (Ÿ ÿ , Y̱ y̱ ), ․
Turkish
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fifth letter of the Turkish alphabet , called de and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) harf ; A a (Â â ), B b , C c , Ç ç , D d , E e , F f , G g , Ğ ğ , H h , I ı , İ i (Î î ), J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , Ö ö , P p , R r , S s , Ş ş , T t , U u (Û û ), Ü ü , V v , Y y , Z z
Turkmen
Pronunciation
Letter
d (upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Turkmen alphabet , called de and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) harp ; A a , B b , Ç ç , D d , E e , Ä ä , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , Ž ž , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ň ň , O o , Ö ö , P p , R r , S s , Ş ş , T t , U u , Ü ü , W w , Y y , Ý ý , Z z
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet , called dê , đê , or dờ and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái ; A a (À à , Ả ả , Ã ã , Á á , Ạ ạ ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ , Ẳ ẳ , Ẵ ẵ , Ắ ắ , Ặ ặ ), Â â (Ầ ầ , Ẩ ẩ , Ẫ ẫ , Ấ ấ , Ậ ậ ), B b , C c (Ch ch ), D d , Đ đ , E e (È è , Ẻ ẻ , Ẽ ẽ , É é , Ẹ ẹ ), Ê ê (Ề ề , Ể ể , Ễ ễ , Ế ế , Ệ ệ ), G g (Gh gh , Gi gi ), H h , I i (Ì ì , Ỉ ỉ , Ĩ ĩ , Í í , Ị ị ), K k (Kh kh ), L l , M m , N n (Ng ng , Ngh ngh , Nh nh ), O o (Ò ò , Ỏ ỏ , Õ õ , Ó ó , Ọ ọ ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ , Ổ ổ , Ỗ ỗ , Ố ố , Ộ ộ ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ , Ở ở , Ỡ ỡ , Ớ ớ , Ợ ợ ), P p (Ph ph ), Q q (Qu qu ), R r , S s , T t (Th th , Tr tr ), U u (Ù ù , Ủ ủ , Ũ ũ , Ú ú , Ụ ụ ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ , Ử ử , Ữ ữ , Ứ ứ , Ự ự ), V v , X x , Y y (Ỳ ỳ , Ỷ ỷ , Ỹ ỹ , Ý ý , Ỵ ỵ )
Welsh
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
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
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See also
( Latin-script letters) llythyren ; A a (Á á , À à , Â â , Ä ä ), B b , C c , Ch ch , D d , Dd dd , E e (É é , È è , Ê ê , Ë ë ), F f , Ff ff , G g , Ng ng , H h , I i (Í í , Ì ì , Î î , Ï ï ), J j , L l , Ll ll , M m , N n , O o (Ó ó , Ò ò , Ô ô , Ö ö ), P p , Ph ph , R r , Rh rh , S s , T t , Th th , U u (Ú ú , Ù ù , Û û , Ü ü ), W w (Ẃ ẃ , Ẁ ẁ , Ŵ ŵ , Ẅ ẅ ), Y y (Ý ý , Ỳ ỳ , Ŷ ŷ , Ÿ ÿ )
Further reading
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “d ”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yele
Pronunciation
Letter
d (upper case D )
A letter of the Yele alphabet.
Derived terms
The digraph ⟨dp ⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ʈ͡p/
The digraph ⟨dn ⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ʈⁿ/ (found only in the inflectional clitic -dniye , and possibly actually palatalized dny /ʈⁿʲ/ )
The digraph ⟨dm ⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ʈ͡pⁿ/
Palatalized consonants are written ⟨dny, dmy, dpy, dy⟩ .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , â , b , Ch ch , D d , e , é , ê , Gh gh , i , î , j , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ń ń , o , ó , P p , T t , U u , V v , W w , Y y , ꞉
Yoruba
Pronunciation
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The third letter of the Yoruba alphabet , called dí and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà ; A a (Á á , À à , Ā ā ), B b , D d , E e (É é , È è , Ē ē ), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́ , Ẹ̀ ẹ̀ , Ẹ̄ ẹ̄ ), F f , G g , Gb gb , H h , I i (Í í , Ì ì , Ī ī ), J j , K k , L l , M m (Ḿ ḿ , M̀ m̀ , M̄ m̄ ), N n (Ń ń , Ǹ ǹ , N̄ n̄ ), O o (Ó ó , Ò ò , Ō ō ), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́ , Ọ̀ ọ̀ , Ọ̄ ọ̄ ), P p , R r , S s , Ṣ ṣ , T t , U u (Ú ú , Ù ù , Ū ū ), W w , Y y
( Benin ) ( Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà ; A a , B b , D d , E e , Ɛ ɛ , F f , G g , Gb gb , H h , I i , J j , K k , Kp kp , L l , M m , N n , O o , Ɔ ɔ , P p , R r , S s , Sh sh , T t , U u , W w , Y y
Zulu
Letter
d (lower case , upper case D )
The fourth letter of the Zulu alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z