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English Etymology From Latin dē- dē ( “ of”, “from ” ) . For sense development, compare Old English æf-
Pronunciation ( stressed ) IPA (key ) : /diː/ ( unstressed ) IPA (key ) : /də/ , /dɪ/ Prefix de-
reversal , undoing
de- + couple decouple
de- + align dealign
de- + ice de-ice
de- + baptize debaptize
to remove from, removed
de- + bus debus
de- + bark debark
de- + benzylate debenzylate
de- + arterialization dearterialization
Intensifying
de- + fraud defraud
de- + complex decomplex
de- + numerate denumerate
de- + pauperize depauperize
de- + prostrate deprostrate
de- + specificate despecificate
derived from , of
de- + substantival desubstantival
de- + verbal deverbal
de- + mise demise Synonyms Antonyms (antonym(s) of "undo" ): re-
(antonym(s) of "remove" ): em- Derived terms Translations NOTE: Words using the prefix de- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.
reversal, undoing or removing
Afrikaans: de-
Albanian: de-
Armenian: ապ- ( ap- )
Asturian: de- des-
Belarusian: дэ- ( de- )
Bulgarian: де- ( de- )
Catalan: de- (ca) , des- (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 去- (zh) ( qù- )
Czech: de-
Danish: af- de-
Dutch: ver- (nl) , ont- (nl) , de- (nl)
Estonian: de-
Finnish: de-
French: dé- (fr)
Galician: de- (gl) , des- (gl)
Georgian: უკუ- ( uḳu- ) , დე- ( de- )
German: ent- (de) , de- (de)
Greek: απο- (el) ( apo- )
Hebrew: דֵּה־ ( de- )
Hungarian: de- (hu)
Indonesian: de-
Italian: dis- (it) , de- (it)
Japanese: 非- ( hi- ) , 脱- ( datsu- ) , 逆- ( saka- )
Korean: 비(非) (ko) ( bi ) , 탈(脫) (ko) ( tal )
Latvian: de-
Lithuanian: de-
Macedonian: де- ( de- )
Malay: nyah- (ms) , de- (ms)
Middle English: dis- de-
Norwegian:
Bokmål: av- de-
Nynorsk: av- de-
Occitan: des-
Persian: وا (fa) ( vâ- )
Polish: de- (pl) , dez- roz- (pl) , od- (pl)
Portuguese: de- (pt) , dis- (pt) , des- (pt)
Romanian: de- des- (ro) , dez- (ro)
Russian: де- (ru) ( de- )
Scottish Gaelic: di-
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: де-
Roman: de-
Slovak: de-
Slovene: de-
Spanish: de- (es) , des- (es)
Swedish: av- (sv) , de- (sv)
Tagalog: hi- de-
Turkish: de- (tr)
Ukrainian: де- ( de- )
Vietnamese: phi (vi) (非
Yiddish: דע־ ( de- )
See also Anagrams Dutch Pronunciation Prefix de-
de- German Etymology Ultimately from Latin de
Pronunciation Prefix de-
de- Derived terms Indonesian Etymology From Dutch de- Latin de-
Pronunciation Prefix dé
de- Derived terms Further reading Italian Etymology From Latin dē- dē ( “ of”, “from ” ) .
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /de/ Hyphenation: de- Prefix de-
denoting removal
de- + nuclearizzare ( “ to nuclearize ” ) → denuclearizzare ( “ to denuclearize ” ) movement downwards ; lowering
de- + grado ( “ grade”, “level ” ) → degradare ( “ to gradually diminish in height ” )
privation ; a-
de- + trarre ( “ to draw, extract ” ) → detrarre ( “ to subtract ” ) negation ; un-
de- + crescita ( “ growth ” ) → decrescita ( “ degrowth ” ) intensifying de- + limitare ( “ to contain, restrict ” ) → delimitare ( “ to delimit ” ) ( chemistry ) denoting subtraction of one or more atoms, radicals or molecules de- + carbossilazione ( “ carboxylation ” ) → decarbossilazione ( “ decarboxylation ” ) Derived terms Anagrams Latin Etymology From dē ( “ of”, “from ” ) .
Pronunciation Prefix dē-
de- Derived terms Descendants Malay Etymology From English de- Latin dē ( “ of, from ” ) .
Pronunciation Prefix de-
( obsolete ) de- ( reversal, undoing or removing )
Synonym: nyah- de aktifkande activateMiddle English Etymology Borrowed from Old French de- Latin de- dis-
Pronunciation Prefix de-
Forms words denoting negativity , reversal or removal dis- de- Synonym: dis- Intensifies words with a negative connotation dis- de- Synonym: dis- Usage notes Because Old French de- des- dis- Derived terms Descendants References Norwegian Bokmål Prefix de-
de- References “de-” in The Bokmål Dictionary .Norwegian Nynorsk Prefix de-
de- References “de-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .Old French Etymology From Latin dis-
Prefix de-
Alternative form of des- indicating that an action is done more strongly or more vigorously de- + brisier ( “ to break ” ) → debrisier ( “ to break ” ) Descendants Polish Alternative forms Etymology Internationalism ; compare English de-
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /dɛ/ Rhymes: -ɛ
Syllabification: de Prefix de-
de- , dis- Synonyms: roz- od- aktywować de- → dezaktywować Derived terms Further reading de- in Polish dictionaries at PWNSpanish Etymology Inherited from Latin dē-
Prefix de-
de- Derived terms Further reading Swedish Etymology From Latin dē- dē ( “ of”, “from ” ) , through loan words mainly from French.
Prefix de-
de- Derived terms Anagrams Tagalog Etymology Borrowed from Spanish de ( “ of ” ) .
Pronunciation Prefix de- (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ
prepositional particle added to indicate possession of quality or object de- + baterya ( “ battery ” ) → de-baterya ( “ with battery; powered by battery ” )
de- + gulong ( “ wheel ” ) → de-gulong ( “ with wheels ” )
de- + kahoy ( “ wood ” ) → de-kahoy ( “ wooden ” )
de- + koryente ( “ electricity ” ) → de-koryente ( “ electrical ” ) Derived terms See also West Coast Bajau Prefix de-
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