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Catalan
Verb
devies
- second-person singular imperfect indicative of deure
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch devise, from Middle French devise, from Old French devise. The financial senses were borrowed from German Devise, from French devise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dəˈvis/
- Hyphenation: de‧vies
- Rhymes: -is
Noun
devies n (plural deviezen)
- motto, slogan, watchword
- (finance) security (proof for ownership of bonds)
- (finance, economy, usually in the plural) money or an asset in a foreign currency
Latin
Verb
dēviēs
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of dēviō
Latvian
Verb
devies
- second-person singular past indicative of doties
- (with the particle esot) past conjunctive of doties
- (with the particle būtu) past conditional of doties
Participle
devies (invariable)
- having given oneself, having gone; indefinite past active participle of doties
Declension