dû

• IPA^(key): /dy/

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dû m (plural dus)

1. what is owed, what is due, money's worth

dû (feminine due, masculine plural dus, feminine plural dues)

1. past participle of devoir

   Elle a dû rentrer chez elle en marchant. ― She had to walk home.

   Tu aurais dû me dire que tu ne savais pas nager.^[1] ― You should have told me that you can't swim.

• “dû”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

From Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-. Compare French dur.

dû m

1. (Jersey) hard

• duthement

From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Compare Persian دود (dud).

• Rhymes: -uː

dû m

1. smoke

• dûkêl

• di lu (unconctraced, aulic, now rare)

• dô, rô, 'ô (prevalent in eastern dialects)
• du, do, ro, 'o, o (eye dialect)

• dù, dò, ò (hypercorrected)
• d'o, d'u (misspelled)

From the Univerbation of di (“of, from”, preposition) +‎ u (“the”, masculine singular definite article). Doublet of di lu.

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dû

1. Contraction of di u (“of the”).

   A fera dû luni.

   The Monday market (lit. the market monday).

• IPA^(key): /du/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /də/

dû

1. (Wood) Alternative form of do

From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Cognate with Persian دود (dud).

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• Hyphenation: dû

dû m

1. smoke