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Pronunciation / Transliteration: de
"Das Wort 'Dach' beginnt mit einem De."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The name of the fourth letter of the English alphabet.
"The word 'dog' begins with a dee." - 2
Something shaped like the letter D, such as a loop or a ring.
"He attached the strap to the metal dee on the backpack."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'dee' is the traditional English spelling and name for the letter 'D'. It originates from the Phoenician letter 'dalet' (meaning 'door'), which was adopted into the Greek alphabet as 'delta' and later into the Latin alphabet as 'D'. Over centuries, the phonetic pronunciation evolved into the modern English name 'dee'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dee" is said worldwide
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dé
Transliteration: de
"Le mot 'docteur' commence par un dé."
De
Transliteration: de
"Das Wort 'Dach' beginnt mit einem De."
di
Transliteration: di
"La parola 'dado' inizia con una di."
de
Transliteration: de
"La palabra 'dado' empieza con una de."
dê
Transliteration: de
"A palavra 'dado' começa com um dê."
डी
Transliteration: dee
"'डॉक्टर' शब्द डी से शुरू होता है।"
字母D
Transliteration: zì mǔ D
"单词 'dog' 以字母D开头。"
디
Transliteration: di
"단어 'dog'는 디로 시작합니다."
ディー
Transliteration: dī
"単語の 'dog' はディーで始まります。"
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