d'

See also: ď and Appendix:Variations of "d"

English

Etymology 1

Contraction of the article da ("the").

Article

d'

1. Pronunciation spelling of the, representing dialectal English.

   Synonym: da

Etymology 2

Reduction.

Verb

d'

1. Contraction of do.

   D'you wanna go?

2. Contraction of did.

   Where'd she put 'em? D'you eat 'em yet?

See also

• maitre d' (different etymology)

Asturian

Etymology

Contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d/ [d̪]

Preposition

d'

1. (before a vowel or a h) apocopic form of de: of, from

   d’Asturies

   of Asturias

   d’hermanu

   of a brother

Bavarian

Etymology

Unstressed form of de.

Article

d' f or pl

1. the

See also

Bavarian articles

		singular						plural
		masculine		neuter		feminine
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
definite	nominative	der, da	—	das, es, des	's	de	d'	de	d'
	accusative	en, den	'n
	dative	em, dem	'm	em, dem	'm	der, da	—
	genitive1	des		des		der, da		der, da
indefinite	nominative	a	—	a	—	a	—	—
	accusative	an	'n
	dative	am	'm	am	'm	a, ana	'na

¹ higher, formal register

Catalan

Etymology

Contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [d‿]

Preposition

d'

1. (before a vowel or an h) apocopic form of de: of

   escola d'idiomes ― language school

Dutch

Etymology

Contraction of the article de (“the”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d/

Preposition

d'

1. (archaic, poetic, colloquial) apocopic form of de: the

French

Etymology

Contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d‿/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Preposition

d'

1. (before a vowel or a mute h) apocopic form of de: of

   un verre d'eau

   a glass of water

2. (informal, after a vowel sound) apocopic form of de: of
   • 2002, Jean-François Pauzé, “Mon chum Rémi”, in Break Syndical, the s in pas is silent:

     Hé Rémi / fais pas d'conneries / J't'aime ben la face / pis tu m'dois encore cinquante piasses

     Hey Rémi / stop with the nonsense / I really like your face / and you still owe me fifty dollars

Further reading

• “de”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.