dee

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dee"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Dewoin with e as a placeholder.

Symbol

dee

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dewoin.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dewoin terms

English

Alternative forms

• de (Northumbria)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiː/
  • (interrogative) IPA^(key): /dɪ/
  • (interrogative, before a vowel) IPA^(key): /dɪv/
• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

Variant of do.

Verb

dee (third-person singular simple present diz, present participle deein, simple past and past participle dyun)

1. (Northumbria) To do.

   What are ye deein man!

References

• Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin, “dee”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎, archived from the original on 5 September 2024.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “dee”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

Etymology 2

Noun

dee (plural dees)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.
   • 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:

     I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.

   • 2016, CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), pages 3–5:

     IED [is spoken] as "eye-ee-dee" instead of "I SPELL India Echo Delta Romeo".

2. Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.

   the pommel is furnished with dees.

3. (slang) A police detective.

   The dees are about.

   • 1966, James K. Baxter, The Maori Jesus:

     The second day he was beaten up by the cops / For telling a dee his house was not in order […] .

Derived terms

• deejay
• ecks dee

Translations

name of the letter D, d

Arabic: دِي m (dī) Asturian: de (ast) Bengali: ডি (ḍi) Bulgarian: де (bg) n (de) Burmese: ဒီ (my) (di) Catalan: de (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: dog (yue) (dok1) (Hong Kong Cantonese) Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists) Esperanto: do (eo) Finnish: dee (fi) French: dé (fr) m Galician: de (gl) m Greek: ντι n (nti) Hawaiian: dē Hindi: डी (ḍī) Icelandic: dé Ido: de (io) Irish: dé (ga), dair f Japanese: ディー (ja) (dī) Korean: 디 (ko) (di) Latin: dē (la) Malay: di (ms) Marathi: डी (ḍī) Occitan: de (oc) f Persian: د (fa) (de), دی (fa) (di) (english) Portuguese: dê (pt) m Russian: ди (ru) n (di) (English), дэ (ru) n (dɛ) Spanish: de (es) f Thai: ดี (th) (dii) Turkish: de (tr) Vietnamese: dê (vi), dờ Welsh: di f

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

See also

• Tweedle-dee
• whoop-dee-do
• whoop-dee-doo
• whoop dee doo
• zip-a-dee-doo-dah

Anagrams

• Ede

Äiwoo

Adverb

dee

1. (interrogative) when

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Bambara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dẽ˦ẽ˨]

Noun

dee

1. child

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Chairel

Noun

dee

1. water

References

• W. McCulloch, Account of the Valley of Munnipore and of the Hill tribes with a comparative vocabulary of the Munnipore and other languages (1859, Calcutta: Bengal Printing Company)

Chinese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 弟?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): di⁴ / di^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: di⁴ / di^4-2
    • Yale: dìh / dí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: di⁴ / di^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: di⁴ / di^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiː²¹/, /tiː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

dee

1. (Cantonese, often in compounds) brother

   華dee／华dee [Cantonese]  ―  waa⁴ di^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  a nickname, Brother Wah

2. (Cantonese, poker, especially in big two) the largest of the poker cards, i.e. 2 (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
3. (Cantonese, in compounds) big two

   dee王之王 [Cantonese]  ―  di^4-2 wong⁴ zi¹ wong⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  king of big two

Derived terms

• dee dee
• 鋤dee / 锄dee

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch die.

Pronoun

dee

1. (relative) who, which, that

East Central German

Alternative forms

• deeje

Etymology

Compare German denn.

Adverb

dee

1. (Erzgebirgisch) (in a question, modal particle) then, ever, but, now (used for emphasis or to express interest, surprise or doubt, or in rhetorical questions)

References

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎ (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31
• https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/d.dee_1.wort

Estonian

Noun

dee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin dē (“name of the letter D”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː/, [ˈde̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Syllabification^(key): dee
• Hyphenation^(key): dee

Noun

dee

1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

Declension

Inflection of dee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		dee	deet
genitive		deen	deiden deitten
partitive		deetä	deitä
illative		deehen	deihin
		singular	plural
nominative		dee	deet
accusative	nom.	dee	deet
	gen.	deen
genitive		deen	deiden deitten
partitive		deetä	deitä
inessive		deessä	deissä
elative		deestä	deistä
illative		deehen	deihin
adessive		deellä	deillä
ablative		deeltä	deiltä
allative		deelle	deille
essive		deenä	deinä
translative		deeksi	deiksi
abessive		deettä	deittä
instructive		—	dein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of dee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative deeni deeni accusative nom. deeni deeni gen. deeni genitive deeni deideni deitteni partitive deetäni deitäni inessive deessäni deissäni elative deestäni deistäni illative deeheni deihini adessive deelläni deilläni ablative deeltäni deiltäni allative deelleni deilleni essive deenäni deinäni translative deekseni deikseni abessive deettäni deittäni instructive — — comitative — deineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative deesi deesi accusative nom. deesi deesi gen. deesi genitive deesi deidesi deittesi partitive deetäsi deitäsi inessive deessäsi deissäsi elative deestäsi deistäsi illative deehesi deihisi adessive deelläsi deilläsi ablative deeltäsi deiltäsi allative deellesi deillesi essive deenäsi deinäsi translative deeksesi deiksesi abessive deettäsi deittäsi instructive — — comitative — deinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative deemme deemme accusative nom. deemme deemme gen. deemme genitive deemme deidemme deittemme partitive deetämme deitämme inessive deessämme deissämme elative deestämme deistämme illative deehemme deihimme adessive deellämme deillämme ablative deeltämme deiltämme allative deellemme deillemme essive deenämme deinämme translative deeksemme deiksemme abessive deettämme deittämme instructive — — comitative — deinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative deenne deenne accusative nom. deenne deenne gen. deenne genitive deenne deidenne deittenne partitive deetänne deitänne inessive deessänne deissänne elative deestänne deistänne illative deehenne deihinne adessive deellänne deillänne ablative deeltänne deiltänne allative deellenne deillenne essive deenänne deinänne translative deeksenne deiksenne abessive deettänne deittänne instructive — — comitative — deinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative deensä deensä accusative nom. deensä deensä gen. deensä genitive deensä deidensä deittensä partitive deetään deetänsä deitään deitänsä inessive deessään deessänsä deissään deissänsä elative deestään deestänsä deistään deistänsä illative deehensä deihinsä adessive deellään deellänsä deillään deillänsä ablative deeltään deeltänsä deiltään deiltänsä allative deelleen deellensä deilleen deillensä essive deenään deenänsä deinään deinänsä translative deekseen deeksensä deikseen deiksensä abessive deettään deettänsä deittään deittänsä instructive — — comitative — deineen deinensä

Gokana

Noun

dee

1. day

References

• R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic

Gullah

Alternative forms

• d'y, dy, day

Etymology

From English day.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/

Noun

dee

1. (of time) day

See also

Days of the week in Gullah · Duh Weekaday Dem (layout · text)
Mond'y	Chusdee, Chuseday	We'n'sd'y	T'ursd'y	Frid'y	Sat'd'y	Sund'y

References

• Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)