dee

See also: Dee, dée, dèe, dêe, and -dę́ę́ʼ

English

Alternative forms

  • de (Northumbria)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diː/

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

  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Noun

dee (plural dees)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.
  2. Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
    the pommel is furnished with dees.
  3. (colloquial) Police detective.
    the dees are about.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams


Aiwoo

Adverb

dee

  1. (interrogative) when

References


Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dẽ˦ẽ˨]

Noun

dee

  1. child

References


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)

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch die.

Pronoun

dee

  1. (relative) who, which, that

Estonian

Noun

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

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeː/, [ˈde̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

dee

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter 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
instructive dein
abessive deettä deittä
comitative deineen

Italian

Noun

dee f

  1. plural of dea

Latin

Noun

dee

  1. vocative singular of deus

Low German

Verb

dee

  1. first-person singular past of doon

Maquiritari

Noun

dee

  1. tree
  2. wood

References

  • Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French de, from Latin datum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deː/, /diː/, /dɛi̯/

Noun

dee (plural dees)

  1. A die or dice (cube used in games and gambling)
  2. A game which utilises or employs dice.
  3. (rare) A piece or cube of diced food.
  4. (rare) Something of little value.

Descendants

References


Scots

Etymology 1

From Old English dīġan (to die), from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (to die). Compare English die, Danish , Norwegian Nynorsk døy, Norwegian Bokmål , Icelandic deyja, Swedish , Faroese doyggja.

Verb

dee (third-person singular present dees, present participle deein, past dee'd, past participle dee'd)

  1. to die
    • 1852-1859, Lady John Scott (lyrics and music), “Annie Laurie”, in Scottish Songs:
      Maxwelton braes are bonnie, / Where early fa's the dew, / And its there that Annie Laurie, / Gie'd me her promise true / Gie'd me her promise true, / Which ne'er forgot shall be, / And for bonnie Annie Laurie / I'd lay me doon and dee.
      Maxwelton hills are pretty, / Where early falls the dew, / And it's there that Annie Laurie, / Gave me her promise true / Gave me her promise true, / Which never forgot shall be, / And for pretty Annie Laurie / I'd lay myself down and die.

Verb

dee (third-person singular present dees, present participle deein, past dee'd, past participle dee'd)

  1. Doric form of dae (to do)
    Fit ye deein?
    What are you doing?

Teop

Verb

dee

  1. to carry

References


Võro

Noun

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

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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