des-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "des"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French des-, from Latin dis-.

Prefix

des-

  1. Obsolete form of dis-. (reversal of sense of succeeding word)
  2. (organic chemistry) removal of a group from a molecule

Derived terms

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Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís. Doublet of dis-, which was borrowed.

Prefix

des-

  1. Indicates the negation of a verb; dis-, un-
    des- + fer (to do)desfer (to undo)

Derived terms

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Further reading


Dutch

Prefix

des-

  1. des-
  2. dis-
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German

Prefix

des-

  1. des-
  2. dis-
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Ido

Prefix

des-

  1. Expresses the opposite of the root word.
    honoro (honor)deshonoro (dishonor)

Derived terms

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /des/, [dəs], /dæs/

Prefix

des-

  1. de-; dis-

Derived terms

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French des-.

Prefix

des-

  1. de-; dis-

Descendants


Norman

Etymology

From Old French des-, from Latin dis-.

Prefix

des-

  1. dis-

Derived terms

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan des-, from Latin dis-.

Prefix

des-

  1. de-; dis-

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dis-.

Prefix

des-

  1. de-; dis-

Descendants


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese des-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (before a voiceless consonant) /des/, /d͡ʒis/, (before a vowel or voiced consonant) /dez/, /d͡ʒiz/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): (before a voiceless consonant) /dɨʃ/, (before a voiced consonant) /dɨʒ/, (before a vowel) /dɨz/

Prefix

des-

  1. un-; de-; dis- (forms verbs indicating the reversal of the prefixed verb)
    des- + ligar (to turn on)desligar (to turn off)
  2. un- (forms nouns indicating the lack or opposite of the prefixed noun)
    des- + amor (love)desamor (disdain)
  3. Misspelling of dis-.

Derived terms

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Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /des/

Prefix

des-

  1. dis-, de-
    des- + face (to do)desface (to undo)

Derived terms

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish des-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís. Doublet of dis-, which was borrowed.

Prefix

des-

  1. dis-; indicative of a negative.
    des- + colgar (to hang up (a phone))descolgar (to pick up (a phone))

Derived terms

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Further reading

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