d

See also: D, d', and Appendix:Variations of "d"

d U+0064, d
LATIN SMALL LETTER D
← c
[U+0063] 		Basic Latin e →
[U+0065]
Character variations

ᵈ U+1D48, ᵈ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL D
← ᵇ
[U+1D47] 		Phonetic Extensions ᵉ →
[U+1D49]

ⅾ U+217E, ⅾ
SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE HUNDRED
← ⅽ
[U+217D] 		Number Forms ⅿ →
[U+217F]
ｄ U+FF44, ｄ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER D
← ｃ
[U+FF43] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｅ →
[U+FF45]
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Translingual

Etymology 1

Approximate form of upper case letter D that was the source for lower case d Modification of capital letter D, from Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “Delta”).

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Usage notes

The letter d is used in the alphabets of many languages, and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the voiced alveolar or dental plosive (/d/). In some languages and transcription systems, d may also represent other sounds, such as /t/ or /ð/.

See also

Etymology 2

Lower case form of upper case roman numeral D, a standardization of Ꟈ or Ð, from tally stick markings resembling a superimposed Ɔ and ⋀, from the practice of encircling each hundredth ⋀ notch.

Alternative forms

Numeral

d (lower case Roman numeral, upper case D)

  1. cardinal number five hundred (500).
Usage notes

With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as d̅, it represents five hundred thousand (500,000).

See also
  • Lesser roman numeral symbol: c (“100”)
  • Greater roman numeral symbol: m (“1000”)
  • Roman numerals

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • Pronunciation of IPA [dɑː, ɑdːɑː] with the sound [d]:(file)

Symbol

d

  2. day(s)
  3. (mathematics) the (path-independent, exact) differential of a quantity
  4. (IPA) a voiced alveolar plosive.
  5. (superscript ⟨ᵈ⟩, IPA) [d]-onset (prestopping / preocclusion / preplosion), [d]-release, [d]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [d].
  6. (financial mathematics) annual effective discount rate
  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of D, in normal and italic type
    Uppercase and lowercase versions of D, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase D in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercase D in Fraktur
  • Approximate form of upper case letter D in uncial script that was the source for lower case d
    Approximate form of upper case letter D in uncial script that was the source for lower case d

See also

  • (IPA): t (“voiceless alveolar plosive”)
  • (mathematics): δ

Other representations of D:

English

Etymology 1

Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ, the Old English letter replaced by Latin d
Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ, the Old English letter replaced by Latin d

From the Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ.

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /diː/
    • Rhymes: -iː
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/
Audio (US):(file)
Audio (UK):(file)

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D, plural ds or d's)

  1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
    • 1929, Patrick Hamilton, Rope, New York City: Samuel French, Act I, page 30:
      Rupert. I am told so, sir. But then so does the other Cadell. A devastating creature who spells it with two d’s.

See also

Derived terms

Number

d (lower case, upper case D, plural ds or d's)

  1. The fourth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

  • (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin.

Adjective

d (not comparable)

  2. Abbreviation of dimensional.
    Alternative form: D
  3. (cricket) Abbreviation of declared.
    Synonym: dec
Derived terms

Adverb

d

  1. (crosswording) Abbreviation of down.
    Do you have the answer for 23d?
  2. (Malaysia, informal) Abbreviation of already, used in text messages to form the perfect tenses.
    Come d.
    Done d.

Verb

d

  1. Abbreviation of died or death.
    William Shakespeare, d 1616

Symbol

d

  2. (until February 1971) A British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p).
    £sd — “pounds, shillings and pence”
  3. (dice games) Abbreviation of die or dice.
    d20 — a specialized die with twenty sides
    2d6 — the sum of the roll of two six-sided dice
  4. A penny, a measure of the size of nails.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Article

d

  1. Pronunciation spelling of the
    • 1988 February 14, Catherine Joseph, “First Life Jitters”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 7:
      that cavalier expression i see/on people's mugs don't keep/d pie from hitting dey faces

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d/

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fifth letter of the Standard Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The seventh letter of the Arvanitic Albanian alphabet, written in the Greek script.

See also

Alemannic German

Article

d f

  1. (definite) the
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
      Di nöchscht rächts. Mir fared i d’Fäldschtrass.
      The next right. We'll drive down Feldstrasse.

Article

d pl

  1. (definite) the

Declension

Alemannic German definite articles
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative/accusative de
dr (Bern) 		d s
ds (Bern) 		d
dative em der em de
  • Masculine nominative/accusative singular de has the form der before a vowel, e.g. der alt Maa ‘the old man’
  • Dative plural de has the form den before a vowel, e.g. den alte Fraue ‘(to) the old women’
  • Feminine singular d and plural d have the variant di before an adjective, e.g. di jung Mueter ‘the young mother’

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): [d]
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [deː], [dɯː]

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fifth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de/, [d̪e̞]

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fourth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

See also

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. A letter of the Central Mazahua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of d – see 啲 (“a few; a little bit; some; a bit; a bit more; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 啲).

Etymology 2

From English differentiate or the differentiation symbol d.

Pronunciation

Verb

d

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, mathematics) to differentiate
    d唔到 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  di1 m4 dou3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  nondifferentiable
    d兩次／d两次 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  di1 loeng5 ci3 [Jyutping]  ―  to take the second derivative (literally, “to differentiate twice”)
  • in (in1, “to integrate”)

See also

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Czech

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The sixth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Dakota

Pronunciation

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. A letter of the Dakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Danish

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fourth letter of the Danish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /deː/

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

See also

  • Previous letter: c
  • Next letter: e

Esperanto

Pronunciation

(phoneme)

  • IPA(key): /d/, (before a voiceless consonant) /t/
  • Audio:(file)

(letter)

  • IPA(key): /ˈdo/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fifth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called do and written in the Latin script.

See also

Further reading

Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̥eː/, [ˈd̥eː]

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fourth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

See also

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t/

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fourth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Fijian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ⁿd/

Letter

d (lower case, upper case D)

  1. The fourth letter of the Fijian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Finnish

Etymology 1

    The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German, and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and d for information on the development of the glyph itself.

    Pronunciation

    • (sound): IPA(key): /d/
    • IPA(key): /ˈdeː/, [ˈde̞ː] (name of letter)
    • Audio: dee, vadelma, kädet, dee:(file)
    • Rhymes: -eː

    Letter

    d (lower case, upper case D)

    1. The fourth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
    Usage notes
    • Used only in loanwords except for the weak grade of t.
    See also

    Etymology 2

      German musical notation.

      Noun

      d

      1. (music) D (note)
      Usage notes

      Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

      Declension
      Inflection of d (Kotus type 18/maa)
      singular plural
      nominative d d:t
      genitive d:n d:iden
      d:itten
      partitive d:tä d:itä
      accusative d
      d:n       		d:t
      inessive d:ssä d:issä
      elative d:stä d:istä
      illative d:hen d:ihin
      adessive d:llä d:illä
      ablative d:ltä d:iltä
      allative d:lle d:ille
      essive d:nä d:inä
      translative d:ksi d:iksi
      abessive d:ttä d:ittä
      instructive – d:in
      comitative – d:ineen
      Derived terms
      compounds

      French

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /de/
      • Audio:(file)

      Letter

      d (lower case, upper case D)

      1. The fourth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
        • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎fr.Wikisource, Volume I, Chapter II, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra:
          [À] peine les petits oiseaux nuancés de mille couleurs avaient-ils salué des harpes de leurs langues, dans une douce et mielleuse harmonie, la venue de l’aurore au teint de rose, ... que le fameux chevalier don Quichotte de la Manche ... prit sa route à travers l’antique et célèbre plaine de Montiel.
          [S]carce had the little birds shaded of a thousand colours hailed from the harps of their tongues, in a soft and mellifluous harmony, the coming of the pink-tinted dawn, ... when the famous knight Don Quixote of La Mancha ... took his route across the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel.

      Fula

      Pronunciation

      Letter

      d (lower case, upper case D)

      1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      Usage notes

      See also

      German

      Letter

      d n (lower case, upper case D)

      1. The fourth letter of the German alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

      See also

      Noun

      d n (strong, genitive d, plural d or ds)

      1. alternative letter-case form of D

      Declension

      Declension of d [neuter, strong]
      singular plural
      indef. def. noun def. noun
      nominative ein das d die d, ds
      genitive eines des d der d, ds
      dative einem dem d den d, ds
      accusative ein das d die d, ds

      Further reading

      • “d”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)

      Gothic

      Romanization

      d

      1. romanization of 𐌳

      Greek

      Symbol

      d

      1. (phonetics) A voiced alveolar plosive (IPA [d]).[1]

      References

      1. ^ Aρχές φωνητικής μεταγραφής του ΚΕΝΔΙ-ΙΛΝΕ

      Heiltsuk

      Pronunciation

      Letter

      d (lower case, upper case D)

      1. The fourth letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      Hungarian

      Pronunciation

      • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈd]
      • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈdeː]
      • Audio:(file)

      Letter

      d (lower case, upper case D)

      1. The sixth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called dé and written in the Latin script.

      Declension

      Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
      singular plural
      nominative d d-k
      accusative d-t d-ket
      dative d-nek d-knek
      instrumental d-vel d-kkel
      causal-final d-ért d-kért
      translative d-vé d-kké
      terminative d-ig d-kig
      essive-formal d-ként d-kként
      essive-modal — —
      inessive d-ben d-kben
      superessive d-n d-ken
      adessive d-nél d-knél
      illative d-be d-kbe
      sublative d-re d-kre
      allative d-hez d-khez
      elative d-ből d-kből
      delative d-ről d-kről
      ablative d-től d-ktől
      non-attributive
      possessive – singular       		d-é d-ké
      non-attributive
      possessive – plural       		d-éi d-kéi
      Possessive forms of d
      possessor single possession multiple possessions
      1st person sing. d-m d-im
      2nd person sing. d-d d-id
      3rd person sing. d-je d-i
      1st person plural d-nk d-ink
      2nd person plural d-tek d-itek
      3rd person plural d-jük d-ik

      Derived terms

      Compound words

      See also

      Further reading

      • (sound and letter): d in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
      • (musical note and its key/position): d in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
      • d in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

      Icelandic

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈtjɛː] (letter name)

      Letter

      d (lower case, upper case D)

      1. The fourth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      Ido

      Pronunciation

      • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /d/
      • (letter name) IPA(key): /de/

      Letter

      d (lower case, upper case D)

      1. The fourth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      Indonesian

      Pronunciation

      • (letter name): IPA(key): /de/
      • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/

      Letter

      d (lower case, upper case D)

      1. The fourth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      Irish

      Letter

      d (lower case, upper case D)

      1. The fourth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      See also

      Isoko

      Letter

      d (lower case, upper case D)

      1. The fourth letter of the Isoko alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      References

      • E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrẹ Ụmụ́bọrá Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, pages 8, 10
      • Onyerioma Isaac Itegolor, Isoko Wha Dooo...! Book 2 (Operation Speak Your Language), Revised Standard Edition (2015), page 1
      • Joe Okedi, Abidi Isoko Na Kpobi, 2020

      Italian

      Letter

      d f or m (lower case, upper case D, invariable)

      1. The fourth letter of the Italian alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script.

      Kabyle

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴷ (d).

      Particle

      d

      1. predicative particle: to be
        D tidett! ― It's true!
        Nekk d anelmad. ― I am a student.

      Etymology 2

        Inherited from Proto-Berber.

        Particle

        d

        1. ventive clitic; suffixed onto verbs to indicate a direction towards an inferred reference point

        Etymology 3

          Inherited from Proto-Berber.

          Preposition

          d

          1. (only with nouns) and
            Nekk d gma neggan. ― Me and my brother were sleeping.
          Usage notes

          Nouns following the preposition d are placed in the annexed state.

          References

          • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎[2], retrieved 2025
          • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

          Kankanaey

          Etymology 1

          Borrowed from Tagalog d. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English d.

          Pronunciation

          • (letter name) IPA(key): /di/ [di̞]
            • Rhymes: -i
          • (phoneme) IPA(key): /d/ [d̚]

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The fourth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script.
          See also

          Etymology 2

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /di/ [di̞]
          • Rhymes: -i

          Article

          d

          1. (text messaging) alternative form of di

          References

          • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[3] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

          Kashubian

          Etymology

          The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and d for development of the glyph itself.

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The sixth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Latin

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /d/.

          See also

          Latvian

          Etymology

          Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): [d]
          • Audio:(file)

          Letter

          D

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The sixth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called dē and written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Livonian

          Pronunciation

          • (phoneme) IPA(key): /d̪/

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The sixth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Lushootseed

          Pronunciation

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The ninth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Luxembourgish

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The fourth letter of the Luxembourgish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Malay

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Maltese

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /d/
          • IPA(key): /t/ (per final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent)

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The fourth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          See also

          North Frisian

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): [d] (most dialects)
          • IPA(key): [d̥~t] (Sylt, merges with ⟨t⟩ except at the start of a word or stressed syllable)

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Norwegian

          Pronunciation

          • (letter name): IPA(key): /deː/
          • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/, (in rd) /ɖ/
          • Audio:(file)

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The fourth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          Norwegian Bokmål

          Pronunciation

          • (letter name): IPA(key): /deː/
          • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/, (in rd) /ɖ/
          • Audio:(file)
          • Homophone: det

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The fourth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Noun

          d m (definite singular d-en, indefinite plural d-er, definite plural d-ene)

          1. the letter D

          References

          Norwegian Nynorsk

          Etymology 1

          Pronunciation

          • (letter name): IPA(key): /deː/
          • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/, (in rd) /ɖ/
          • Audio:(file)
          • Homophones: de, det

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The fourth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
          See also

          Noun

          d m (definite singular d-en, indefinite plural d-ar, definite plural d-ane)

          1. the letter D

          Etymology 2

          • (det): abbreviation
          • (død): abbreviation

          Pronoun

          d

          1. abbreviation of det

          Article

          d

          1. abbreviation of det

          Adjective

          d

          1. abbreviation of død

          References

          Nupe

          Pronunciation

          • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The fourth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          See also

          Old English

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /d/

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          Oromo

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈdɐ/
          • Syllables - da, Count - 1
            • Audio:(file)

          Letter

          d (lower case, upper case D)

          1. The fourth letter of the Oromo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

          Polish

          Etymology

            The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and d for development of the glyph itself.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ/
            • Audio:(file)

            Letter

            d (lower case, upper case D)

            1. The sixth letter of the Polish alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

            See also

            Portuguese

            Pronunciation

            Letter

            d m (lower case, upper case D)

            1. The fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

            See also

            Noun

            d m (uncountable)

            1. abbreviation of dom (as a title)

            Further reading

            Romani

            Pronunciation

            Letter

            d (lower case, upper case D)

            1. The sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

            See also

            Romanian

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /d/

            Letter

            d (lower case, upper case D)

            1. The sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called de or dî and written in the Latin script.

            See also

            Sarikoli

            Pronunciation

            Letter

            d (lower case, upper case D)

            1. The fifth letter of the Sarikoli alphabet, written in the Latin script.

            See also

            Scottish Gaelic

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /t̪/

            Letter

            d (lower case, upper case D)

            1. The fourth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by c and followed by e; traditionally named dair (“oak”).

            See also

            Senhaja de Srair

            Pronunciation

            Etymology 1

              Inherited from Proto-Berber.

              Particle

              d (Tifinagh spelling ⴷ)

              1. ventive clitic indicating direction toward the speaker
                Iwsa-d ik umeddakkʷel nnes. ― He came (to me) with his friend.
              Alternative forms
              • id (allomorph used following consonant-final suffixless verb forms)

              Etymology 2

              Preposition

              d (Tifinagh spelling ⴷ)

              1. Ketama and Zerqet form of id

              References

              • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[4], retrieved 2025
              • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[5], Paris, France: HAL

              Serbo-Croatian

              Pronunciation

              • (phoneme) IPA(key): /d/

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D, Cyrillic equivalent д)

              1. The sixth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet (gajica), written in the Latin script; preceded by ć and followed by dž.

              Silesian

              Etymology

              The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. 3 main scripts exist, the Steuer Alphabet made in 1934, the Silesian Phonetic Alphabet in 2006, and the Elementary alphabet made in the late 2000s. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and d for development of the glyph itself.

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. The sixth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

              See also

              Skolt Sami

              Pronunciation

              • (phoneme) IPA(key): /d/

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. The eighth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

              See also

              Slovak

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /t/, [t]

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. The seventh letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

              See also

              Slovene

              Etymology 1

              From Gaj's Latin alphabet d, from Czech alphabet d, from Latin d, which is a modification of capital letter D, from Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “Delta”). Pronunciation as IPA(key): /də/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German d.

              Pronunciation

              • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/, [d]
              • (letter name): IPA(key): /də́/, /dèː/, /déː/
              • Audio (letter name, non-tonal):(file)
              • Rhymes: -ə, -eː

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
              2. The seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
              3. The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

              Symbol

              d

              1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [d].

              Noun

              d m inan

              1. The name of the Latin script letter D / d.
              2. (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /d/.
              Declension
              • Overall more common
              Unknown tone or non-tonal
              		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
              Masculine inan., soft o-stem
              nom. sing. d
              gen. sing. d-ja
              singular dual plural
              nominative
              (imenovȃlnik)               		d d-ja d-ji
              genitive
              (rodȋlnik)               		d-ja d-jev d-jev
              dative
              (dajȃlnik)               		d-ju d-jema d-jem
              accusative
              (tožȋlnik)               		d d-ja d-je
              locative
              (mẹ̑stnik)               		d-ju d-jih d-jih
              instrumental
              (orọ̑dnik)               		d-jem d-jema d-ji
              • More common when with a definite adjective
              Masculine inan., no endings
              nom. sing. d
              gen. sing. d
              singular dual plural
              nominative d d d
              accusative d d d
              genitive d d d
              dative d d d
              locative d d d
              instrumental d d d

              Etymology 2

              From da with the same meaning, from Proto-Slavic *da, from Proto-Indo-European *doh₂, which is pronoun Proto-Indo-European *de-, Proto-Indo-European *do- 'this' in lative case. Simplification occurred due to modern vowel reduction as the final /a/ reduced to /ə/.

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /də́/
              • Audio (non-tonal):(file)
              • Rhymes: -ə

              Conjunction

              d

              1. (colloquial) that, so that, so
                • 2007 October 11, “Športna medicina: forum”, in The nutriitiion.com‎[6], archived from the original on 4 September 2026:
                  ko treniraš s prevelikimi težami si rekel d se rast ustavi, ker telo vso enrgijo porab za mišice, kaj pa če s tem prenehaš a pol se rast spet začne?
                  When you are training with too heavy weights, you said that the growth stops because the body uses all the energy for the muscles, but what if you stop doing it, does the growth begin again?

              See also

              Further reading

              • “d”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

              Spanish

              Etymology 1

              (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): (phoneme) /d/, [d̪], [ð̞]
              • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈde/ [ˈd̪e]
                • Audio (Spain):(file)
                • Rhymes: -e

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. The fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

              Etymology 2

              (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /de/ [d̪e]
              • Rhymes: -e

              Preposition

              d

              1. (text messaging, Internet slang) abbreviation of de

              Swedish

              Pronoun

              d

              1. (Internet slang, text messaging) pronunciation spelling of det (“it”)
                Synonyms: de, re
                – Va e d? – D e en älg. [– Vad är det? – Det är en älg.]
                – What's that? – It's a moose.

              Article

              d

              1. (Internet slang, text messaging) pronunciation spelling of det (“it”)
                Synonym: de

              Tagalog

              Etymology 1

              Borrowed from Spanish d. Each pronunciation has a different source:

              • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English d.
              • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish d.
              • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜇ (da).

              Pronunciation

              • (Standard Tagalog)
                • IPA(key): /ˈdi/ [ˈd̪ɪ] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
                  • Rhymes: -i
                • IPA(key): /ˈde/ [ˈd̪ɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
                  • Rhymes: -e
                • IPA(key): /ˈda/ [ˈd̪a] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
                  • Rhymes: -a
                • IPA(key): /d/ [d̪] (phoneme)

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. the fourth letter of the Filipino alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script
              2. the fourth letter of the Abakada alphabet, called da and written in the Latin script
              3. (historical) the fifth letter of the Abecedario, called de and written in the Latin script
              Usage notes
              • Sometimes switched with the letter ⟨r⟩ between vowels, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩ in a word due to lenition of /d/ to /ɾ/ such as dadaan can become daraan. Compare flapping in pronunciation of English medal. The letter does not change if the next consonant in the root is an /ɾ/ (such as madurog does not become marurog) or /l/ (such as madilim does not become marilim).
              • Some words starting with the letter can also become ⟨r⟩ if the last letter of the preceding word is a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩. Examples are daw / raw, dito / rito, dami / rami, and damot / ramot.
              • On all cases stated above, it is acceptable whether ⟨d⟩ or ⟨r⟩ is used. However, the said phenomena do not occur on proper nouns nor recent loan words.
              • In the Teresa-Morong dialect, the letter r may interchange with the letter on any position in the word even when not followed by a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩. (ex. ragat / dagat and bayar / bayad). Exceptions are recent loanwords, or if the next consonant after a /d/ is /ɾ/ (such as in durog) or /l/ (such as in dila).
              • Often switched with the letter ⟨r⟩ after a vowel even on syllable endings in early texts which may indicate ancient pronunciation of words.
              See also

              Etymology 2

              Borrowed from English d (dee), homophonous to di.

              Pronunciation

              Adverb

              d (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

              1. (text messaging, Internet slang) abbreviation of di

              Further reading

              • “d”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

              Tlingit

              Pronunciation

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

              See also

              Turkish

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. The fifth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

              See also

              Turkmen

              Pronunciation

              • (phoneme) IPA(key): /d/

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. The fourth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

              See also

              Vietnamese

              Pronunciation

              • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ze˧˧], [ʔɗe˧˧], [zəː˨˩]
              • (Huế) IPA(key): [jej˧˧], [ʔɗej˧˧], [jəː˦˩]
              • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jej˧˧], [ʔɗej˧˧], [jəː˨˩]
              • Phonetic spelling: dê, đê, dờ

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. The sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called dê, đê or dờ and written in the Latin script.

              See also

              Welsh

              Pronunciation

              • (standard) IPA(key): /diː/
                • (informal) IPA(key): /də/

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. The fifth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script; preceded by ch and followed by dd.

              See also

              Mutation

              Mutated forms of draig
              radical soft nasal aspirate
              draig ddraig nraig unchanged

              Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
              All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

              Further reading

              • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “d”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

              Yele

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /ʈ /

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. A letter of the Yele alphabet, written in the Latin script.

              Derived terms

              • The digraph ⟨dp⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ʈ͡p/
              • The digraph ⟨dn⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ʈⁿ/ [ʈɳ] (found only in the inflectional clitic -dniye, and possibly actually palatalized dny /ʈⁿʲ/)
              • The digraph ⟨dm⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ʈ͡pⁿ/ [ʈ͡pɳ͡m]

              Palatalized consonants are written ⟨dny, dmy, dpy, dy⟩.

              See also

              Yoruba

              Pronunciation

              • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/
              • (letter name): IPA(key): /dí/

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. The third letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called dí and written in the Latin script.

              See also

              Zulu

              Letter

              d (lower case, upper case D)

              1. The fourth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

              See also

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