de

plural des

1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д.

present singular third person diz · participle present dein · past did · participle past dyun · alternative dee

1. NorthumbriaalternativeAlternative form of dee (“to do”).

1. CaribbeanJamaicapronunciation spellingAfrican-American Vernacular; Bermuda; African-American Vernacular; BermudaPronunciation spelling of the.

   So I'll prolly say de biggest threat to Bermy is de new selfish mentality like, she ank helpin no one in de end.

   2013 April 12, “Exclusive: Meet Derpuntae - Bermuda's first meme”, in The Bermuda Sun, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2022

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   “He went to’ds de back, ma’am.” The negro opened the door and slid his legs, clad in army O.D. and a pair of linoleum putties, to the ground. “‘I’ll go git ’im.”’

   1964 [1929], William Faulkner, Sartoris (The Collected Works of William Faulkner), London: Chatto & Windus, page 22

1. A meaningless unstressed syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.

   “Dum de dum, dum de dum”, he hummed as he sauntered down the road.

1. historicalUsed in the titles of French nobility; of.

   Conwoman Jeanne de La Motte stole a 2,800-carat diamond necklace, The Slave's Collar, by convincing the Cardinal de Rohan that Queen Marie-Antoinette wanted it.

   2009 November 5, Alex von Tunzelmann, “The Affair of the Necklace: nothing to get hot under the collar over”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2023

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   When Prosper Mérimée had next seen Mercedes after Spain, in March 1846, he told the Countess de Montijo that Mercedes "looked less well preserved [and] limped a little."

   2014, Alina García-Lapuerta, La Belle Créole: The Cuban Countess Who Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris, Chicago, I.L.: Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 236

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Delaware: a state of the United States.

plural DEs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of desktop environment.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of diatomaceous earth.
3. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of destroyer escort, a type of warship of the destroyer subtype, also called a frigate.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of differential equation.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of delayed ejaculation.

alternative Te · alternative Tê

1. historicalA former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong.

1. A surname from India

plural dEs

1. astronomydwarf elliptical galaxy

   Synonyms: DEG, dEG