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3-letter words (3 found)

DEI,DIE,IDE,

2-letter words (4 found)

DE,DI,ED,ID,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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Definitions and meaning of dei

dei

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Demisa.

Symbol

dei

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Demisa terms

English

Interjection

dei

  1. (Singlish, Manglish) Alternative spelling of dey (“informal term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.”).

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dei̯/ [d̪ei̯]
  • Rhymes: -ei̯
  • Hyphenation: dei

Noun

dei inan

  1. call, appeal
  2. call (telephone conversation)
  3. announcement
  4. (law) summons

Declension

Verb

dei

  1. Short form of deitu.

Further reading

  • “dei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “dei”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos. Cognates include German dein, Yiddish דײַן (dayn), obsolete Dutch dijn, archaic English thine and thy, Old Norse þínn, Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̥ɑɛ̯/
  • IPA(key): /d̥æː/ (East Central, Vienna)

Determiner

dei

  1. (possessive) thy, your (informal; to friends, relatives, children, etc.)

Declension

Derived terms

  • deiner
  • deinige

See also

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)

  1. a god

See also

  • Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdej]

Noun

dei m (plural deis)

  1. dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)

Edopi

Noun

dei

  1. cassowary

Further reading

  • Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

Galician

Verb

dei

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Ido

Noun

dei

  1. plural of deo

Italian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • de' (truncation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdej/, °/ˈdej/
  • Rhymes: -ej
  • Hyphenation: déi

Contraction

dei

  1. contraction of di i; of the, from the
    1. some
      Abbiamo dei libri nell'apartamento. ― We have some books in the apartment.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • dèi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛj/, (traditional) */ˈdɛj/
  • Rhymes: -ɛj
  • Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m pl (archaic dii)

  1. plural of dio
Usage notes
  • The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.
    Gli dei sono scontenti. ― The gods are displeased.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • debbi (archaic)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛj/, /ˈdej/
  • Rhymes: -ɛj, -ej
  • Hyphenation: dèi, déi

Verb

dei

  1. (archaic, poetic or colloquial Tuscan) alternative form of devi, second-person singular present indicative of dovere

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛj/
  • Rhymes: -ɛj
  • Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m (invariable)

  1. alternative form of dey (“dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)”)

References

Anagrams

  • -ide, die, diè

Japanese

Romanization

dei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of でい

Khasi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dej/

Adjective

dei

  1. fit, proper, right
  2. related

Derived terms

Verb

dei

  1. to belong to
  2. to hit

References

  • Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary‎[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 66. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈde.iː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ɛː.i]

Noun

deī

  1. inflection of deus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Verb

deī

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

Lindu

Noun

dei

  1. bunch; cluster

Low German

Alternative forms

  • de

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

Article

dei

  1. alternative form of de

Mandarin

Romanization

dei

  1. nonstandard spelling of dēi
  2. nonstandard spelling of děi

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

dei

  1. alternative form of day

Etymology 2

Pronoun

dei

  1. alternative form of þei (“they”)

Etymology 3

Noun

dei

  1. alternative form of dee

Navajo

Adverb

dei

  1. up, upward

Related terms

  • deigo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þeir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛɪː/, (unstressed) /dɛɪ/, /dɪ/

Article

dei

  1. the (plural form of den and det, usually used in front of adjectives modifying plural nouns)

Determiner

dei

  1. those; plural of den

Pronoun

dei (genitive deira)

  1. they
  2. those

See also

References

  • “dei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Noun

dei oblique singular, m (oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of doit (finger)

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

  • dī

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dag.

Noun

dei m

  1. day

Inflection

Descendants

  • North Frisian: däi
    Föhr-Amrum: dai
  • Saterland Frisian: Dai
  • West Frisian: dei

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German din. Compare German dein, English thy.

Determiner

dei

  1. (possessive) your

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: dei

Verb

dei

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Scots

Alternative forms

  • dee (more common)

Etymology

From Middle English die, from Old Norse deyja.

Verb

dei (third-person singular simple present deis, present participle deiin, simple past deid, past participle deed)

  1. (Southern Scots) to die

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • dii

Noun

dei m

  1. plural of deu
  2. plural of diu

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English day.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dei̯/

Noun

dei

  1. day

Derived terms

  • deinen

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English day.

Noun

dei class IX (plural dei class X)

  1. (Kenya) day
    Synonym: siku

Usage notes

This word is only used for some holidays and not generally to refer to regular days.

Derived terms

  • Jamhuri Dei (“Jamhuri Day”)
  • leba dei (“Labor Day, May Day”)
  • Madaraka Dei (“Madaraka Day”)
  • Mashujaa Dei (“Mashujaa Day”)

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • deui (literary)
  • doi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dei̯/

Verb

dei

  1. second-person singular future colloquial of dod

Mutation

Noun

dei

  1. soft mutation of tei

Mutation

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /dɛi̯/, /dai̯/

Noun

dei c (plural dagen)

  1. day
  2. date

Derived terms

  • hjoeddeisk

Further reading

  • “dei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Noun

dei

  1. alternative form of die

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 35

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