di

• (roman numeral): DI, CCCCCI, ccccci

di

1. A Roman numeral representing five hundred one (501).

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Imitative.

di

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

   The chorus goes like this: "di di di di dum, da di da".

• -id, I'd, I.D., ID, id, id.

• IPA^(key): [ⁿdi]

di

1. wet

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

• IPA^(key): /di/

From Proto-Albanian *dīja, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeiH- (compare Sanskrit ध्याति (dhyāti, “to observe, feel”)).

di (first-person singular past tense dita, participle ditur)

1. I know

   Nuk e di.

   I don't know.

   Do të doja të dija më shumë rreth teje.

   I'd like to know more about you.

• ndiej
• dituri
• dije

• njoh
• dihet

The 3rd person singular din. From Proto-Albanian *dine, denominative of Proto-Indo-European *di-n-o- (“day”) (compare Lithuanian dienà, Serbo-Croatian dȃn).

• dihet (medio-passive)

di (first-person singular past tense diu, participle dirë)

1. (Tosk) to dawn (daylight)

• gdhin

• gdhi, gdhij, gdhin

From Latin dē. Compare Daco-Romanian de.

di

1. of
2. from

• IPA^(key): [dí]

di

1. to give

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

di

1. also

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 160

• IPA^(key): [dì]

dì

1. town, settlement
2. land

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

• de (Sette Comuni)

di

1. (Luserna) the; definite article for four declensions:
   1. nominative singular feminine
   2. accusative singular feminine
   3. nominative plural
   4. accusative plural

• “di” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

di

1. water

• F. Jacquesson (2008) A Dimasa Grammar‎, page 46
• 1903, P. R. T. Gurdon, The Morāns

di

1. water

• James Richardson Logan, Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (1970)

di

1. to search

di

1. water
2. river

Duane A. Clouse, Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya (1997), page 172

From Latin dē.

di

1. of
2. from
3. by

di

1. third-person singular present indicative of dicir
2. second-person singular imperative of dicir

From Portuguese de. Cognates with Kabuverdianu di.

di

1. of
2. at
3. from

From French dire.

di

1. to say
2. to tell

• vle di

Borrowed from Italian di.

di

1. of (indicating possession)

   La domo di mea matro

   The house of my mother

• de (“from, of”) (where an amount is indicated)
• da (“by”)

From Minangkabau di, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, *i, from Proto-Austronesian *di.

di

1. in

   di Jakarta ― in Jakarta

2. at
3. on

• dhi

From Old Irish di.

• IPA^(key): /dʲɪ/
• (Aran also) IPA^(key): /dʲiː/
• (Cois Fharraige also) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠiː/

di (emphatic dise)

1. third-person singular feminine of de: from/of her, from/of it f
2. third-person singular feminine of do: to/for her, to/for it f

• IPA^(key): /di/, [d̪i]
• Rhymes: -i
• Stress: dì
• Hyphenation: di

From Latin dē (the name of the letter D).

di f (invariable)

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

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

From Latin dē.[1]

di

1. Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s

   L’ira di Apollo ― Apollo’s wrath (literally, “The wrath of Apollo”)

   la coda del cane ― the dog’s tail

   Canto dello sciatore ― Song of the skier

   Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’Uomo

   Universal declaration of the Rights of [the] Man

   Simbolo degli Apostoli ― Signs of the Apostles

   Manifesto della cucina futurista ― Manifesto of the futurist kitchen

   Dei delitti e delle pene

   Of [the] crimes and [of the] punishments

2. from

   Lei è di Monreale in Sicilia, ma adesso vive a Roma

   She's from Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome

3. by, of, ’s

   La mia canzone preferita degli U2? 'One' !

   My favorite song by U2? 'One'!

   La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri

   The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

4. than

   Jack è più alto di sua moglie, Joan.

   Jack is taller than his wife, Joan.

   Biden ha detto che l'economia USA è in condizioni peggiori di quanto pensasse

   Biden says US economy is in worse shape than he thought.

5. Used in superlative forms; in, of

   Pont Neuf è il più antico ponte di Parigi

   Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris.

6. about, on, concerning

   Euclide scrisse diversi libri di matematica.

   Euclid wrote many books on mathematics.

   Parliamo di sentimenti. ― Let's talk about feelings.

7. Expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted

   Sei Nazioni: la Scozia gioca con l'Italia in un incontro decisivo per il cucchiaio di legno.

   Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.

   Ho comprato una collana d'oro bianco.

   I bought a white gold necklace.

8. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted

   Lei ha detto di non preoccuparsi.

   She said not to worry.

   Che devo fare se penso di avere un virus nel mio computer?

   What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?

9. Used with the definite article in partitive constructions; some

   Vuoi dell'acqua? ― Would you like some water?

10. Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.

    penso di sì ― I think so

    niente di meglio ― nothing better

    Che c’è di nuovo? ― What's new?

• When followed by the definite article, di combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:

di + article	Combined form
di + il	del
di + lo	dello
di + l'	dell'
di + i	dei
di + gli	degli
di + la	della
di + le	delle

• The i can additionally optionally be elided before vowel sounds to form d'.

• da

From English the.

di

1. the

di

1. water

di

1. in

de +‎ i

di

1. of the (masculine plural)

dī m pl

1. nominative plural of deus
2. vocative plural of deus
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)

     O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.

     O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? What is the government we have? In what city are we living?

• di in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• di in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

• IPA^(key): /di/

di

1. Contraction of de i.; of the (masculine plural)

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD. From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, *i, from Proto-Austronesian *di, *i (compare Indonesian di).

• IPA^(key): /di/
• Rhymes: -di, -i

di

1. in

   di Kuala Lumpur ― in Kuala Lumpur

2. at

   di sungai ― at the river

3. on

   di jalan ― on the road

di

1. Nonstandard spelling of dī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of dì.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From Old Dutch thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

• IPA^(key): /diː/, /di/

di

1. accusative and dative of du

• “di”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

From Old Saxon thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

• IPA^(key): /diː/

dî

1. (second person singular dative) you, thee
2. (second person singular accusative) you, thee

di

1. water

• 1903, P. R. T. Gurdon, The Morāns

From English the.

di

1. the

From Old Frisian thī, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só.

di

1. the (masculine singular)
2. the (common singular) (Sylt)

• jü
• dåt
• da
• dit

di

1. you, thou (familiar object singular)

• dü

From Old Norse þín.

di

1. feminine singular of din

• “di” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse þín.

• IPA^(key): /diː/ (example of pronunciation)

di

1. feminine singular of din

• “di” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin diēs.

di m (oblique plural dis, nominative singular dis, nominative plural di)

1. day (period of 24 hours)

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (di)

dī m

1. Alternative form of dei

• de

From Proto-Celtic *dī, from Proto-Indo-European *de; cognate with Latin dē.

• IPA^(key): /dʲi/

di (with dative)

1. of, from

Combinations with a definite article:

• din(d), den, don, dun sg
• dinaib, donaib pl

Combinations with a possessive determiner:

• dim (“from my”)
• dit (“from your sg”)
• dia, dua (“from his/her/its/their”)

Combinations with a relative pronoun:

• dia

• dí- (prefix)

• Irish: de
• Manx: jeh
• Scottish Gaelic: de

di

1. Alternative spelling of dí: to/from her

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 de, di”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• Rudolf Thurneysen (1940, reprinted 2003)D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 435, 831, pages 274, 504–6

di

1. it, the third person [singular] neuter pronoun

From Portuguese de.

di

1. of
2. from

• gi (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• de (Surmiran)

From Latin diēs.

di m (plural dis)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) day

From Latin diēs, compare Spanish día; from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“heaven, sky; to shine”).

dí

1. (Campidanese) day

From Old Irish di.

di

1. Alternative form of dhi

From earlier gdi.

di (Cyrillic spelling ди)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian, informal) where (interrogative)

   di si ti cili božji dan? ― where on earth have you been the whole day?

di (Cyrillic spelling ди)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) where

• Originally of Chakavian-Ikavian origin, the word is today colloquially used throughout Croatia and other countries to a lesser extent.

• gdje (Standard)

di

1. egg

• Stephen Morey, The Singpho Agentive – Functions and Meanings (2012), p. 13

• IPA^(key): /di/
• Rhymes: -i

See dar.

di

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of dar.

   Dile lo que te di. ― Tell him what I gave you.

See decir.

di

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of decir.

   Dile lo que te di. ― Tell him what I gave you.

di c

1. suck, suckle; milk from the mother (human or animal) directly to the offspring

• dia

• dibarn

di

1. (dialectal, Finland Swedish) Eye dialect spelling of de.
   • 1895, Gustaf Fröding, Tre käringer i en backe

     Dä satt tre käringer i en backe, å di va vinne å di va skacke,

     Three old women were sitting in a slope, and they were wry and they were crooked,

2. (dialectal, obsolete) your, yours; feminine singular of din
   • 1886, Fredrik August Dahlgren, Frierfâla

     Ho får sej nåck en hârr-khär, hva länge dä lir, Men se dä ska ja’ sij’ dej att allri di ho blir.

     She will surely get herself a gentleman before long, But I will say to you, that yours she'll never be.

• (they) de, dom (colloquial)
• (your) din

• IPA^(key): /di/

di

1. water
2. river

• diwa

• Juan Diego Quesada, A Grammar of Teribe (2000)

di

1. water
2. mirror

• Raquel Guirardello, A reference grammar of Trumai (1999)

From Latin diēs, compare Spanish día and Sardinian dí; from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“heaven, sky; to shine”).

di m (invariable)

1. day

   Drio ła nòte vien el di.

   After (the) night comes (the) day.

   Stò via tri di.

   I am away for three days. / I shall be away for three days.

di

1. of

• IPA^(key): /diː/
• Homophones: du, dŷ (South Wales only)

di

1. Alternative form of ti

Related to Persian دو‎ (do).

di

1. two