dé-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

French

Etymology

Partially inherited from Middle French des-, from Old French des-, from Latin dis- (“apart”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwís), and partially borrowed from Latin dē- (“from”), in some cases. Compare the neological borrowing dis-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /de/

Prefix

dé-

  1. used to make antonyms (similar to English prefixes un-, dis-)

Derived terms
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Irish

Alternative forms

Prefix

dé-

  1. di-, bi-, duo-

Derived terms
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  • dé-altach

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dé- dhé- ndé-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "dé-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “dé-” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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