de
A meaningless unstressed syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
Article
- Pronunciation spelling of the.
- “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...
- 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...
Interjection
- 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.
Noun
- The name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д.
Origin
Etymology tree Russian дэ (dɛ)bor. English de Borrowed from Russian дэ (dɛ).
Forms
Preposition
- Used 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...
- 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:...
Origin
Borrowed from French de (“of”).
Verb
- Alternative form of dee (“to do”).