D

Etymology 1

From Etruscan 𐌃 (D), from Greek Δ (D, “Delta”), from Phoenician 𐤃‎ (D, “dalet”).

Etymology 2

A simplification of Ð under the graphic influence of the letter D, from a standardization of Ɔ superposed on a ⋌ or ⊢, from the practice of circling each hundredth ⋌ (now Roman numeral V), the tally stick notch mark representing five.

Etymology 3

• (chemistry, deuterium): abbreviation of deuterium
• (computing, hexadecimal 13): From its position as the thirteenth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}
• (Germany): abbreviation of German word Deutschland (“Germany”)

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of D, in normal and italic type
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  Uppercase and lowercase D in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of D:

Etymology 1

Old English upper case letter D from 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).

Etymology 2

Various abbreviations

Etymology 3

From the shape of the upper case letter "D"

Etymology 4

From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

Letter

D

1. The tenth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See Also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

Letter

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe D)

1. The letter D

Letter

D upper case (lower case d)

1. The fifth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

Noun

D

1. (Cantonese, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of 啲

Suffix

D

1. (Cantonese, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of 啲

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /deː/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a (Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï, IJ ij), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /do/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fifth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called do and written in the Latin script.

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deː/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the German alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

Etymology

Related to the French Sign Language sign for "D".

Production

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

• Posture the dominant hand in the “D” shape.

Letter

(transliteration needed)

1. the letter D

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeːl]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

D (plural D-ek)

1. s. (south). Abbreviation of dél (“south”).

See also

• észak (É), dél, kelet (K), nyugat (Ny)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

D (lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /di/
• Homophones: di, dì, di'
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

D m, f (invariable, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Italian alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d]

Letter

D

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The sixth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called dē and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): [di]
• (phoneme, syllable-initial) IPA^(key): [d]
• (phoneme, syllable-final) IPA^(key): [t̚]

Letter

D

1. The fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

D m

1. Abbreviation of dom. (as a title)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʼ/

Letter

D

1. The eighth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d/

Letter

D (lower case d)

1. The eighth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /deːl/

Letter

D upper case (lower case d)

1. The seventh letter of the Somali alphabet, called deel and written in the Latin script.

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fifth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ze˧˧], [ɗe˧˧], [zəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧], [ɗej˧˧], [jəː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧], [ɗej˧˧], [jəː˨˩]
• Phonetic: dê, đê, dờ

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called dê, đê, or dờ and written in the Latin script.

Letter

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.