de

[ duh; French duh; Spanish de; Portuguese di ]
/ də; French də; Spanish dɛ; Portuguese dɪ /

preposition

from; of (used in French, Spanish, and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin): Comte de Rochambeau; Don Ricardo de Aragón.

Origin of de

< French, Spanish, Portuguese < Latin

Definition for de (2 of 6)

DE

Delaware (approved especially for use with zip code).
destroyer escort.

Definition for de (3 of 6)

D & E

or D and E


dilation and extraction.

Definition for de (4 of 6)

de'
[ duh; Italian de ]
/ də; Italian dɛ /

preposition

dei (used in Italian names as an elided form of dei): de' Medici.

Definition for de (5 of 6)

de-

a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify), negation (demerit; derange), descent (degrade; deduce), reversal (detract), intensity (decompound). Compare di-2, dis-1.

Origin of de-

Middle English < Latin dē-, prefixal use of (preposition) from, away from, of, out of; in some words, < French < Latin dē- or dis- dis-1

Definition for de (6 of 6)

D.E.

Doctor of Engineering.
driver education.

Example sentences from the Web for de

British Dictionary definitions for de (1 of 4)

de 1

De, before a vowel d' or before a vowel D'

/ () /

of; from: occurring as part of some personal names and originally indicating place of origin Simon de Montfort; D'Arcy; de la Mare

Word Origin for de

from Latin dē; see de-

British Dictionary definitions for de (2 of 4)

de 2

the internet domain name for

Germany

British Dictionary definitions for de (3 of 4)

DE

abbreviation for

(formerly in Britain) Department of Employment
Delaware

British Dictionary definitions for de (4 of 4)

de-

prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives

removal of or from something specified deforest; dethrone
reversal of something decode; decompose; desegregate
departure from decamp

Word Origin for de-

from Latin, from (prep) from, away from, out of, etc. In compound words of Latin origin, de- also means away, away from ( decease); down ( degrade); reversal ( detect); removal ( defoliate); and is used intensively ( devote) and pejoratively ( detest)

Medical definitions for de (1 of 2)

D & E

abbr.

dilation and evacuation

Medical definitions for de (2 of 2)

de-

pref.

Do or make the opposite of; reverse:decomposition.
Remove or remove from:deoxygenation.
Reduce; degrade:decholesterolization.