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de

Pronunciation: /de/

“de” is a Spanish word. Its 15 meanings in English:

noun

  1. The name of the Latin script letter D/d.

preposition

  1. of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner
  2. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
  3. of (expressing composition, substance)
  4. about (concerning; with regard to)
  5. of; from (indicating cause)
  6. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
  7. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
  8. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
  9. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
  10. than (in certain phrases)
  11. used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns)
  12. indicates a conditional desire
  13. forms adverbs; indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
  14. indicates the purpose of an object

In Spanish

  1. Indica pertenencia.
  2. Indica el contenido de algo.
  3. Indica la finalidad o uso.
  4. Indica el material con el que confecciona algo.
  5. Indica la causa.
  6. Indica el origen.
  7. Indica la forma de hacer.
  8. Indica el lugar de donde brota.
  9. Junto con un adverbio, indica separación.
  10. Indica una cualidad personal.
  11. Indica el inicio.
  12. Indica el momento.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish de, from Latin dē, from Proto-Italic *dē, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₁, from *de + *-h₁. Cognate with Ladino de.

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