đê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 堤.

Noun

(classifier con) đê

  1. (geology) dike
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French dé.

Noun

đê

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Đ/đ.
  2. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.
Usage notes

The letters D and d take this name if they are not treated as alphabetic letters used to represent phonemes (/z/, /j/). For example, in geometry, "point D" is called "điểm đê".

Synonyms

Etymology 3

Particle

đê

  1. (colloquial) alternative form of đi (imperative sentence-ending particle)
    Thôi dẹp đê!
    Oh give me a break!

Etymology 4

Borrowed from French dé.

Noun

(classifier cái) đê

  1. a thimble
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