D

D U+0044, D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D ← C [U+0043] Basic Latin E → [U+0045]

From the Etruscan letter 𐌃 (d, “de”), from the Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “delta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃 (d, “dalet”), from an uncertain origin, likely the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿.

D (lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  d  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter D):  Ďď  Ḋḋ  Ḑḑ  Ḍḍ  Ḓḓ  Ḏḏ  Đđ  D̦d̦  Ɖɖ  Ɗɗ  Ƌƌ  ᵭ  ᶁ  ᶑ  ȡ  ᴅ  Ｄｄ  ȸ  DZDzdz  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  DŽDždž

A simplification of Ꟈ 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.

• d, IↃ, CCCCC, ccccc

D (upper case Roman numeral, lower case d)

1. (Roman numerals) Five hundred (500).
2. the five hundredth (500th)

• (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 Deutschland (“Germany”).

D

1. (chemistry) Deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen.
2. (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for thirteen.
3. A standard size of dry cell battery larger than C.
4. Vehicle-distinguishing sign for Germany.
5. (biochemistry) IUPAC one-letter abbreviation for aspartic acid.
6. (mathematics) The differential operator in calculus and analysis.
7. (linguistics) A wildcard for an alveolar consonant
8. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by Moody's Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings, indicating that a bond is in default, and the issuer is (or is about to become) bankrupt.
9. (actuarial notation) arithmetically decreasing payments
10. denier (unit)
11. (clothing) Bra cup size.

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

Other representations of D:

NATO phonetic: Delta Morse code: -·· Braille: ⠑ ASL Manual: D

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /diː/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Phoneme: IPA^(key): /d/

D (upper case, lower case d, plural Ds or D's)

1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]

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

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The ordinal number fourth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Abbreviations.

D (countable and uncountable, plural Ds)

1. Abbreviation of defense. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (US politics) Abbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.

   Antonym: R (“Republican”)

   D-New York

   • 2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “I think allowing this moniker, ‘Defund the police,’ to ever get out there, was not a good thing,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) told The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel on Thursday.

4. (automotive) Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.

   Coordinate terms: P, R, N, D, 2, 1

5. (printing) Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
6. (euphemistic, slang) Clipping of dick (“penis”)

   She wants the D!

   • 2016, “Zaddy”, in Campaign, performed by Ty Dolla $ign:

     I give her the D, I give her the D, she callin' me zaddy

7. (electronics) Abbreviation of data.
8. (Unicode) Canonical decomposition

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

9. (music) Abbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.

   Coordinate term: K (“Köchel number”)

   Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417

10. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of day.

• (in Unicode): C, KC, KD, NF

D

1. Abbreviation of down (direction).

D

1. Abbreviation of divorced.

D

1. (with “The”) The City of Detroit.
2. (religion) Abbreviation of Deuteronomist.

D

1. (euphemistic) Damn.
   • 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “I am the Captain of the Pinafore”, in H.M.S. Pinafore;  […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company,  […], →OCLC:

     CAPTAIN. I never use a big, big D— ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. No, never! ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. Hardly ever! ALL. Hardly ever swears a big, big D—

• Unicode Consortium, Unicode Standard Annex #15, revision 41 (2014-06-05), § 1.2, table 1: “Normalization Forms”

From the shape of the upper case letter "D".

D (plural Ds)

1. (snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
2. (soccer) The penalty arc on a football pitch.
   • 2022 June 11, Ben Fisher, “Brennan Johnson’s late goal denies Belgium and extends the Wales party”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Johnson, a late substitute, applied the finishing touch but it was move kickstarted by the again-impressive Neco Williams, who skedaddled forward from halfway with the ball in tow before feeding Aaron Ramsey on the edge of the D.

3. (field hockey) The penalty arc on a hockey field.

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

D (plural Ds)

2. (education, chiefly Canada, US) A grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C.

D

1. (computer languages) A programming language inspired from C++.

D

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

• (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 name): IPA^(key): /dɪə/

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

D (plural D's, diminutive D'tjie)

1. D

• IPA^(key): /d/

D (D) (upper case D, lower case d)

1. The 5th letter of the Standard Albanian Latin-script alphabet.
2. The 7th letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.

• Greek script letters (script appendix): Α α, Β β, B b, Γ γ, Γϳ γϳ, Δ δ, D d, Ε ε, Ε̱ ε̱, Ζ ζ, Ζ̇ ζ̇, Θ θ, Ι ι, Ϳ ϳ, Κ κ, Κ̇ κ̇, Λ λ, ΛΛ λλ, Λ̇ λ̇, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ν̇ ν̇, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Ρ̇ ρ̇, Σ σ, Σ̈ σ̈, Τ τ, Ȣ ȣ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Χ̇ χ̇, ΤΣ τσ, ΤΣ̈ τσ̈, DΣ dσ, DΣ̈ dσ̈ ^[edit]

• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

D

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h

D upper case (lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /de/, [d̪e̞]

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈde]

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L 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, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• /d/ is from West Germanic *d and *þ, in Ripuarian and northernmost Moselle Franconian also from geminated *dd (but not *þþ).

• IPA^(key): /d/, (coda) [t]

D

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

• IPA^(key): /ɗ/

D (lower case d)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

For pronunciation and definitions of D – see 啲 (“a few; a little bit; some; a bit; a bit more; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 啲).

D

1. (Internet slang) to DDOS

From English disco.

D

1. (Cantonese) disco
   • 2007 June 2, 志雲飯局, episode 32, spoken by 林夕:

     我第一堂上大學嘅時候，個tutor已經問我「嘩！你著到噉，應間準備去D呀？」噉。 [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
     我第一堂上大学嘅时候，个tutor已经问我「哗！你著到噉，应间准备去D呀？」噉。 [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ dai⁶ jat¹ tong⁴ soeng⁵ daai⁶ hok⁶ ge³ si⁴ hau⁶, go³ tiu¹ taa² ji⁵ ging¹ man⁶ ngo⁵ “waa³! nei⁵ zoek³ dou³ gam², jing¹ gaan¹ zeon² bei⁶ heoi³ di¹ aa⁴?” gam². [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

From Japanese DD(ディーディー) (dīdī).

D

1. (Internet slang, neologism, ACG, often offensive) to like (a VTuber)

Cantonese dok1

Spelling pronunciation in Hong Kong, derived from English dog.

D

1. The fourth letter of the Latin alphabet.

D

1. The fourth letter used in Pinyin.

• 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
• The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

D

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

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /deː/

• Audio:

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D (upper case, lower case d)

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

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

• ᚦ, D (Dalecarlian runes)

D (upper case D, lower case d)

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

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/; before a voiceless consonant, IPA^(key): /t/

• Audio:

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D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and D for information on the development of the glyph itself.

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• Used only in loanwords except for the weak grade of t.

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

D

1. alternative letter-case form of d (“D (musical note)”)

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

D

1. (chess) abbreviation of dame (“queen”): Q
   • 2023 April, “Les règles du jeu d’échecs 2023”, in FIDE‎^[3], page 17:

     1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ce4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6e.p. Cxd6 7. Fg5 Cc6 8.De3+ Fe7 9.Cbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Rb1 (=)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• (Latin-script letters) lettre; A a (À à,  â, Æ æ), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Πî, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n (Ñ ñ), O o (Ô ô, Œ œ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), Z z

• IPA^(key): /deː/

• Audio:

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D (upper case, lower case d)

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

D

1. (chess) abbreviation of Dame (“queen”): Q
   • 2023 April, “Übersetzung der FIDE-Schachregeln gültig ab 1. Januar 2023”, in FIDE‎^[4], page 25:

     1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Se4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6 e.p. Sxd6 7.Lg5 Sc6 8.De3 + Le7 9.Sbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Kb1 (=)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• (Latin-script letters) Buchstabe; A a (Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s (ẞ ß), T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /t/

D (lower case d)

1. A letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, A̓ a̓, B b, C c, C̓ c̓, D d, Ꟛ ꟛ, G g, Gv gv, Ǧ ǧ, Ǧv ǧv, H h, H̓ h̓, Ħ ħ, I i, Í í, I̓ i̓, K k, Kv kv, K̓ k̓, K̓v k̓v, L l, ʼL l̓, Ḷ ḷ, Ḷ́ ḷ́, ʼḶ ḷ̓, Ɫ ɫ, M m, ʼM m̓, Ṃ ṃ, Ṃ́ ṃ́, ʼṂ ṃ̓, N n, ʼN n̓, Ṇ ṇ, Ṇ́ ṇ́, ʼṆ ṇ̓, P p, P̓ p̓, Q q, Qv qv, Q̓ q̓, Q̓v q̓v, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, Ƛ ƛ, Ƛ̓ ƛ̓, U u, Ú ú, U̓ u̓, W w, ʼW w̓, X x, Xv xv, X̌ x̌, X̌v x̌v, Y y, ʼY y̓, Z z, ʔ

Abbreviation of dél (“south”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeːl]

• Audio:

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D (plural D-ek)

1. s. (south)

The declined forms below are used only in writing. When speaking, the declined forms of the full word should be used, as shown at dél.

compass points: égtájak:  ^[edit]

északnyugat (ÉNy)	észak (É)	északkelet (ÉK)
nyugat (Ny)		kelet (K)
délnyugat (DNy)	dél (D)	délkelet (DK)

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈd]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈdeː]

• Audio:

  (file)

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The sixth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called dé and written in the Latin script.

• D-dúr
• D-vitamin

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

D (lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

• IPA^(key): /d/

D (lower case d)

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

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

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

From the Latin - letter D, from the Etruscan letter 𐌃 (d, “de”), from the Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “delta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃 (d, “dalet”), from an uncertain origin, likely the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿.

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

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

D (upper case Roman numeral, lower case d)

1. D:
   1. (Roman numerals) five hundred (500)
   2. the five hundredth (500th)

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

D (plural D-D)

2. (education) D: A grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C
3. (vehicle-distinguishing signs) vehicle number plate code for the Bandung areas

• “D” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

• (letter name) IPA^(key): ^**/ˈdi/^*
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Homophones: di, dì, di'
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /d/

D f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case d)

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

• (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

Borrowed from Tagalog D. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English D.

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /di/ [di̞]
  • Rhymes: -i
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d/ [d̚]

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[5] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and D for development of the glyph itself.

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

D

1. A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the sound /d/

D

1. A digit 500 in the decimal Roman numeral system.

• CD
• DC

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, V v, X x, Y y, Z z

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.

• IPA^(key): [d]

• Audio:

  (file)

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) burts; A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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

D

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

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

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

D (lower case d)

1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

D (lowercase d)

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

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, d, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Ææ, Øø, Åå

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

• IPA^(key): /d/

D

1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script.

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and D for development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ/

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The sixth letter of the Polish alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

D m (uncountable)

1. abbreviation of dom (as a title)

• IPA^(key): /d/

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

• IPA^(key): /d/

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called de or dî and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /tʼ/

D

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

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ¸

• IPA^(key): /t̪/

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by c and followed by e. Its traditional name is dair (“oak”).

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (À à), B b (Bh bh), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh), E e (È è), F f (Fh fh), G g (Gh gh), H h, I i (Ì ì), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)
• (diacritics) ◌̀
• (obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and D for development of the glyph itself.

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d/

D (lower case d)

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

• (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

From Gaj's Latin alphabet D, from Czech alphabet D, from Latin D, from the Etruscan letter 𐌃 (d, “de”), from the Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “delta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃 (d, “dalet”), from an uncertain origin, likely the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d/, [t]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /də́/, /dèː/, /déː/

• Audio (letter name, non-tonal):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ə, -eː
• Homophone: d

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

D m inan

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

• Overall more common

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	D
gen. sing.	D-ja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	D	D-ja	D-ji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	D-ja	D-jev	D-jev
dative (dajȃlnik)	D-ju	D-jema	D-jem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	D	D-ja	D-je
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	D-ju	D-jih	D-jih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	D-jem	D-jema	D-ji

• More common when with a definite adjective

Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.	D
gen. sing.	D
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	D	D	D
accusative	D	D	D
genitive	D	D	D
dative	D	D	D
locative	D	D	D
instrumental	D	D	D

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, d, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž
• Đ

• “D”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

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

D upper case (lower case d)

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

• The seventh letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by KH and followed by R.

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

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

D

1. (chess) abbreviation of dama (“queen”): Q
   • 2023 April, “Leyes Del Ajedrez 2023”, in FIDE‎^[6], page 27:

     1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ce4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6 a.p. Cxd6; 7.Ag5 Cc68.De3+ Ae7 9.Cbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Rb1(=).

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bokstav; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Borrowed from Spanish D. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English D.
• Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish D.
• Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜇ (da/ra).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdi/ [ˈd̪ɪ] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -i
  • IPA^(key): /ˈde/ [ˈd̪ɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
    • Rhymes: -e
  • IPA^(key): /ˈda/ [ˈd̪a] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /d/ [d̪] (phoneme)

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called di and written in the Latin script.
2. The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called da and written in the Latin script.
3. (historical) The fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called de and written in the Latin script.

• Sometimes switched with the letter ⟨R⟩ between vowels, ⟨W⟩, or ⟨Y⟩ in a word due to lenition of /d/ to /ɾ/ such as dadaan can become daraan. Compare flapping in pronunciation of English medal. The letter does not change if the next consonant is an /ɾ/ (such as madurog does not become marurog) or /l/ (such as madilim does not become marilim).
• Some words starting with the letter can also become ⟨R⟩ if the last letter of the preceding word is a vowel, ⟨W⟩, or ⟨Y⟩. Examples are daw / raw, dito / rito, dami / rami, and damot / ramot.
• On all cases stated above, it is acceptable whether ⟨D⟩ or ⟨R⟩ is used. However, the said phenomena do not occur on proper nouns nor recent loan words.
• In the Teresa-Morong dialect, the letter R may interchange with the letter on any position in the word even when not followed by a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩. (ex. ragat / dagat and bayar / bayad). Exceptions are recent loanwords, or if the next consonant after a /d/ is /ɾ/ (such as in durog) or /l/ (such as in dila).
• Often switched with the letter ⟨r⟩ on non-initial positions in early texts which may indicate ancient pronunciation of words.

• (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• “D”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a ( â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Πî), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ze˧˧], [ʔɗe˧˧], [zəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧], [ʔɗej˧˧], [jəː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧], [ʔɗej˧˧], [jəː˨˩]
• Phonetic spelling: dê, đê, dờ

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.

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

• (standard) IPA^(key): /diː/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /də/

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The fifth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ch and followed by Dd.

• D at the beginning of words mutates to Dd in a soft mutation, to N in a nasal mutation and is unchanged by aspirate mutation, for example with the word Dinbych (“Denbigh”):

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “D”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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

D (upper case, lower case d)

1. The third letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called dí and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
• (Benin)
• (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

D (upper case, lower case d)

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

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