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Webster 1913 Edition


D

D

(dē)
1.
The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Phœnician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th;
as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr.
θυγάτηρ
, Skr. duhitr
. See Guide to Pronunciation, √178, 179, 229.
2.
(Mus.)
The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F.
3.
As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign [GREEK] (or [GREEK] ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000.

Definition 2024


U+1E0C, Ḍ
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH DOT BELOW
Composition: D [U+0044] + ̣ [U+0323]

[U+1E0B]
Latin Extended Additional
[U+1E0D]

Translingual

Letter

upper case (lower case )

  1. The letter D with a dot below.

See also

U+1E0D, ḍ
LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH DOT BELOW
Composition: d [U+0064] + ̣ [U+0323]

[U+1E0C]
Latin Extended Additional
[U+1E0E]

Translingual

Letter

lower case (upper case )

  1. The letter d with a dot below.

See also