Latin

Noun

Deī

1. genitive singular of Deus

Basque

Noun

dei

1. call (clarification of this Basque definition is being sought)

Catalan

Noun

dei f ‎(plural deis)

1. dey

Galician

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Ido

Noun

dei

1. plural of deo

Italian

Etymology 1

• Derived from di ‎(“of”, possession preposition) + i ‎(“the”, definite masculine plural article)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdei/, [ˈd̪ei̯]
• Hyphenation: déi

Contraction

dei

1. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in plural not starting with a vowel, gn, pn, ps, s+consonant, x, y, nor z).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛi/, [ˈd̪ɛi̯]
• Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m pl ‎(archaic dii)

1. plural of dio

Usage notes

• The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.

  Gli dei sono scontenti.‎ ― The gods are displeased.

Japanese

Romanization

dei

1. rōmaji reading of でい

Latin

Noun

deī

1. nominative plural of deus
2. genitive singular of deus
3. vocative plural of deus

Verb

deī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

Lojban

Cmavo

dei

1. (self-referential pro-sumti, referring to parts of the text containing it) this very utterance

Related terms

Rafsi

dei

1. rafsi of djedi.

Low German

Alternative forms

• de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

Article

dei

1. Alternative form of de

Mandarin

Romanization

dei

1. Nonstandard spelling of dēi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of děi.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Navajo

Adverb

dei

1. up, upward

Related terms

• deigo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þeir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛiː/ (example of pronunciation)

Article

dei

1. the (plural form of den and det, usually used in front of adjectives modifying plural nouns)

Pronoun

dei ‎(genitive deira)

1. they

   Veit du kvar dei er?‎

   Do you know where they are?

2. those

   Dei der borte?‎

   Those over there?

See also

References

• “dei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Noun

dei m ‎(oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of doit (finger)
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 164 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 1980:

     Un anel d'or trait de sun dei

     she removed a gold ring from her finger

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• dī

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‎(“to burn”). Compare Old English dæġ, Old Saxon and Old Dutch dag, Old High German tag, Old Norse dagr.

Noun

dei m

1. day

Declension

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: dai

• West Frisian: dei

Portuguese

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Scots

Verb

dei ‎(third-person singular present deis, present participle deiin, past deid, past participle deed)

1. (South Scots) to die

Welsh

Alternative forms

• deui (literary)
• doi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəi̯/

Verb

dei

1. (colloquial) second-person singular future of dod

Mutation

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‎(“to burn”).

Noun

dei c ‎(plural dagen)

1. day
2. date