die

See also:dié,diè,diē,Diè,dîe,Die,δῖε,andDIE

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Alternative forms

• dye(obsolete)

Pronunciation

• enPR:dī,IPA^(key):/daɪ/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-aɪ
• Homophones:dye,Di,Dai,daye

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishdeyen,fromOld EnglishdīeġanandOld Norsedeyja,both fromProto-Germanic*dawjaną(“to die”).DisplacedOld Englishsweltan,whenceModern Englishswelt.

Verb

die(third-person singular simple presentdies,present participledying,simple past and past participledied)

1. (intransitive)Tostopliving;tobecomedead;toundergodeath.
   • c.1587–1588,[Christopher Marlowe],Tamburlaine the Great.[…]The First Part[…],2nd edition, part 1, London:[…][R. Robinson for]Richard Iones,[…],published1592,→OCLC;reprinted asTamburlaine the Great(A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press,1973,→ISBN,Act I, scene i:

     Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away,
     Our life is fraile, and we maydyeto day.

   • 1850,[Alfred, Lord Tennyson],In Memoriam,London:Edward Moxon,[…],→OCLC,Canto XXXV,page54:

     The cheeks drop in; the body bows;
     Mandies:nor is there hope in dust:[…]

   1. followed byofas an indication of direct cause; general use:

      Hediedof malaria.

      • 1838,Boz [pseudonym;Charles Dickens], chapter 6, inOliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.[…],volumes(please specify |volume=I, II, or III),London:Richard Bentley,[…],→OCLC:

        "What did shedieof, Work'us? "said Noah.
        "Of a broken heart, some of our old nurses told me," replied Oliver[…].

      • 2000,Stephen King,On Writing,Pocket Books, published2002,page85:

        In 1971 or 72, Mom's sister Carolyn Weimerdiedof breast cancer.

   2. followed byfromas an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context ofmedicineor the sciences:

      Hediedfrom heart failure.

      • 1865March 4,British Medical Journal,page213:

        She lived several weeks; but afterwards shediedfrom epilepsy, to which malady she had been previously subject.

      • 2007,Frank Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson,Sandworms of Dune,Tor, published2007,page191:

        "Or all of them willdiefrom the plague. Even if most of the candidates succumb[…]"

   3. followed byfor;often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:

      Hediedfor the one he loved.

      • 1961,Joseph Heller,Catch-22,Simon & Schuster, published1999,page232:

        Englishmen aredyingfor England, Americans aredyingfor America, Germans aredyingfor Germany, Russians aredyingfor Russia. There are now fifty or sixty countries fighting in this war.

      • 2003,Tara Herivel, Paul Wright, editors,Prison Nation,Routledge, page187:

        Less than three days later, Johnson lapsed into a coma in his jail cell anddiedfor lack of insulin.

   4. (nowrare)followed bywithas an indication of direct cause:
      • 1598–1599(first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i]:

        Therefore let Benedicke like covered fire, / Consume away in sighes, waste inwardly: / It were a better death, todiewith mockes, / Which is as bad asdiewith tickling.

      • 1830,Joseph Smith,The Book of Mormon,Richards, published1854,page337:

        And there were some whodiedwith fevers, which at some seasons of the year was very frequent in the land.

   5. (uncommon,nonstandardoutsidevideo games)followed bytoas an indication of direct cause (likefrom):

      I can't believe I justdiedto aturret!

      • 2014,S. J. Groves,The Darker Side to Dr Carter,page437:

        Dr Thomas concluded she haddiedto a blow to the head, which led to a bleed on the brain, probably a fall and had hit her head hard on the wooden bedpost, as there was blood on the bedpost.

   6. (still current)followed bywithas an indication of manner:

      Shediedwith dignity.

   7. (in bare form)to die in a certain form.

      Will Idiea happy man?

2. (transitive)To (stoplivingand)undergo(a specifieddeath).

   Hedieda hero's death.

   Theydieda thousand deaths.

   • 2019,Lou Marinoff,On Human Conflict: The Philosophical Foundations of War and Peace,Rowman & Littlefield,→ISBN,page452:

     […]he chose instead to suffer even greater personal pain, with unimaginable fortitude and resolve, albeit for a shorter time. Thus hedieda small death, in order to benefit the living. Similarly, a small and voluntary death wasdiedby Socrates.

3. (video games,slang)Toloseor be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
   • 1995,“Slobzone”, inComing Soon! magazine‎^[1](video game review):

     Of course, Nazis are not present in this game. Instead, we have animals that will try to cover you with dirt. As soon as you get too dirty, you willdie.

   • 2009,Brian Sulpher, 9:15–9:30 from the start, inOnto Doom And Gloom‎^[2](video game playthrough), via youtube:

     Oh look, I justdied.[…]I missed that jump again! That was dumb! Hey, I justdiedon the same freakin' Zinger.

   Whenever my brotherdies,heragequits.

4. (intransitive,figuratively)Toyearnintensely.

   I'mdyingfor a packet of crisps.

   I'mdyingfor a piss.

   • 1598–1599(first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii]:

     Yes, and his ill conditions; and in despite of all,diesfor him.

   • 2004,Paul Joseph Draus,Consumed in the city: observing tuberculosis at century's end,page168:

     I could see that he was dying,dyingfor a cigarette,dyingfor a fix maybe,dyingfor a little bit of freedom, but trapped in a hospital bed and a sick body.

5. (intransitive,uncommon,idiomatic)To be or become hated or utterly ignored orcut off,as ifdead.

   The day our sister eloped, shediedto our mother.

   • 2015,Emily Duvall,Inclusions,page150:

     "My dad[…]beat us until we couldn't sit down. "[…]"What about your mother?"[…]"She's alive.[…]My aunt visits her once a year, but I don't ask about my mother. Shediedto me the day she chose my father over protecting us. "Luke's voice hitched with emotion.

   • 2017,Mike Hoornstra,Descent into the Maelstrom,page366:

     "You haven't been my son since you were ten years old. That boydiedto me the day he ran away. I don't know you. You are merely a shell that resembles someone I used to know, but you are dead to me. You are the bringer of pain and death. Leave me be. Leave me with my son, Jyosh. "" Mother... "Barlun pleaded.

6. (intransitive,figuratively)To becomespirituallydead;tolosehope.

   Hedieda little inside each time she refused to speak to him.

   • 2011,Ingrid Michaelson(lyrics and music), “Ghost”, inHuman Again‎^[3]:

     Do you know that I went down / To the ground / Landed on both my broken-hearted knees... /[…]I didn't even cry / 'Cause pieces of me had alreadydied

7. (intransitive,colloquial,hyperbolic)To bemortifiedorshockedby a situation.

   If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'lldie.

9. (intransitive,figurative,hyperbolic)To be soovercomewithemotionorlaughteras to beincapacitated.

   When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements anddied.

   • 1976,an anchorman on Channel Five in California, quoted inJournal and Newsletter[of the] California Classical Association, Northern Section:

     I literallydiedwhen I saw that.

10. (intransitive,of a machine)Tostopworking;tobreak downor otherwise lose "vitality".

    My cardiedin the middle of the freeway this morning.

    Sorry I couldn't call you. My phonedied.

    My batterydiedand my charger was at home.

11. (intransitive,of a computer program)Toabort,toterminate(as anerrorcondition).
12. (intransitive,of a legislative bill or resolution)Toexpireat theendof thesessionof alegislaturewithout having been brought to avote.

    The proposed gas taxdiedafter the powerful rural senator refused to let it out of committee.

13. Toperish;toceasetoexist;to becomelostorextinct.
    • 1714September 26 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison;Richard Steeleet al.], “WEDNESDAY, September 15, 1714”, inThe Spectator,number594;republished inAlexander Chalmers,editor,The Spectator; a New Edition,[…],volume VI, New York, N.Y.:D[aniel] Appleton & Company,1853,→OCLC:

      letting the secretdiewithin his own breast

      The spelling has been modernized.

    • 1847,Alfred Tennyson,“(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”,inThe Princess: A Medley,London:Edward Moxon,[…],→OCLC:

      Great deeds cannotdie.

    • 1905,Lord Dunsany[i.e.,Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany],The Gods of Pegāna,London:[Charles]Elkin Mathews,[…],→OCLC,page88:

      Through all the Worlds are sounds, the noises of moving, and the echoes of voices and song; but upon the River is no sound ever heard, for there all echoesdie.

14. Tosink;tofaint;topine;tolanguish,withweakness,discouragement,love,etc.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,1 Samuel25:37:

      But it came to passe in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heartdiedwithin him, and he became as a stone.

    • 1965,Darby Slick,“Somebody to Love”,inSurrealistic Pillow‎^[4],performed byJefferson Airplane,published1967:

      When the truth is found to be lies / And all the joy within youdies/ Don't you want somebody to love? / Don't you need somebody to love?

15. (often with "to")To becomeindifferent;toceaseto besubject.

    todieto pleasure or to sin

16. (architecture)Todisappeargraduallyin anothersurface,as wheremouldingsarelostin aslopedorcurvedface.
17. To becomevapid,flat,orspiritless,asliquor.
18. (of a stand-up comedian or a joke,slang)Tofailtoevokelaughterfrom theaudience.

    Then there was that time Idiedonstage in Montreal...

Usage notes

• InMiddleandEarly Modern English,the phraseisdeadwas more common where the present perfect formhas diedis common today. Example:

1611,King James Bible

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (Gal. 2:21)

Conjugation

Conjugation ofdie

infinitive	(to)die
	present tense	past tense
1st-personsingular	die	died
2nd-personsingular	die,diest†	died,diedst†
3rd-personsingular	dies,dieth†	died
plural	die
subjunctive	die	died
imperative	die	—
participles	dying	died

^†Archaicorobsolete.

Synonyms

• (to stop living):assume room temperature,bite the dust,bite the big one,buy the farm,check out,code,cross over,cross the river,decompose,dematerialize,expire,succumb,give up the ghost,pass,pass away,pass on,be no more,meet one's maker,be astiff,push up the daisies,hop off the twig,kick the bucket,shuffle off this mortal coil,join the choir invisible
• See alsoThesaurus:die

Derived terms

• be dying for
• cross my heart and hope to die
• die a death
• die and go to heaven
• die a thousand deaths
• die-away
• die away
• die back
• die down
• die hard,die-hard,diehard
• die how one lived
• die-in
• die in a fire
• die in harness
• die in office
• die in one's shoes
• die in the arse
• die in the ass
• die in the last ditch
• die just how one lived
• die just like one lived
• die just the way one lived
• die laughing
• die laughter
• die like flies
• die like one lived
• die off
• die-off
• die of laughter
• die on
• die on one's arse
• die on the vine
• die out
• die prematurely
• die roaring
• die roaring for a priest
• die the way one lived
• dieversity
• do or die
• do-or-die
• hide-and-die syndrome
• hill to die on
• I'm dying
• I would rather die
• laugh die me
• life's a bitch and then you die
• live and die by
• never-say-die
• never say die
• old habits die hard
• only the good die young
• ride-or-die
• ride or die
• right to die
• see Naples and die
• straight as a die
• the good die young
• today is a good day to die
• to die for
• wake up and die right
• what did your last slave die of

Related terms

• dead
• death
• buried
• bury

Descendants

• →Vietnamese:đai

Translations

Seedie/translations § Verb.

Etymology 2

A pair of common dice with six sides each.

Various dice with different numbers of sides and distributions of values.

Dies (sense 6) on awafer.

FromMiddle Englishdee,fromOld Frenchde(ModernFrenchdé), fromLatindatum,fromdatus(“given”),the past participle ofdō(“to give”),fromProto-Indo-European*deh₃-(“to lay out, to spread out”).Doubletofdatum.

ReplacedOld Englishtasul,tesul(“die”),fromLatintessella(“die, cube”).

Noun

die(pluraldies)

1. Thecubicalpart of apedestal;aplinth.
2. Adeviceforcuttinginto aspecifiedshape.
3. Adeviceused tocutanexternalscrew thread.(Internal screw threads are cut with atap.)
4. A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
5. Anem Boss eddeviceused instampingcoinsandmedals.
7. (semiconductors,plural alsodice)An oblong chip fractured from asemiconductorwaferengineered to perform as an independent device orintegrated circuit.
   • 2002,John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson,Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach,Elsevier,→ISBN,page19:

     The number ofdiesper wafer is basically the area of the wafer divided by the area of thedie.

   • 2009,Paul R. Gray,Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits,5th edition, John Wiley & Sons,→ISBN,page159:

     Once the wafer has undergone the wafer-probe test, it is separated into individualdiceby sawing or scribing and breaking. Thediceare visually inspected, sorted, and readied for assembly into packages.

8. Any small cubical or square body.
   • 1741,I[saac] Watts,The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick:[…],London:[…]James Brackstone,[…],→OCLC,paragraph:

     Some young creatures have learnt their letters and syllables, and the pronouncing and spelling of words, by having them pasted or written upon many little flat tablets ordies.

Noun

die(pluraldiceor(nonstandard)dies)

2. Anisohedralpolyhedron,usually acube,withnumbersorsymbolson each side and thrown ingames of chance.

   Mostdiceare six-sided.

   I rolled thedieand moved 2 spaces on the board.

   • 1748,[David Hume], “Of Probability”, inPhilosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding,London:[…]A[ndrew]Millar,[…],→OCLC,page94:

     If aDyewere mark’d with one Figure or Number of Spots on four Sides, and with another Figure or Number of Spots on the two remaining Sides, ’twould be more probable, that the former ſhould turn up than the latter;

   • 2000,Richard Shoup, edited by Barry Lenson,Take Control Of Your Life: How to Control Fate, Luck, Chaos, Karma, and Life’s Other Unruly Forces,McGraw-Hill,→ISBN,page42:

     When you roll twodies—or three, or four—the odds of obtaining a specific number becomes complex in a logarithmic progression.

   • 2012,Rinaldo B. Schinazi, “Probability Space”, inProbability with Statistical Applications,2nd edition,Birkhäuser,→ISBN,“Independent Events”, “Exercises”, page16:

     We roll twodiesrepeatedly until we get the first double.

   • 2014,Ionut Florescu, Ciprian A. Tudor,Handbook of Probability,John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,→ISBN:

     Roll twodies24 times. What is the probability of rolling at least one double 6?

   • 2017December 8, “Adorable Kitten”, inUnstable,Wizards of the Coast:

     When this creature enters the battlefield, roll a six-sideddie.You gain life equal to the result.

3. (obsolete)That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die;hazard;chance.
   • 1590,Edmund Spenser,“Book II, Canto V”, inThe Faerie Queene.[…],London:[…][John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC,stanza 13,page249:

     […]For th'equalldieof warre he well did know.

Usage notes

The game of dice is singular. Thus in "Dice is a game played with dice," the first occurrence is singular, the second occurrence is plural. See alsothe usage notes under "dice".

Synonyms

• cube of chance
• cube of fortune

Derived terms

• beer die
• coin die
• d10
• d100
• d1000
• d12
• d20
• d4
• d6
• d66
• d666
• d8
• die bonder
• die-cast
• die-casting
• die-cut
• die cutting
• die grinder
• die plate
• diesinker
• fuzzy die
• loaded dice
• on-die
• poker die
• the die is cast
• tool and die

Translations

Seedie/translations § Noun.

Etymology 3

Variant spelling.

Noun

die(pluraldies)

1. Obsoletespelling ofdye.
   • 1749,Henry Fielding,Tom Jones:

     He hath carried his friendship to this man to a blameable length, by too long concealing facts of the blackestdie.

Verb

die(third-person singular simple presentdies,present participledying,simple past and past participledied)

1. Obsoletespelling ofdye.
   • 1739,John Cay,An abridgment of the publick statutes in force and use from Magna Charta, in the ninth year of King Henry III, to the eleventh year of his present Majesty King George II, inclusive,Drapery,XXVII. Sect. 16:

     Also no dyer shalldieany cloth, except hediethe cloth and the list with one colour, without tacking any bulrushes or such like thing upon the lists, upon pain to forfeit 40s.for every cloth. And no person shall put to sale any cloth deceitfully dyed,

   • 1813,James Haigh,The Dier's Assistant in the Art of Dying Wool and Woollen Goods:

     Todiewool with madder, prepare a fresh liquor, and when the water is come to a heat to bear the hand, put in half a pound of the finest grape madder for each pound of wool;

   • 1827,John Shepard,The artist & tradesman's guide: embracing some leading facts:

     TodieWool and Woollen Cloths of a Blue Colour. One part of indigo, in four parts concentrated sulphuric acid, dissolved; then add one part of dry carbonate of potash, [...]

See also

terms etymologically unrelated to the above

• adjournment sine die
• de die ad diem
• de die in diem
• die-die
• sine die

Anagrams

• 'eid,EID,e-ID,IED,-ide,DEI,EDI,eID,Ide,Eid,'Eid,IDE,ide,-ied,eid

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• di(obsolete)

Etymology

FromDutchdie,which is used only as a demonstrative in Dutch. The replacement of the articledewith strongerdieis also common inSurinameseDutch and among non-native speakers of Dutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/di/
• IPA^(key):/‿i/(article only; contracted form, particularly after prepositions and conjunctions)

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Article

die(definite)

1. the(definite article)

   dieman―the man

   dievrou―the woman

   diekind―the child

Pronoun

die

1. thisone,these;thatone,those;

   Die dokter het gesê dat jy siek is.Dieis die rede hoekom jy in die bed moet bly.

   The doctor said that you are sick.Thatis the reason why you must stay in bed.

Usage notes

• The demonstrative pronoun ( “this/these”, “that/those” ) is usually speltdiéin order to distinguish it from the definite article.

Albanian

Adverb

die

1. Alternative form ofdje(“yesterday”)

Bavarian

Pronoun

die(dative)

1. (Niederbayerisch)to you

Danish

Etymology

FromOld Danishdi,fromOld Norse*día,fromProto-Germanic*dijōną,fromProto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-(“to suck, suckle”).

Cognate withLatinfellō,Sanskritधयति(dhayati,“to suck”).Compare causativedægge,Gothic𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽(daddjan,“suckle”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/diːə/,[ˈd̥iːə]

Noun

diec

1. breast milk,mother's milk,when sucked from the breast

Usage notes

Only used in the set phrase "givedie".

Verb

die(imperativedi,infinitiveatdie,present tensedier,past tensediede,perfect tensehardiet)

1. tosuckle

References

• “die,1”inDen Danske Ordbog
• “die,2”inDen Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

FromMiddle Dutchdie,a merger ofOld Dutchthie,thē,thia,thiuand similar forms of the demonstrative. As inOld High Germanther,derit replaced the original masculine and feminine nominative forms fromProto-Germanic*sa.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key):/di/
• Hyphenation:die
• Rhymes:-i

Determiner

die

1. that(masculine, feminine);referring to a thing or a person further away.

   dieboom

   thattree

   dievrouw

   thatwoman

2. those(plural);referring to things or people further away.

   dievensters

   thosewindows

3. (Suriname,colloquial)a certain, a particular;some;this;referring to a thing or a person invisible or unknown to the audience.

   Dievrouw vraagt als iemand aardvruchten wil kopen.―Awoman is asking if anyone wants to buy root vegetables.

   Ik hebdiewagen geslagen.―I hitacar.

Declension

	Sg. m.	Sg. f.	Sg. n.	Pl.
Nom.	die	die	dat	die
Gen.	diens van dien	dier van die	(diens) van dat	dier van die
Dat.	dien aan dien	dier aan die	(dien) aan dat	dien aan die
Acc.	dien	die	dat	die

Dutch demonstrative determiners
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Proximal	deze	deze	dit	deze
Distal	die	die	dat	die
Possessive	diens	dier	diens	dier

Descendants

• Afrikaans:die
• Berbice Creole Dutch:dida
• Jersey Dutch:dî
• Negerhollands:die,di,i,dida,da die

Pronoun

diemorforpl

1. (relative)who,whom,which,that

   Ik ken geen mensendiedat kunnen.

   I don't know any peoplewhocan do that.

   Oh, maar ik ken iemanddiedat wel kan!

   Oh, but I know somebodywhocan!

Usage notes

A preceding comma may alter the meaning of a clause starting with a relative pronoun. Compare the following sentences:

• Alle arbeidersdiestaken zullen op sancties moeten rekenen.

  All workerswhoare on strike should expect sanctions.

• Alle arbeiders,diestaken, zullen op sancties moeten rekenen.

  All workers,whoare on strike, should expect sanctions.

In the first sentence, only the workers on strike are advised to expect sanctions. In the second sentence, the parenthetical phrase indicates that all the workers are on strike, and should all expect sanctions.

Derived terms

• indien

German

Etymology

FromMiddle High Germandie(acc. f. sg. & nom./acc. m./f. pl.),originally distinguished fromdiu(nom. f. sg. & nom./acc. n. pl.).This distinction was lost early on inCentral German,by the end of the Middle High German period also inUpper German.Ultimately from inflections ofProto-Germanic*sa,which see.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/diː/(stressed)

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• IPA^(key):/dɪ/(unstressed)
• Rhymes:-iː

Article

die(definite)

1. nominative/accusativesingularfeminineofder

   dieFrau―thewoman

2. nominative/accusativepluralofder

   dieMänner―themen

Declension

Germandefinite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	das	die
Genitive	des	der	des	der
Dative	dem	der	dem	den
Accusative	den	die	das	die

Pronoun

die(relative or demonstrative)

1. inflection ofder:
   1. nominative/accusativesingularfeminine
   2. nominative/accusativeplural
   3. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun)that;which;who;whom;whose

      Ich kenne eine Frau,diedas kann.―I know a womanwhocan do that.

   4. (as a demonstrative pronoun)thisone;thatone;theseones;thoseones;she;her;it;they;them

      dieda―that one/she/theythere

Usage notes

In a subordinate clause,dieindicates a person or thing referenced in the main clause. It is used with plural or feminine singular antecedents.

Declension

Declension ofder
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	der	die	das	die
genitive	dessen	deren derer	dessen	deren derer
dative	dem	der	dem	denen
accusative	den	die	das	die

Anagrams

• Eid

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• ti(Wiesemann spelling system)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ti(ː)/

Article

die(definite)

1. inflection ofdär:
   1. nominative/accusativesingularfeminine
   2. nominative/accusativepluralall genders

Declension

Hunsrik definite articles

	nominative		accusative		dative
	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
Masculine	där	de	där	de	dem
Feminine	die		die		där	de
Neuter	das		das		dem
Plural	die		die		den	de

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Interlingua

Noun

die(pluraldies)

1. Aday.

Derived terms

• De die in die(“From day to day”)
• Un die(“One day, sometime”)
• Le die sequente(“The next day, the following day”)

Italian

Etymology

FromLatindiēs,back-formed from the accusativediem(whose vowel was once long), fromProto-Italic*djēm,fromProto-Indo-European*dyew-(“heaven, sky; to shine”).Doubletofdia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈdi.e/
• Rhymes:-ie
• Hyphenation:dì‧e

Noun

diem(invariable)

1. (Old Italian)Alternative form ofdì(“day”)
   • 1310s,Dante Alighieri,“Canto XXX”,inPurgatorio[Purgatory]‎^[5],lines103–105;republished asGiorgio Petrocchi,editor,La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata[The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[6],2^ndrevised edition, Florence:publ.Le Lettere,1994:

     "Voi vigilate ne l’etternodie,
     sì che notte né sonno a voi non fura
     passo che faccia il secol per sue vie[ "]

     You keep watch in the eternalday,so that neither night nor sleep steals from you one step the age makes on its path. "

Adverb

die

1. (pharmacy)eachday,aday,used in prescriptions to denote daily consumption of a drug

   1 c[om]p[ressa]/die―1 tableta day

Anagrams

• -ide,dei,dèi

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

DerivedfromEnglishday.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/die/

Noun

die(pluraldie dem,quantifieddie)

1. day
   • 2012,Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment,Edinburgh: DJB, published2012,→ISBN,Matyu27:62:

     Di neksdie,dat a did di Sabatdie[…]

     The nextday,which was the Sabbathday[…]

Further reading

• dieat majstro

Japanese

Etymology

Appropriation ofEnglishdiefor a homophone.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo)だい[dáꜜì](Atamadaka– [1])
• IPA^(key):[da̠i]

Prefix

die(だい)•(dai-)

1. (slang,humorous)Alternative spelling ofĐại(dai)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈdi.eː/,[ˈd̪ieː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈdi.e/,[ˈd̪iːe]

Noun

diēmorf

1. ablativesingularofdiēs(“day”)

   sinedie―without aday

Mandarin

Romanization

die

1. Nonstandardspelling ofdiē.
2. Nonstandardspelling ofdié.

Usage notes

• Transcriptionsof Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonaldifferences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

FromOld Dutchthie,thia,fromProto-Germanic*sa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/diə/,/di/

Article

die

1. the;definite article.

Inflection

Article
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative		die	die	dat	die
Accusative		den	die	dat	die
Genitive		des	der	des	der
Dative		den	der	den	den

• Alternative nominative:de

Descendants

• Dutch:de
• Limburgish:d'r,de

Determiner

die

1. that,those
2. who,which,that
   • 1249,Schepenbrief van Bochoute,Velzeke,easternFlanders:

     Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degenediedese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.

     The aldermen of Bochoute address allwhowill see this letter by our lord.

Inflection

Determiner
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative		die	die	dat	die
Accusative		dien	die	dat	die
Genitive		dies	dier	dies	dier
Dative		dien	dier	dien	dien

• diereis an alternative form ofdier

Descendants

• Dutch:die,dat
• Limburgish:dae

Further reading

• “die (II)”,inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J.(1885–1929) “die (I)”,inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek,The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN,page I

Etymology 2

FromOld Dutchthīo,fromProto-Germanic*þeuhą.

Noun

diëforn

1. thigh

Descendants

• Dutch:dij
• Limburgish:die,diech

Further reading

• “die (I)”,inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J.(1885–1929) “die (IV)”,inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek,The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN,page IV

Mirandese

Etymology

InheritedfromClassical Latindiēs.

Noun

diem(pluraldies)

1. day

Antonyms

• nuite

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably fromDanishdie,fromOld Danishdi,fromGermanic*dijana-, *dejana-

Verb

die(imperativedi,present tensedier,passivedies,simple past and past participlediaordiet,present participlediende)

1. tosuck,suckle(of a baby on the breast)
2. tobreastfeed,nurse(of a mother with her baby)

References

• “die”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
• “die_2”inDet Norske Akademis ordbok(NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably fromDanishdie,fromOld Danishdi,fromGermanic*dijana-, *dejana-

Verb

die(present tensediar,past tensedia,past participledia,passive infinitivediast,present participlediande,imperativedie/di)

1. tosuck,suckle(of a baby on the breast)
2. tobreastfeed,nurse(of a mother with her baby)

Alternative forms

• dia

References

• “die”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

FromMiddle High GermanandOld High Germandiu,fromProto-Germanic*sa.CompareGermandie.

Article

die(definite)

1. nominative/accusativesingularfeminineofder
2. nominative/accusativepluralofder

Declension

Pennsylvania Germandefinite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	es	die
Dative	demorem	der	demorem	de
Accusative	derorden	die	es	die

Plautdietsch

Pronoun

die

1. (personal)obliqueofdu

Romanian

Interjection

die

1. Alternative form ofdi

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/di/
• Hyphenation:die
• Rhymes:-i

Etymology 1

FromOld Frisianthī,fromProto-West Germanic*þa,fromProto-Germanic*sa.Cognates includeWest FrisiandeandGermander.

Article

die(unstressedde,obliquedän,feminineju,neuterdät,pluraldo)

1. the

Etymology 2

FromOld Frisianthī,fromProto-West Germanic*þiʀ,fromProto-Germanic*þiz.Cognates includeWest FrisiandyandGermandir.

Pronoun

die

1. thyself,yourself

See also

Saterland Frisian reflexive pronouns

	1st	2nd	3rd
singular	mie	die	sik
plural	uus	jou

Pronoun

die

1. obliqueofdu;thee,you

See also

Saterland Frisian personal pronouns

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rdm	3rdf	3rdn	1st	2nd	3rd
stressed	iek	du	hie	ju	dät	wie	jie	jo
unstressed			er	ze	et			ze
objective	mie	die	him	hier	dät	uus	jou	hier

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “die”,inSaterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht,Buske,→ISBN

Teanu

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*suʀi(“fishbone, thorn, splinter”),fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*zuʀi,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*duʀi,fromProto-Austronesian*duʀi(“thorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ⁿdie/

Noun

die

1. bone

References

• François, Alexandre.2021.Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands).Dictionaria15. 1-1877.DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063.–entrydie.
• François, Alexandre.2021.Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema.Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. –entrydie.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, inOceanic Linguistics.

Turkish

Adverb

die

1. (text messaging)Alternative spelling ofdiye

Yola

Alternative forms

• dei,dey,daie

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishday,fromOld Englishdæġ,fromProto-West Germanic*dag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/diː/
• Homophone:dee

Noun

die(pluraldaisordaiesordaiez)

1. day
   • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,page52:

     Leiough ut eedie.

     Idle out theday.

   • 1867,“CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,number 1, page102:

     Dhickadiefan ich want to a mile.

     Thatdaywhen I went to the mill.

   • 1867,“ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,number 1, page106:

     Mot earch oan to aardie.Ich mosth kotch a bat.

     But every one to hisday.I must catch the bat.

   • 1867,“SONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,number 3, page108:

     Shoo zent him o'die.

     She sent him oneday.

   • 1867,“SONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,number 6, page108:

     Shoo zent him anoordiea gozleen to keep;

     She sent him anotherdaythe goslings to keep;

Derived terms

• to-die
• hollydie
• die oaskean
• daaily
• Michaulmas Die

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland,London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page35