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English

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive)Tostopliving;tobecomedead;toundergodeath.
    1. followed byofas an indication of direct cause; general use:
      Hediedof malaria.
    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.
  14. Tosink;tofaint;topine;tolanguish,withweakness,discouragement,love,etc.
  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
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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
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Conjugation ofdie
infinitive (to)die
present tense past tense
1st-personsingulardie died
2nd-personsingular die,diest† died,diedst†
3rd-personsingular dies,dieth† died
plural die
subjunctive die died
imperative die —
participles dying died
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • →Vietnamese:đai
Translations
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Seedie/translations § Verb.

Etymology 2

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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

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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:
      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

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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.
Usage notes
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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
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Derived terms
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Translations
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Seedie/translations § Noun.

Etymology 3

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Variant spelling.

Noun

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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

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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, [...]

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terms etymologically unrelated to the above

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

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die(definite)

  1. the(definite article)
    dieman―the man
    dievrou―the woman
    diekind―the child

Pronoun

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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.

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

Albanian

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Adverb

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die

  1. Alternative form ofdje(“yesterday”)

Bavarian

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Pronoun

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die(dative)

  1. (Niederbayerisch)to you

Danish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key):/diːə/,[ˈd̥iːə]

Noun

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diec

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

Usage notes

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Only used in the set phrase "givedie".

Verb

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

  1. tosuckle

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Dutch

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Etymology

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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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Determiner

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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

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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


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Pronoun

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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!

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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.

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German

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Etymology

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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

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Article

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die(definite)

  1. nominative/accusativesingularfeminineofder
    dieFrau―thewoman
  2. nominative/accusativepluralofder
    dieMänner―themen

Declension

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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

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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

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

Declension

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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

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Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

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  • ti(Wiesemann spelling system)

Pronunciation

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Article

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die(definite)

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

Declension

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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

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Interlingua

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Noun

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die(pluraldies)

  1. Aday.

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Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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],2ndrevised 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

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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

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Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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DerivedfromEnglishday.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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die(pluraldie dem,quantifieddie)

  1. day

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Japanese

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Etymology

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Appropriation ofEnglishdiefor a homophone.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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die(だい)•(dai-)

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

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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diēmorf

  1. ablativesingularofdiēs(“day”)
    sinedie―without aday

Mandarin

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Romanization

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die

  1. Nonstandardspelling ofdiē.
  2. Nonstandardspelling ofdié.

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Dutchthie,thia,fromProto-Germanic*sa.

Pronunciation

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Article

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die

  1. the;definite article.
Inflection
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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
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Determiner

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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
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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


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Etymology 2

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FromOld Dutchthīo,fromProto-Germanic*þeuhą.

Noun

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diëforn

  1. thigh
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Mirandese

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Etymology

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InheritedfromClassical Latindiēs.

Noun

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diem(pluraldies)

  1. day

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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)

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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

Article

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die(definite)

  1. nominative/accusativesingularfeminineofder
  2. nominative/accusativepluralofder

Declension

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

Plautdietsch

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Pronoun

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die

  1. (personal)obliqueofdu

Romanian

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Interjection

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die

  1. Alternative form ofdi

Saterland Frisian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Article

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

  1. the

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

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die

  1. thyself,yourself
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Saterland Frisian reflexive pronouns
1st 2nd 3rd
singular mie die sik
plural uus jou

Pronoun

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die

  1. obliqueofdu;thee,you
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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

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

Teanu

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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die

  1. bone

References

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Turkish

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Adverb

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die

  1. (text messaging)Alternative spelling ofdiye

Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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References

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  • 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
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