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or D n., pl. d's or D's also ds, or Ds.
  1. The fourth letter of the modern English alphabet.
  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter d.
  3. The fourth in a series.
  4. Something shaped like the letter D.
  5. D The lowest passing grade given to a student in a school or college.
  6. Music.
    1. The second tone in the scale of C major or the fourth tone in the relative minor scale.
    2. A key or scale in which D is the tonic.
    3. A written or printed note representing this tone.
    4. A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.

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The fourth letter of the English alphabet is represented by dair [oak] in the ogham alphabet of early Ireland.

 
fourth letter of the alphabet. It corresponds to the Greek delta. It is a usual symbol for a voiced dental or, as in English, alveolar stop. The capital represents in musical notation a note in the scale and in Roman numerals the number 500.


 

Symbol, deci-; 2′-deoxyribo.

 
Music: D

1. "Deutsch". D numbers are used instead of opus numbers to catalogue works by Schubert 2. The key of D.

 
For the emoticon :D, see Emoticon. (For technical reasons, :D brings you here.)


D
Basic Latin alphabet
  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 is the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled dee or occasionally de (IPA: /diː/).[1]

History

Egyptian hieroglyph
door
Proto-Semitic
D
Phoenician
D
Etruscan
D
Greek
Delta
Roman
D
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Image:Proto-semiticD-01.pngImage:Proto-semiticD-02.png Image:PhoenicianD-01.png Image:EtruscanD-01.png Delta_uc_lc.svg Roman D

[citation needed]

The Semitic letter Dâlet probably developed from the logogram for a fish or a door. There are various Egyptian hieroglyphs that might have inspired this. In Semitic, Ancient Greek, and Latin, the letter was pronounced /d/; in the Etruscan alphabet the letter was superfluous, but still maintained (see letter B). Greek letter: Δ (capital) or δ (small) (Delta).[citation needed]

The minuscule (lower-case) form of D, consists of a loop and a tall vertical stroke. It developed by gradual variations on the majuscule (capital) form. In handwriting it was common to start the arc to the left of the vertical stroke, resulting in a serif at the top of the arc. This serif was extended while the rest of the letter was reduced, resulting in an angled stroke and loop. The angled stroke slowly developed into a vertical stroke.

Usage

In most languages using the Latin alphabet, the letter d represents the sound /d/, but in the Vietnamese alphabet it represents the sound /z/ in the north and /j/ in the south. In Fijian it stands for the prenasalized stop /nd/. In some languages where voiceless unaspirated stops contrast with voiceless aspirated stops, d represents an unaspirated /t/, while t represents an aspirated /tʰ/. Examples of such languages include Icelandic, Scottish Gaelic, Navajo, and the Pinyin transliteration of Mandarin.

Alternative representations of D
NATO phonetic Morse code
Delta -··
border Semaphore_Delta.svg Sign_language_D.svg ⠑
Signal flag Semaphore ASL Manual Braille

Meanings of D

See D (disambiguation).

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The ISO basic Latin alphabet
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
Letter D with diacritics
ĎďḊḋḐḑḌḍḒḓḎḏĐđƉɖƊɗƋƌȡ
Two-letter combinations
Da Db Dc Dd De Df Dg Dh Di Dj Dk Dl Dm Dn Do Dp Dq Dr Ds Dt Du Dv Dw Dx Dy Dz
DA DB DC DD DE DF DG DH DI DJ DK DL DM DN DO DP DQ DR DS DT DU DV DW DX DY DZ
Letter-digit & Digit-letter combinations
                D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9
                0D 1D 2D 3D 4D 5D 6D 7D 8D 9D
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Translations: Translations for: D

Dansk (Danish)
abbr. - dato, datter, død, romertallet 500, demokrat, dimension, [mus] d, afgår, slet, penny, deci-, dybde
symb. - deuterium

idioms:

  • D channel    kanal i ISDN
  • D day    D-dag
  • D to A converter    digital-til-analog-konverter

Nederlands (Dutch)
D-snaar, slechte beoordeling, gestorven, denarius (penny), dochter, 500, datum, dimensie

Français (French)
abbr. - d (quatrième lettre de l'alphabet), (Mus) ré, (École) passable, (GB) penny (arch), (abrév = died) mort, (US, abrév = Democratic) Démocratique, (abrév = D day) jour J, (abrév = delete) effacer/supprimer
symb. - (Phys) d densité du flux électrique

idioms:

  • D channel    chaîne D (RNIS)
  • D day    jour J
  • D to A converter    convertisseur D à A

Deutsch (German)
n. - D (Musiknote), Vier
abbr. - Demokrat
symb. - (chem.) Deuterium, Verschiebungsflußdichte

idioms:

  • D channel    D-Kanal
  • D day    Tag der Landung der Alliierten in der Normandie, der Tag X
  • D to A converter    Digital-Analog Wandler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - το τέταρτο γράμμα του αγγλικού αλφαβήτου, μέτριος βαθμός, μετρίως, ο ρωμαϊκός αριθμός 500, (μουσ.) ο δεύτερος φθόγγος της μουσικής κλίμακας, ρε
abbr. - διάσταση, απεβίωσε, διάμετρος, βάθος, [would, had]
symb. - (φυσ.) πυκνότητα, (χημ.) δευτέριο, (Βρετ.) σύμβολο της πένας (πριν από το δεκαδικό σύστημα)

idioms:

  • D channel    (Η/Υ) κανάλι D
  • D day    (στρατ.) ημερομηνία έναρξης επιχείρησης, (ιστ.) η 6η Ιουνίου 1944
  • D to A converter    (Η/Υ) μετατροπέας ψηφιακού σε αναλογικό

Italiano (Italian)
RE (nota musicale), scarsamente sufficiente (voto scol.), numero romano per 500, morto (seguito da data), deuterio (elem.chim.)

idioms:

  • D day    data importante, inizio di qualcosa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - D (quarta letra do alfabeto) (m)
abbr. - dose (Med.), data, falecido
symb. - ré (Mús.), deutério (Quím.)

idioms:

  • D day    dia D

Русский (Russian)
нота ре, пенни, 4-ая буква англ. алфавита

idioms:

  • D day    важная дата, 6 июня 1944 года, начало освобождение Европы

Español (Spanish)
abbr. - re, fecha, hija, día, muerto, grado, penique, diámetro, salida, algo en forma de D, de, divorciado, holandés, deuterio, Deuteronomio
symb. - re, cuarto en orden, algo de baja calidad, número romano para quinientos, profundo, profundidad

idioms:

  • D channel    canal en ISDN
  • D day    día D (desembarco aliado en Normandía), el día señalado
  • D to A converter    convertidor de digital a análogo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (mus.) dess, D-dur, D-moll, diss
abbr. - datum, dotter, grad, demokrat, direktör, chef
symb. - D

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
英语字母的第四个字母, 字母D, 五百

idioms:

  • D channel    D信道
  • D day    军事攻击开始日, 英国十进币制实施日
  • D to A converter    数字-仿真转换器

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - 英語字母的第四個字母
symb. - 字母D, 五百

idioms:

  • D channel    D通道
  • D day    軍事攻擊開始日, 英國十進幣制實施日
  • D to A converter    數位-模擬轉換器

한국어 (Korean)
abbr. - date(날짜), daughter(딸)
symb. - diameter(지름)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ディー, D字形のもの, 可, ニ音

idioms:

  • D day    Dデイ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الحرف الرابع في الأبجديه الانجليزيه, رقم روماني يمثل العدد خمسمائه (اختصار) مختصر كلمه Democrat , شخص يؤمن ب ويناصر الديمقراطيه, شخص ديمقراطي (علامه) رمز يوضع بعد رقم 2 أو 3 ليدل على العدد الترتيبي الثاني او الثالث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
abbr. - ‮מימד, עומק, היקף‬
symb. - ‮005 (מספר רומי), רה (צליל), מימן כבד (דיאוטריום)‬


 
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