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Table of contents
1 Etymology 1
2 Pronunciation
3 Verb (usually intransitive)
4 Etymology 2
5 Pronunciation
6 Noun
7 Dutch
8 Examples
9 Relative pronoun
10 Examples
11 German
12 Adjective
13 Relative pronoun
14 Latin
15 Noun
16 Expressions

Etymology 1

Middle English from Old Norse deyja\

Pronunciation

  • AHD: dī
  • IPA: /daɪ/
  • SAMPA: /daI/

Verb (usually intransitive)

Past tense and participle: died; Present participle: dying
  1. To stop living. To turn dead.
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Etymology 2

Middle English from Old French

Pronunciation

  • AHD: dī
  • IPA: /daɪ/
  • SAMPA: /daI/

Noun

Plural: dice
  1. The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth
    Translations
  2. A polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance
    Translations
    • Breton: diñs m -où pl
    • Dutch: dobbelsteen, teerling (old)
    • Finnish: noppa, arpakuutio
    • French: dé m
    • Frisian: dobbelstien
    • German: Würfel
    • Hebrew: קוביה
    • Interlingua: dato
    • Italian: dado m
    • Polish: kość f, kostka f
    • Portuguese: dado m
    • Spanish: dado m
    • Swedish: tärning

Plural: dies
  1. A device for cutting into a specified shape
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    • Dutch: mal, matrijs, vorm
  2. An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals
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Dutch

/di:/

  1. demonstrative pronoun, masculine or feminine referring to a thing or a person, farther away: that, him, her (cp. deze, and dat/dit).
  2. demonstrative adjective, referring to a thing or a person: that, which, who.

Usage note: a preceding comma may alter the meaning of a clause starting with a demonstrative adjective.

De jonge vrouw, die de schoen past, zal ik huwen vs. De jonge vrouw die de schoen past, zal ik huwen: the young woman, whom the shoe (incidentally) fits, I will marry, vs. the (first) young woman whom the shoe fits I will marry.

Examples

  1. die boom: that tree; die jongen; that boy.

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Relative pronoun

Examples

  1. Ik ken iemand die dat kan: I know somebody who can do that.

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German

die

Adjective

  1. The definite article, used with plural or feminine singular nouns.

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Relative pronoun

  1. In a subordinate clause, indicates a person or thing referenced in the main clause. Used with plural or feminine singular referents.
    Ich kenne eine Frau, die dass kann: I know a woman who can do that.

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Latin

Noun

  1. Ablative singular of dies meaning day.

Expressions

  1. Sine die: Without a day



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