Contraction of the articleda ("the").

d'

1. Pronunciation spelling ofthe, representingdialectal English.

   Synonym:da

Reduction.

d'

1. Contraction ofdo.(only before "you" or "ye")

   D'you wanna go?

2. Contraction ofdid.(only before "you" or "ye")

   D'you eat yet?

• maitre d'(different etymology)

Contraction of the prepositionde(“of, from”).

• IPA^(key): /d/[d̪]

d'

1. (before a vowel or ah)Apocopic form ofde:of,from

   d’Asturies

   of Asturias

   d’hermanu

   of a brother

Unstressed form ofde.

d' f orpl

1. the

Contraction of the prepositionde(“of, from”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)[d‿]

d'

1. (before a vowel or anh)Apocopic form ofde:of

   escolad'idiomes ―language school

Contraction of the articlede(“the”).

• IPA^(key): /d/

d'

1. (archaic, poetic, colloquial)Apocopic form ofde:the

Contraction of the prepositionde(“of, from”).

• IPA^(key): /d‿/

• Audio:

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d’

1. (before a vowel or amuteh)Apocopic form ofde:of

   un verred’eau

   a glassof water

2. (informal, after a vowel sound)Apocopic form ofde:of
   • 2002, Jean-François Pauzé, “Mon chum Rémi”, inBreak Syndical, thes inpas is silent:

     Hé Rémi / fais pasd’conneries / J’t’aime ben la face / pis tu m’dois encore cinquante piasses

     Hey Rémi / stop with the nonsense / I really like your face / and you still owe me fifty dollars

• “de”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

• IPA^(key): [d̪ˠ](before a word starting witha,o,u,fha,fho, orfhu)
• IPA^(key): [dʲ](before a word starting withe,i,fhe, orfhi)
• (Ulster, colloquial)IPA^(key): /ə/,(before ⟨a/á, o/ó, u/ú⟩)/ə.ɣ-/,(before ⟨e/é, i/í⟩)/ə.j-/^[1]

Prevocalic apocope ofdo (all senses).

d’

1. (before vowel sounds andfhr-)Apocopic form ofdo:Marker of the past tense.

   d’ól sé ―he drank

   d’fhág sé ―he waited

   d’fhreagair sé ―he answered

• Used before vowel sounds (including whenf has been lenited tofh before a vowel) and also beforefr- lenited tofhr-. The variant form used before consonants,do, is generally omitted but may be encountered in Munster Irish and in literary language.

d’ (plus dative,triggerslenition)

1. (before vowel sounds)Apocopic form ofdo:to,for

   d’athair Sheáin

   to Seán’s father, for Seán’s father

d’

1. (before vowel sounds)Apocopic form ofdo:your(singular)

   d’athair

   your father

• t’(Cois Fharraige)
• th’(Munster)

Prevocalic apocopic form ofde.

d’ (plus dative,triggerslenition)

1. (before vowel sounds)Apocopic form ofde:from,of

   d’athair Sheáin

   from Seán’s father, of Seán’s father

Contraction of the prepositiondi(“of, from”).

• IPA^(key): /d‿/

d' (apocopated)

1. (sometimes before a vowel or anh)Apocopic form ofdi:of

   Folliad'amore ―Madnessof love.

   Un bicchiered'acqua. ―A glassof water.

In some rare casesd' represents the prepositionda:

d'ora in poi(“from now on”)

=daorainpoi

d'ora in avanti(“from now on”)

=daorainavanti

• IPA^(key): /d/(before vowels and voiced consonants)
• IPA^(key): /t/(before voiceless consonants)
• IPA^(key): /-/(sometimes; see usage notes below)

d' f orn

1. Reduced form ofdéi
2. Reduced form ofdat

• This article form is commonly not pronounced between/t/ and another consonant, and occasionally otherwise when the combination of preceding and following consonants creates an impossible cluster. Only rarely is this muteness avoided by using the full form of the article. Rather, the lack of anindefinite article becomes a definite article by default. Occasional ambiguities, particularly in the plural, are tolerated.

d'

1. elided form ofde

• Earlier manuscripts omit theapostrophe
• despaigne ―of Spain

• dé,dg'(Jersey)
• eud(Cauchois)

FromOld Frenchde, fromLatindē.

d'

1. of
2. from

• Audio(Languedoc):

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d'

1. Alternative form ofde(before a vowel)

d'

1. elided form ofde

• Unlike in modern French,de is not always elided tod' before a vowel or a mute h. It is optional.
• The apostrophe is not used in the original manuscripts, but is added by scholars for clarity.

  despaigne ―of Spain

d'

1. elided form ofde

• IPA^(key): /d‿/

d'

1. Apocopic form ofde(used before words beginning in a vowel, archaic except in fixed expressions or before a facultative contraction containing part of a proper name)

   Aceitaria um copod'água? ―Would you like a glassof water?

   Camões é o autord'Os Lusíadas. ―Camões is the authorofOs Lusíadas.

• 'd

d'

1. Apocopic form ofad(“of”)

Apocopic form ofde.

IPA^(key): /d‿/

d' (apocopate)

1. Apocopic form ofdeused before a vowel

From the development of anepenthetic[d] in pronunciation between the prepositionscun/chin/in and the indefinite articlesunu,una.

IPA^(key): [d‿]

d'

1. ortographic realization of a[d] sound in certain environments

• in d'

Contraction of the prepositiondi(“of, from”).

IPA^(key): /d‿/

d' (apocopate)

1. (before a vowel or anh)Apocopic form ofdi

• t’

• IPA^(key): /t̪/(before aback vowel sound)
• IPA^(key): /tʲ/(before afront vowel sound)

d’

1. Apocopic form ofdo(“your”)(second-person singular possessive pronoun)

   A bheil fios aigd’ athair? ―Doesyour father know?

   Seod’ fhaclair. ―Here’syour dictionary.

• “d'” in R. A. Armstrong, A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, London, 1825,→OCLC.

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