d'

Contraction of the article da ("the").

d'

1. Pronunciation spelling of the, representing dialectal English.

   Synonym: da

Reduction.

d'

1. Contraction of do. (only before "you" or "ye")

   D'you wanna go?

2. Contraction of did. (only before "you" or "ye")

   D'you eat yet?

• maitre d' (different etymology)

Contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”).

• IPA^(key): /d/, [d̪]

d'

1. (before a vowel or a h) Apocopic form of de: of, from

   d’Asturies

   of Asturias

   d’hermanu

   of a brother

Unstressed form of de.

d' f or pl

1. the

Contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”).

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

d'

1. (before a vowel or an h) Apocopic form of de: of

   escola d'idiomes ― language school

Contraction of the article de (“the”).

• IPA^(key): /d/

d'

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

Contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”).

• IPA^(key): /d‿/

• Audio:

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d’

1. (before a vowel or a mute h) Apocopic form of de: of

   un verre d’eau

   a glass of water

2. (informal, after a vowel sound) Apocopic form of de: of
   • 2002, Jean-François Pauzé (lyrics and music), “Mon chum Rémi”, in Break Syndical, the s in pas is silent:

     Hé Rémi / fais pas d’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”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

Prevocalic apocope of do (all senses).

d’

1. (before vowel sounds and fhr-) Apocopic form of do: 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 when f has been lenited to fh before a vowel) and also before fr- lenited to fhr-. The variant form used before consonants, do, is generally omitted but may be encountered in Munster Irish and in literary language.

d’ (plus dative, triggers lenition)

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

   d’athair Sheáin

   to Seán’s father, for Seán’s father

d’

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

   d’athair

   your father

• t’ (Cois Fharraige)
• th’ (Munster)

Prevocalic apocopic form of de.

d’ (plus dative, triggers lenition)

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

   d’athair Sheáin

   from Seán’s father, of Seán’s father

Contraction of the preposition di (“of, from”).

• IPA^(key): /d‿/

d' (apocopated)

1. (sometimes before a vowel or an h) Apocopic form of di: of

   Follia d'amore ― Madness of love.

   Un bicchiere d'acqua. ― A glass of water.

In some rare cases d' represents the preposition da:

d'ora in poi (“from now on”)

= da ora in poi

d'ora in avanti (“from now on”)

= da ora in avanti

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

d' f or n

1. Reduced form of déi
2. Reduced form of dat

• 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 an indefinite article becomes a definite article by default. Occasional ambiguities, particularly in the plural, are tolerated.

Luxembourgish definite articles
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nom./acc.	deen (den)	déi (d')	dat (d')	déi (d')
dat.	deem (dem)	där (der)	deem (dem)	deen (den)
gen.		der

d'

1. elided form of de

• Earlier manuscripts omit the apostrophe
• despaigne ― of Spain

• dé, dg' (Jersey)
• eud (Cauchois)

From Old French de, from Latin dē.

d'

1. of
2. from

• Audio (Languedoc):

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d'

1. Alternative form of de (before a vowel)

d'

1. elided form of de

• Unlike in modern French, de is not always elided to d' 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 of de

• IPA^(key): /d‿/

d'

1. Apocopic form of de (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 copo d'água? ― Would you like a glass of water?

   Camões é o autor d'Os Lusíadas. ― Camões is the author of Os Lusíadas.

• 'd

d'

1. Apocopic form of ad (“of”)

Apocopic form of de.

IPA^(key): /d‿/

d' (apocopate)

1. Apocopic form of de used before a vowel

From the development of an epenthetic [d] in pronunciation between the prepositions cun/chin/in and the indefinite articles unu, una.

IPA^(key): [d‿]

d'

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

• in d'

Contraction of the preposition di (“of, from”).

IPA^(key): /d‿/

d' (apocopate)

1. (before a vowel or an h) Apocopic form of di

• t’

• IPA^(key): /t̪/ (before a back vowel sound)
• IPA^(key): /tʲ/ (before a front vowel sound)

d’

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

   A bheil fios aig d’ athair? ― Does your father know?

   Seo d’ fhaclair. ― Here’s your dictionary.

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