de-

From Latin dē-, from the preposition dē (“of”, “from”). For sense development, compare Old English æf-, which was a similar prefix.

• (stressed) IPA^(key): /diː/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /də/, /dɪ/

de-

2. reversal, undoing

   ‎de- + ‎couple → ‎decouple

   ‎de- + ‎align → ‎dealign

   ‎de- + ‎ice → ‎de-ice

   ‎de- + ‎baptize → ‎debaptize

4. to remove from, removed

   ‎de- + ‎bus → ‎debus

   ‎de- + ‎bark → ‎debark

   ‎de- + ‎benzylate → ‎debenzylate

   ‎de- + ‎arterialization → ‎dearterialization

6. Intensifying

   ‎de- + ‎fraud → ‎defraud

   ‎de- + ‎complex → ‎decomplex

   ‎de- + ‎numerate → ‎denumerate

   ‎de- + ‎pauperize → ‎depauperize

   ‎de- + ‎prostrate → ‎deprostrate

   ‎de- + ‎specificate → ‎despecificate

8. derived from, of

   ‎de- + ‎substantival → ‎desubstantival

   ‎de- + ‎verbal → ‎deverbal

   ‎de- + ‎mise → ‎demise

• (undo): un-, dis-, in-
• (remove): des-, un-
• (from): off-, out-, ab-, apo-, away, off

• (antonym(s) of “undo”): re-
• (antonym(s) of “remove”): em-

NOTE: Words using the prefix de- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.

• ed, Ed, E.D., Ed., ED, ed-, -èd, -ed, ed., @ed

From Proto-North Iroquoian *te, ultimately from Proto-Iroquoian *teː.

de-

1. duplicative prefix

• IPA^(key): /deː/

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de-

1. de-

Ultimately from Latin de.

• IPA^(key): [de(ː)]

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de-

1. de-

From Dutch de-, from Latin de-.

• IPA^(key): [de]
• Hyphenation: dé

dé

1. de-

• “de-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Latin dē-, from dē (“of”, “from”).

• IPA^(key): /de/
• Hyphenation: de-

de-

1. denoting:
   1. removal

      ‎de- + ‎nuclearizzare (“to nuclearize”) → ‎denuclearizzare (“to denuclearize”)

   2. movement downwards; lowering

      ‎de- + ‎grado (“grade”, “level”) → ‎degradare (“to gradually diminish in height”)

   3. privation; a-

      ‎de- + ‎trarre (“to draw, extract”) → ‎detrarre (“to subtract”)

   4. negation; un-

      ‎de- + ‎crescita (“growth”) → ‎decrescita (“degrowth”)

   5. intensifying

      ‎de- + ‎limitare (“to contain, restrict”) → ‎delimitare (“to delimit”)

2. (chemistry) denoting subtraction of one or more atoms, radicals or molecules:

   ‎de- + ‎carbossilazione (“carboxylation”) → ‎decarbossilazione (“decarboxylation”)

• ed, ed.

From dē (“of”, “from”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː/, [d̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de/, [d̪e]

dē-

1. de-

• → English: de-
• French: de-, dé- (partially)
• Italian: de-
• Spanish: de-
• → Swedish: de-

From English de-, from Latin dē (“of, from”).

• IPA^(key): /de/

de-

1. (obsolete) de- (reversal, undoing or removing)

   Synonym: nyah-

   deaktifkan ― deactivate

Borrowed from Old French de-, from a combination of Latin de- and dis-.

• IPA^(key): /dɛː-/, /dɛ-/

de-

1. Forms words denoting negativity, reversal or removal; dis-, de-.

   Synonym: dis-

2. Intensifies words with a negative connotation; dis-, de-.

   Synonym: dis-

• Because Old French de- sometimes comes from des-, this prefix may be used interchangeably with dis-.

• English: de-

• “de-, pref.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

de-

1. de-

• “de-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

de-

1. de-

• “de-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin dis-.

de-

1. Alternative form of des-
2. indicating that an action is done more strongly or more vigorously

   ‎de- + ‎brisier (“to break”) → ‎debrisier (“to break”)

• French: dé-

Internationalism; compare English de-.

• IPA^(key): /dɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
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de-

1. de-, dis-

   Synonyms: roz-, od-

   ‎aktywować + ‎de- → ‎dezaktywować

• de- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Latin dē-.

de-

1. de-

• “de-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

From Latin dē-, from the preposition dē (“of”, “from”), through loan words mainly from French.

de-

1. de-

• e.d., ed

Borrowed from Spanish de (“of”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /de/ [d̪ɛ]
• Syllabification: de-

de- (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

1. prepositional particle added to indicate possession of quality or object

   ‎de- + ‎baterya (“battery”) → ‎de-baterya (“with battery; powered by battery”)

   ‎de- + ‎gulong (“wheel”) → ‎de-gulong (“with wheels”)

   ‎de- + ‎kahoy (“wood”) → ‎de-kahoy (“wooden”)

   ‎de- + ‎koryente (“electricity”) → ‎de-koryente (“electrical”)

de-

1. one