Standard Lemma guide

Dee

name · noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /diː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iː
  • /ˈdiː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • interrogative: /dɪ/
  • before-vowel, interrogative: /dɪv/
  • CMU ARPABET: D IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland that flows about 145 km (90 mi) from the Cairngorm Mountains to the North Sea at Aberdeen.

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2

name

Meaning 2

A river in Wales and England that flows about 113 km (70 mi) from Snowdonia to the Irish Sea near Liverpool.

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3

name

Meaning 3

A river in Cumbria, England, which flows through Dentdale, and joins the River Rawthey near Sedbergh.

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4

name

Meaning 4

A river in County Cavan and County Louth, Ireland.

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5

name

Meaning 5

A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia.

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6

name

Meaning 6

A unisex given name, short for names beginning with D.

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7

name

Meaning 7

A surname of multiple origins.

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Alternative letter-case form of dee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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9

noun

Meaning 9

The name of the Latin script letter D/d.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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10

noun

Meaning 10

Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the pommel is furnished with dees.

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11

noun

Meaning 11

A police detective.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Examples

  • The dees are about.

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12

verb

Meaning 12

To do.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northumbria

Examples

  • What are ye deein man!

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History

Etymology

Variant of do.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: Դի — river in Scotland
  • Irish: Dhé — river in Scotland
  • Russian: Ди — river in Scotland
  • Scots: Dee — river in Scotland
  • Welsh: Dyfrdwy — river in Wales and England
  • Arabic: دِي (dī) — name of the letter D, d
  • Asturian: de — name of the letter D, d
  • Bengali: ডি (ḍi) — name of the letter D, d
  • Bulgarian: де (de) — name of the letter D, d
  • Burmese: ဒီ (di) — name of the letter D, d
  • Catalan: de — name of the letter D, d
  • Chinese Cantonese: dog (dok1) — name of the letter D, d
  • Esperanto: do — name of the letter D, d
  • Finnish: dee — name of the letter D, d
  • French: dé — name of the letter D, d
  • Galician: de — name of the letter D, d
  • Greek: ντι (nti) — name of the letter D, d
  • Hawaiian: dē — name of the letter D, d
  • Hindi: डी (ḍī) — name of the letter D, d
  • Icelandic: dé — name of the letter D, d
  • Ido: de — name of the letter D, d
  • Irish: dé — name of the letter D, d
  • Irish: dair — name of the letter D, d
  • Japanese: ディー (dī) — name of the letter D, d
  • Korean: 디 (di) — name of the letter D, d
  • Latin: dē — name of the letter D, d
  • Malay: di — name of the letter D, d
  • Marathi: डी (ḍī) — name of the letter D, d
  • Occitan: de — name of the letter D, d
  • Persian: د (de) — name of the letter D, d
  • Persian: دی (english) — name of the letter D, d
  • Portuguese: dê — name of the letter D, d
  • Russian: ди (di) — name of the letter D, d
  • Russian: дэ (dɛ) — name of the letter D, d
  • Spanish: de — name of the letter D, d
  • Thai: ดี (dii) — name of the letter D, d
  • Turkish: de — name of the letter D, d
  • Vietnamese: dê — name of the letter D, d
  • Vietnamese: dờ — name of the letter D, d
  • Welsh: di — name of the letter D, d