prefix
Meaning 1
Two.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- diacetate
- dialkene
- diarchy
- diactinal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
di-
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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prefix
Meaning 2
Double, twice the quantity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- diglossia
- dicatalectic
- dichoree
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 3
A pair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- diblock
- dimeson
- dijet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 4
Both, possessing two distinct (possibly opposing) qualities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- dikinetic
- dialetheism
- dianalytic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 5
Alternative form of dis-: split, to split; shortened before l, m, n, r, s (followed by a consonant), and v; also often shortened before g, and sometimes before j.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Examples
- divide
- diverge
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Meaning 6
Alternative form of dia-: across or through, before a vowel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Examples
- diactinic
- dielectric
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh1 Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Borrowed from Latin di-, from Ancient Greek δι- (di-, “two”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis-bor. English di- Borrowed from Latin dis-.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. English di- Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: di- — two, twice, double
- Chinese Mandarin: 兩 /两 (liǎng) — two, twice, double
- Chinese Mandarin: 二 (èr) — two, twice, double
- Chinese Mandarin: 雙 /双 (shuāng) — two, twice, double
- Dutch: di- — two, twice, double
- Finnish: bi- — two, twice, double
- Finnish: di- — two, twice, double
- Finnish: kaksois- — two, twice, double
- Finnish: tupla- — two, twice, double
- French: di- — two, twice, double
- Galician: di- — two, twice, double
- German: di- — two, twice, double
- German: zwei- — two, twice, double
- German: doppel- — two, twice, double
- Hindi: द्वि (dvi) — two, twice, double
- Italian: di- — two, twice, double
- Japanese: 二 (ji) — two, twice, double
- Japanese: 両 (ryō) — two, twice, double
- Japanese: 双 (sō) — two, twice, double
- Malay: dwi- — two, twice, double
- Polish: di- — two, twice, double
- Polish: dy- — two, twice, double
- Portuguese: di- — two, twice, double
- Russian: двух- (dvux-) — two, twice, double
- Russian: дву- (dvu-) — two, twice, double
- Russian: двое- (dvoje-) — two, twice, double
- Russian: ди- (di-) — two, twice, double
- Spanish: di- — two, twice, double
- Swedish: di- — two, twice, double