de
- from; of (used in French, Spanish, and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin): Comte de Rochambeau; Don Ricardo de Aragón.
Origin of de
DE
- Delaware (approved especially for use with zip code).
- destroyer escort.
D & E
or D and E
- dilation and extraction.
de'
- dei (used in Italian names as an elided form of dei): de' Medici.
de-
Origin of de-
D.E.
- Doctor of Engineering.
- driver education.
Examples from the Web for de
Contemporary Examples
The band was still on its way back as De Blasio and his wife departed.
Yet even after the funeral protest, de Blasio was booed and heckled while addressing a new class of recruits as well.
The ceremony ended with a singing of “God Bless America,” with some of those in the stands as well as de Blasio singing along.
On Monday, de Blasio called for a temporary halt to protests until after the funerals of the two slain officers.
After the shooting, the police literally turned their backs on de Blasio during a press conference.
Historical Examples
Where shall I find a quiet church where I may say his De profundis in peace?
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
De Lord had been with them in six troubles, and he would not desert them in de seventh.
Harriet, The Moses of Her PeopleSarah H. Bradford
De Lord A'mighty 'd come and frightened 'em all out of de waters.
Harriet, The Moses of Her PeopleSarah H. Bradford
"De Lawd will provide" was her motto, and He never failed her.
Harriet, The Moses of Her PeopleSarah H. Bradford
You said, 'We hadn't got nothin' to eat in de house,' and what did I say to you?
Harriet, The Moses of Her PeopleSarah H. Bradford
de1
De, before a vowel d' or before a vowel D'
- of; from: occurring as part of some personal names and originally indicating place of originSimon de Montfort; D'Arcy; de la Mare
Word Origin
de2
- Germany
DE
- (formerly in Britain) Department of Employment
- Delaware
de-
- removal of or from something specifieddeforest; dethrone
- reversal of somethingdecode; decompose; desegregate
- departure fromdecamp
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for de
Latin adverb and preposition of separation in space, meaning "down from, off, away from," and figuratively "concerning, by reason of, according to;" from PIE demonstrative stem *de- (see to).
de-
active word-forming element in English and in many words inherited from French and Latin, from Latin de "down, down from, from, off; concerning" (see de), also used as a prefix in Latin usually meaning "down, off, away, from among, down from," but also "down to the bottom, totally" hence "completely" (intensive or completive), which is its sense in many English words. As a Latin prefix it also had the function of undoing or reversing a verb's action, and hence it came to be used as a pure privative -- "not, do the opposite of, undo" -- which is its primary function as a living prefix in English, as in defrost (1895), defuse (1943), etc. Cf. also dis-.
D & E
- dilation and evacuation
de-
- Do or make the opposite of; reverse:decomposition.
- Remove or remove from:deoxygenation.
- Reduce; degrade:decholesterolization.