du

¹

[ doo, dyoo; French dy ]

1. (in names of French derivation) a contraction of de and the article le:

   Joachim du Bellay.

Du.

²

abbreviation for

1. Duke.
2. Dutch.

DU

¹

abbreviation for

1. depleted uranium

Du.

²

abbreviation for

1. Duke
2. Dutch

Example Sentences

Geochemist Valérie Daux of the University Paris-Saclay and her doctoral student, Diane du Boisgueheneuc, analyzed cellulose in the wood samples for changes over time in levels of the isotopes carbon-13 and oxygen-18, which are proxies for fluctuations in temperature and humidity.

From Science Magazine

As mordant in its way as the slyly subversive movies Luis Buñuel made in Mexico, Brocka’s two-fisted melodrama is a hellish, compelling work by a director whom the French critic Serge Daney, then editor of Cahiers du Cinéma, called “the great filmmaker of the ’70s.”

From New York Times

With the opposition Alliance du Changement sweeping 60 of the 66 seats available, Mauritius has experienced one of the most complete political transformations imaginable.

From BBC

Chang, Ward and Du have a separate patent pending that is related to the D-Met research.

From Science Daily

This proved helpful, as the filmmaker had only two weeks from the announcement of the repatriation of the works from Paris’ Musée du Quai Branly to gain access and establish a production team.

From Los Angeles Times