du
(in names of French derivation) a contraction of de and the article le:
du
1 American
[doo, dyoo, dy ]
/ du, dju, dü /
Du.
2
American
abbreviation
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Duke.
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Dutch.
Du.
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British
abbreviation
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Duke
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DU
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Photos published by local French newspaper La Voix du Nord, external showed a small bus with damage to its front and side standing alongside a train, among a crowd of emergency workers.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
This historic 19th century royal jewelry set featuring fine Ceylon sapphires, diamonds and gold, famously associated with Queen Hortense and Queen Marie-Amélie, was partially stolen in the Musée du Louvre heist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
America’s assets also have extra appeal when its companies dominate the industry du jour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Nerding out on the financial product du jour.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
At that moment, Regibald du Burgh leapt to his feet.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
The modern French for beech is hêtre, Du. heester, but Lat. fagus has given a great many dialect forms which have supplied us with the surnames Fay, Foy, and the plural dim.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
Decoy, earlier also coy, is Du. kooi, cage.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
As a matter of fact the two words are quite unrelated, though the origin of Du. ruiter is disputed.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. filt; the root is unknown; the word has given Med.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Du. prangen, to pinch; Dan. prange Seil, to crowd sail.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
One of the first calls Robinson made after his release on bail was to Matson, his friend and DU brother, using a phone belonging to his father, Paul Robinson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
After the fifth controlled purchase, Paul approached the informant’s friend, the DU member who had connected the informant to Robinson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
A native Angeleno with a background in feature and documentary filmmaking, Brown conceived of the concept after a chat with architect Robert Thibodeau, co-founder of Venice-based DU Architects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
His sister is a DU alum along with a number of extended family members.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
A beautiful picture of such a friendship among men of genius offers itself in the history of MIGNARD, the great French painter, and DU FRESNOY, the great critic of the art itself.
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli
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