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Added 9 October 2026

d

/diː/ letter

Latin root: lower Wiktionary

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The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

numeral

cardinal number five hundred (500).

symbol

the (path-independent, exact) differential of a quantity
a voiced alveolar plosive.
[d]-onset (prestopping / preocclusion / preplosion), [d]-release, [d]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [d].

letter

The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Origin

From the Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ.

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