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di

Pronunciation: /di/

“di” is an Italian word. Its 12 meanings in English:

preposition

  1. used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
  2. from
  3. by, of, ’s
  4. than
  5. used in superlative forms; in, of
  6. about, on, concerning
  7. expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted
  8. to or omitted
  9. used with the definite article in partitive constructions; some
  10. used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article
  11. used alongside spatial adverbs qua / qui or là / lì, also with preceding per

noun

  1. The name of the Latin script letter D/d.; dee

In Italian

  1. specifica meglio il sostantivo cui si riferisce
  2. indica appartenenza o possesso
  3. indica denominazione
  4. indica argomento
  5. indica moto da luogo
  6. indica moto per luogo
  7. indica tempo determinato
  8. indica provenienza
  9. indica causa
  10. indica mezzo
  11. indica modo
  12. indica quantità

Etymology

From Latin dē. Cognate with English to. For etymology 1, preposition sense 11, compare French delà, deçà and deci delà.

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