di-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "di"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daɪ/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

PIE word
*dwóh₁

Borrowed from Latin di-, from Ancient Greek δι- (di-, two).

Prefix

Greek number prefix
2 Previous: mono-
Next: tri-

di-

  1. Two.
    diacetate is any salt or ester having two acetate groups, dialkene is any alkene having two double bonds, diarchy is a state under the rule of two people; the form of government of such state, diactinal is having two rays
  2. Double, twice the quantity.
    diglossia is the presence of a cleft or doubled tongue, dicatalectic is doubly catalectic, at both the middle and the end of the verse, dichoree is a double choree
  3. A pair.
    diblock is of or pertaining to two blocks together, dimeson is a bound pair of mesons, dijet is a pair of jets
  4. Both, possessing two distinct (possibly opposing) qualities.
    dikinetic is having both metakinetic and mesokinetic joints, dialetheism is the theory that statements can be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense, dianalytic is describing a function that is analytic or antianalytic with regards to both the domain and codomain
Synonyms

Synonyms: duo-, bi-, bis-

Translations
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin dis-.

Prefix

di-

  1. Alternative form of dis-: split, to split; shortened before l, m, n, r, s (followed by a consonant), and v; also often shortened before g, and sometimes before j.
    divide is to split or separate (something) into two or more parts, diverge is to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ- (di-), from Ancient Greek δῐά (diá, through).

Prefix

di-

  1. Alternative form of dia-: across or through, before a vowel.
    diactinic is capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light, dielectric is an electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, ie its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with di-

See also

References

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Prefix

di-

  1. di-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with di-

Danish

Prefix

di-

  1. two

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with di-

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di/
  • (file)

Prefix

di-

  1. Meaning two, twice, or double.
    dioxide
    dioxide
    dipool
    diople

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin di-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [di]
  • Hyphenation: di

Prefix

di-

  1. di-

Derived terms

Esperanto terms prefixed with di-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English di-), ultimately from Ancient Greek δι- (di-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi-/, [ˈdi-]

Prefix

di-

  1. di- (double, twin)
    Synonyms: bi-, kaksois-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with di-
compounds

French

Prefix

di-

  1. di-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with di-

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Prefix

di-

  1. di-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with di-

Further reading

  • di-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay di-, from Classical Malay di-, from Late Old Malay di-, from Early Old Malay ni-, from Proto-Malayic *ni-, a metathesis of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-in-, from Proto-Austronesian *-in- (verb perfective infix for object focus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di/
  • (file)

Prefix

di-

  1. (transitive) Patient focus, used in an OVA sentence.
    dimakanto be eaten

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with di-

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di/
  • Hyphenation: di-

Etymology 1

From Latin de- (indicating removal or descent).

Prefix

di-

  1. de-
Derived terms
Italian terms prefixed with di-

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Prefix

di-

  1. di-
Derived terms
Italian terms prefixed with di-

Latin

Pronunciation

Prefix

dī-

  1. Alternative form of dis-
Usage notes

Occurs before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, sc, sp, st, v, and occasionally before consonantal i.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ- (di-), from δίς (dís, twice, doubly).

Pronunciation

Prefix

di-

  1. Two, double; di-.
Derived terms
Latin terms prefixed with di-
Descendants

English: di-

Malay

Etymology

From Early Old Malay ni-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di/
    • (with consonant-initial stem) IPA(key): [di-]
    • (with vowel-initial stem) IPA(key): [diʔ-]

Prefix

di- (Jawi spelling د-)

  1. (third person) Patient focus, used in an OVA sentence.
    Pintu itu dibuka oleh ayah.
    That door was opened by dad.
    Pintu itu dibuka ayah.
    That door was opened by dad.

Usage notes

Frequently but erroneously called "passive voice", can optionally be accompanied with oleh, and is exclusively used in the third-person.

Derived terms

Malay terms prefixed with di-

Etymology 1

Represents multiple homophonous thematic and aspectual prefixes of position I and VI, whose exact meaning and etymology remain mostly speculative.

Prefix

di- (position I)

  1. fire, near or into it

► Navajo verbs with disjunct prefix di-

di- (position VI)

Young and Morgan (1987) identify 14 or so thematic prefixes, among others:

  1. fire, light
  2. arms and legs
  3. extension, elongated shape
  4. noise, sound, oral, food, sensory
  5. color (see also dini-)
  6. relinquishment, relief
  7. sanctity
  8. Unclassified, often entering in the formation of other prefix compounds
    • kʼiidiléto plant it
    • yidiséíto crumble it
    • hadii-from end to end
    • díní- (prolongative)
    • tádi- (diversative)
    • bibadi-to exhaustion

Four modal-aspectual uses are also distinguished:

  1. Forms a number of inceptive verbs, with a (∅/si) paradigm.
  2. Forms a number of inchoative verbs, with prepounded dah and a transitional (yii/yii) paradigm.
    • dah diighááhto start off, to set out, to leave
  3. Forms the future mode of all active verbs along with the progressive yi-.
    • doogááłhe will go
    • didoogááłhe will start to go
    • dah didoogááłhe will start off
  4. Forms a number of neuter adjectivals.

► Navajo verbs with prefix di-

Etymology 2

Probably cognate with a prefix of similar shape occurring in other Athabascan languages a reflexive possessive pronoun.

Probably cognate with classifier -d- marking passive and reflexive verbs.

Prefix

di- (position IV)

  1. Personal prefix used in combination with the prefix of position I à-, marking the reflexive verbs. It always triggers a classifier shift (d, łl).
    yishchʼidI'm scratching it
    nishchʼidI'm scratching you
    ádíshchʼidI'm scratching myself
    ánááshchʼidI'm scratching myself again

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

di-

  1. Class 8 noun prefix.

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin di-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: di

Prefix

di-

  1. di-
    Synonyms: bi-, dwu-
    di- + chromatycznydichromatyczny

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with di-

Further reading

  • di- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Prefix

di-

  1. di- (two, twice or double)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with di-

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

di-

  1. Class 8 noun prefix.

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, twice).

Prefix

di-

  1. di-
    Synonyms: bi-, duo-
Derived terms
Spanish terms prefixed with di-

Etymology 2

From Latin dis or Latin di.

Prefix

di-

  1. dis-
Derived terms
Spanish terms prefixed with di-

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *di.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdiʔ/ [ˈdiʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • Syllabification: di-

Prefix

dî- (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

  1. non-; un-; de-

Derived terms

Tagalog terms prefixed with di-

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

di-

  1. Class 8 noun prefix.

Welsh

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *dī- (from, of), from Proto-Indo-European *de. Cognate with Cornish di-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdiː/, /dɪ/

Prefix

di-

  1. intensifying prefix
    di- + goddefdioddef
    di- + golwchdiolch
  2. without, -less, de-, a-, negative prefix
    Synonyms: af-, an-, dis-
    di- + enw (name)dienw (anonymous)
    di- + paid (pause, respite)di-baid (ceaseless, incessant)
    di- + swydd (job, office) + -odiswyddo (dismiss, discharge, sack, make redundant)

Usage notes

The negative prefix di- indicates a lack of something and is most often attached to a noun in a similar manner to English -less, e.g. dienw (anonymous, nameless), di-waith (unemployed (“workless”)), diobaith (hopeless). In contrast, af- and an- simply denote the negative form of the following root rather than the lack of it.

Derived terms

Welsh terms prefixed with di-

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
di- ddi- ni- unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “di-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪i/

Pronoun

di-

  1. third-person plural possessive prefix, their
    di omatheir children
  2. (polite) third-person singular possessive prefix, his, her
    mene de ti deto di musalathis is my grandmother's mat

Pronoun

di-

  1. (inanimate) alternative form of da- (its) when preceded by a root-initial i

See also

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
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