de- en · X
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɛ/ (stressed)
- (Southern-England) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- /də/ (unstressed)
- /diː/ (stressed)
- /dɪ/ (unstressed)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- From Latin dē-, from the preposition dē (“of”, “from”). For sense development, compare Old English æf-, which was a similar prefix.
Meanings
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(morpheme) reversal, undoing
de- + align → dealign
de- + couple → decouple
de- + ice → de-ice
de- + baptize → debaptize
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(morpheme) to remove from, removed
de- + bus → debus
de- + benzylate → debenzylate
de- + arterialization → dearterialization
de- + bark → debark
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(morpheme) Intensifying
de- + complex → decomplex
de- + pauperize → depauperize
de- + specificate → despecificate
de- + numerate → denumerate
de- + fraud → defraud
de- + prostrate → deprostrate
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(morpheme) derived from, of
de- + mise → demise
de- + substantival → desubstantival
de- + verbal → deverbal
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(morpheme) down, downward
de- + press → depress
de- + scando → descend
Antonyms
re- (antonym(s) of “undo”) · em- (antonym(s) of “remove”)
Deriveds
debus · decouple · debar · decrypt · deforestation
Relateds
Synonyms
away (from) · des- (remove) · apo- (from) · un- (undo) · out- (from) · in- (undo) · dis- (undo) · off- (from) · un- (remove) · off (from) · ab- (from)
Translations (81)
sv de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · it de- (intensify) · gd di- (reversal, undoing or removing) · sh de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · id de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · mk де- (reversal, undoing or removing) · tl de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · enm de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · lt de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · nl ver- (reversal, undoing or removing) · fi de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ast de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · es de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · enm dis- (intensify) · ro de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · sh де- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ko 탈 (reversal, undoing or removing) · ro dez- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ms de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · de de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ms nyah- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ja 脱- (reversal, undoing or removing) · nn de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · yi דע־ (reversal, undoing or removing) · vi phi (reversal, undoing or removing) · cs de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ro des- (reversal, undoing or removing) · nb de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · af de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · it dis- (reversal, undoing or removing) · be дэ- (reversal, undoing or removing) · tr de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · it de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · gl des- (reversal, undoing or removing) · oc des- (reversal, undoing or removing) · de ent- (reversal, undoing or removing) · pl od- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ja 逆- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ca des- (reversal, undoing or removing) · fr dé- (reversal, undoing or removing) · nl de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ka უკუ- (reversal, undoing or removing) · sk de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · es des- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ast des- (reversal, undoing or removing) · nn av- (reversal, undoing or removing) · enm de- (intensify) · fa وا (reversal, undoing or removing) · es de- (intensify) · nb av- (reversal, undoing or removing) · pl roz- (reversal, undoing or removing) · lv de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · da de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · et de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · cmn 去- (reversal, undoing or removing) · gl de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · pt dis- (reversal, undoing or removing) · uk де- (reversal, undoing or removing) · hu de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · hy ապ- (reversal, undoing or removing) · tl hi- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ko 비 (reversal, undoing or removing) · sv av- (reversal, undoing or removing) · he דֵּה־ (reversal, undoing or removing) · da af- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ja 非- (reversal, undoing or removing) · el απο- (reversal, undoing or removing) · sl de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ka დე- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ru де- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ro răz- (intensify) · enm dis- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ca de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · pt de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · bg де- (reversal, undoing or removing) · pt des- (reversal, undoing or removing) · nl ont- (reversal, undoing or removing) · sq de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · pl dez- (reversal, undoing or removing) · pl de- (reversal, undoing or removing) · ro răs- (intensify)