de-
Pronunciation
  • (stressed) IPA: /diː/
  • (unstressed) IPA: /də/
Prefix
  1. reversal, undoing, removing
    de- + couple → decouple
    de- + ice → de-ice
    de- + humidity → dehumidity
  2. Intensifying
    de- + fraud → defraud
    de- + complex → decomplex
    de- + numerate → denumerate
    de- + pauperize → depauperize
    de- + prostrate → deprostrate
    de- + specificate → despecificate
  3. from, off
    de- + train → detrain
    de- + substantival → desubstantival
    de- + verbal → deverbal
    de- + mise → demise
Translations Translations
  • Italian: de-
  • Spanish: de-



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