Die

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Verb 1.1.2.1 Translations 1.1.2.2 Related terms 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Usage note 1.2.2.2 Translations 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Demonstrative pronoun 3.3 Relative pronoun 3.4 Demonstrative adjective 3.4.1 Usage note 4 German 4.1 Article 4.2 Relative pronoun 4.2.1 Translations 5 Latin 5.1 Noun 5.2 Expressions

English

Etymology 1

Middle English dien, deien < Old Norse deyja (to die, pass away) < Proto-Germanic *dawjanan < Proto-Indo-European base *dheu- (to die, pass away, become senseless).

Pronunciation

• dī, IPA: /daɪ/, /daI/

Verb

Infinitive to die

Third person singular dies

Simple past died

Past participle died

Present participle dying

1. (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

   My mother died of cancer.

Translations

Albanian: vdes Breton: mervel, radical marv- Catalan: morir CJKV Characters: 死 Chinese: 死 (sǐ) Croatian: umrijeti, umirati Czech: umřít Danish: dø Dutch: doodgaan, sterven Esperanto: morti Estonian: surema Finnish: kuolla French: mourir Frisian: deagean, ferstjerre, stjerre German: sterben Guaraní: mano/e'õ (t-) Hebrew: למות (ləmot) Hungarian: meghal, hal Icelandic: deyja Ido: mortar Ilocano: matay Indonesian: mati, meninggal

Interlingua: morir Italian: morire Japanese: 死ぬ (しぬ; shinú) Korean: 죽다 (jukda) Kurdish (Kurmancî): mirin Kurdish (Soranî): mirdin Latin: mori Latvian: mirt, nomirt Polish: umierać impf., umrzeć pf. Portuguese: morrer Romanian: a muri Russian: умирать / умереть (umirát’ / umerét’) Slovak: umrieť, skonať, pominúť sa, Slovene: umreti Spanish: morir Swahili: kufa Swedish: dö Tagalog: matay Telugu: చనిపోవు (chanipOvu), మరణించు (maraNiMchu), పరమపదించు (paramapadiMchu), కాలం చేయు (kaalaM chaeyu), గతించు (gatiMchu) Tupinambá: manõ/e'õ (t-) Turkish: ölmek

Related terms

• dead
• death
• die down
• dying

Etymology 2

Middle English dee < Old French de (Modern French dé) < Latin datum < datus ("given"), the past participle of dare ("to give") < from Proto-Indo-European base *do- ("to lay out", "to spread out").

Pronunciation

• dī, IPA: /daɪ/, /daI/

Noun

Singular die

Plural Depending on meaning, either dies or dice

1. (plural: dice) A polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
2. (plural: dies) The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.
3. (plural: dies) A device for cutting into a specified shape.
4. (plural: dies) An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
5. a fragment of a completed integrated circuit wafer, among those produced by fracturing the wafer as specified in its design, that includes a portion that (unless defective) can provide the electronic function for which it was designed, but whose further mechanical subdivision would irreversibly impair that function

Usage note

Using the plural dice as a singular instead of die when the plural is dice is considered incorrect by most authorities, but has come, especially in gambling, into widespread use.

Translations

polyhedron used in games of chance

Albanian: zar Breton: diñs m., diñsoù pl. Bulgarian: куб (kub) m. Catalan: dau m Chinese: 骰子 (shaizi) Croatian: kocka f. Czech: kostka f. Danish: terning Dutch: dobbelsteen, teerling (old) Estonian: täring Finnish: noppa, arpakuutio French: dé m. Frisian: dobbelstien German: Würfel m. Greek: ζάρι (zári) n., ζάρια (zária) pl.; κύβος (kývos) m., κύβοι (kývoi) pl. Hebrew: קוביה (kubiya) Hungarian: kocka Ido: lud-kubo

Interlingua: dato Italian: dado m. Japanese: 賽子, 骰子 (さいころ, saikoró) Korean: 주사위 (jusawi) Latin: talus m., tessera f. Norwegian: terning Polish: kość f., kostka f. Portuguese: dado m. Romanian: zar m. Russian: кость (kost’) f., кости (kósti) pl. Serbian: коцка (kocka) f. Slovak: kocka f. Slovene: kocka f. Spanish: dado m. Swedish: tärning Telugu: పాచిక (paachika) Turkish: zar Ukrainian: кістка (kistka) f.

cubical part of a pedestral

Dutch: voet, plint Interlingua: plyntho, socculo

Portuguese: plinto m., soclo m., soco m. SlovenE: kocka f.

device for cutting into a specified shape

Dutch: mal, matrijs, vorm

Finnish: muotti, stanssi Slovene: matrica f., vrezilo n.

embossed device used in stamping

Dutch: stempel Finnish: leimasin Interlingua: cuneo

Portuguese: cunho m. Slovene: štampiljka f. Spanish: cuña f.

---

Danish

Noun

die

1. milk (of mother)

---

Dutch

Pronunciation

/di:/

Demonstrative pronoun

1. masculine or feminine pronoun referring to a thing or a person, farther away: that one, him, her (cf. deze and dat/dit).

Relative pronoun

1. who, which, that

   Ik ken iemand die dat kan: I know somebody who can do that.

Demonstrative adjective

1. referring to a thing or a person: that, which, who.

   die boom: that tree; die jongen; that boy.

Usage note

• A preceding comma may alter the meaning of a clause starting with a demonstrative adjective.

De jonge vrouw, die de schoen past, zal ik huwen vs. De jonge vrouw die de schoen past, zal ik huwen: the young woman, whom the shoe (incidentally) fits, I shall marry, vs. the (first) young woman whom the shoe fits I shall marry.

---

German

Article

German definite article
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	das	die
Genitive	des	der	des	der
Dative	dem	der	dem	den
Accusative	den	die	das	die

die

• Nominative singular feminine, accusative singular feminine, and, for all genders, nominative and accusative plural of the definite article. See der.

Relative pronoun

die

1. In a subordinate clause, indicates a person or thing referenced in the main clause. Used with plural or feminine singular referents.

   Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann: I know a woman who can do that.

Translations

• English: that, which, who, whom, whose

---

Latin

Noun

die

1. Ablative singular of dies meaning day.

Expressions

1. Sine die: Without a dayang:die

de:die et:die fr:die ko:die io:die it:die hu:die nl:die ja:die no:die pl:die pt:die ru:die fi:die zh:die