DE-


Meaning of DE- in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prefix ]

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French de-, des-, partly from Latin de- from, down, away (from de, preposition) and partly from Latin dis-; Latin de akin to Old Irish di from, Old English tō to — more at to , dis-

1.

a. : do the opposite of

de activate

b. : reverse of

de -emphasis

2.

a. : remove (a specified thing) from

de louse

b. : remove from (a specified thing)

de throne

3. : reduce

de value

4. : something derived from (a specified thing)

de compound

: derived from something (of a specified nature)

de nominative

5. : get off of (a specified thing)

de train

6. : having a molecule characterized by the removal of one or more atoms (of a specified element)

de oxy-

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.