dé-

1. (morpheme) used to make antonyms (similarly to English prefixes un-, dis-)
2. (morpheme) reversal, removal (examples: défaire, découvrir, dégeler)
3. (morpheme) causation, setting in motion (examples: déclencher, démarrer, décoller)
4. (morpheme) away, from, off, apart

Pronounced as (IPA)

/de/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: des-

Inherited from Old French: des-

Inherited from Latin: dis-

Borrowed from Latin: dē-

In summary

* Partially inherited from Middle French des-, from Old French des-, from a conflation of Latin dis- (“apart”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwís) and Late Latin dē ex = dē- (“from”) + ex- (“out”); Compare the neological borrowing dis-.
* Partially borrowed from Latin dē- (“from”) in some cases; compare the inherited form de-.

Concepts

dis-

un-

Synonyms

dés-

Translations

απο-

ent-

s-

des-