des-

Meaning

1. (morpheme) un-; de-; dis- (forms verbs indicating the reversal of the prefixed verb)
2. (morpheme) un- (forms nouns indicating the lack or opposite of the prefixed noun)
3. (alt-of, misspelling, morpheme) misspelling of dis-

Concepts

off

out

un-

des-

Synonyms

de-

in-

Translations

in-

aus-

un-

des-

α-

des

in-

non-

dés-

des-

in-

🚫

des-

Pronounced as (IPA)

/des/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: dis-

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese des-, from Latin dis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís.