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'''d''' is like '''t''' but voiced (compare '''dén''' and '''tén'''; the accents show stress and pronunciation: see [[English spellings]]): the tongue touches the upper teeth: '''dóg, héad, dím, blòod, woòden, dàrling, dâinty, mádder, dûe, dāft, admîre, nâdir, hëard, bïrd, wörd, sád, bád, mád, gód, cód, said''' (*séd). | '''d''' is like '''t''' but voiced (compare '''dén''' and '''tén'''; the accents show stress and pronunciation: see [[English spellings]]): the tongue touches the upper teeth: '''dóg, héad, dím, blòod, woòden, dàrling, dâinty, mádder, dûe, dāft, admîre, nâdir, hëard, bïrd, wörd, sád, bád, mád, gód, cód, said''' (*séd). | ||
In the past forms of verbs '''d''' sounds like '''t''' if the preceding consonant is also unvoiced: '''loòked''' (*loòkt), '''híssed''' (*híst) - except in the case of '''t''', after which it is necessary to sound the '''e''' as '''í''': '''ẁanted''' (*wóntíd). | In the past forms of verbs '''d''' sounds like '''t''' if the preceding consonant is also unvoiced: '''loòked''' (*loòkt), '''híssed''' (*híst) - except in the case of '''t''', after which it is necessary to sound the '''e''' as '''í''': '''ẁanted''' (*wóntíd). Similarly in the name '''Alasdair''' (also spelt several other ways). | ||
'''d''' is often found before '''g''' to make it clear that the '''g''' will have the soft '''j''' sound, although here it is really redundant, as the '''g''' is usually followed by a front vowel, '''e, i''' or '''y''': '''bádge, lédge, bádger, lédger, rídge, brídge, dódge, dódgy, púdgy, édge, édgy, lódger, lódging, Hódges, cúdgel, wédge'''. But in '''júdgement''' and '''acknówledgement''' the '''e''' is optionally omitted after '''dg''', without changing the pronunciation: '''júdgment''', '''acknówledgment'''. And in '''Édgar''', the '''d''' and (hard) '''g''' are clearly separate sounds, *Éd-gə(r). | '''d''' is often found before '''g''' to make it clear that the '''g''' will have the soft '''j''' sound, although here it is really redundant, as the '''g''' is usually followed by a front vowel, '''e, i''' or '''y''': '''bádge, lédge, bádger, lédger, rídge, brídge, dódge, dódgy, púdgy, édge, édgy, lódger, lódging, Hódges, cúdgel, wédge'''. But in '''júdgement''' and '''acknówledgement''' the '''e''' is optionally omitted after '''dg''', without changing the pronunciation: '''júdgment''', '''acknówledgment'''. And in '''Édgar''', the '''d''' and (hard) '''g''' are clearly separate sounds, *Éd-gə(r). | ||
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D, d is a letter of the Latin alphabet. It is the fourth letter of most variants, being placed after C and before E, as is the case for instance in the English alphabet. Its English name is pronounced [ˈdiː], like that of the River Dee.
D is also the Roman numeral representing the number 500.
Use in English
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d is like t but voiced (compare dén and tén; the accents show stress and pronunciation: see English spellings): the tongue touches the upper teeth: dóg, héad, dím, blòod, woòden, dàrling, dâinty, mádder, dûe, dāft, admîre, nâdir, hëard, bïrd, wörd, sád, bád, mád, gód, cód, said (*séd).
In the past forms of verbs d sounds like t if the preceding consonant is also unvoiced: loòked (*loòkt), híssed (*híst) - except in the case of t, after which it is necessary to sound the e as í: ẁanted (*wóntíd). Similarly in the name Alasdair (also spelt several other ways).
d is often found before g to make it clear that the g will have the soft j sound, although here it is really redundant, as the g is usually followed by a front vowel, e, i or y: bádge, lédge, bádger, lédger, rídge, brídge, dódge, dódgy, púdgy, édge, édgy, lódger, lódging, Hódges, cúdgel, wédge. But in júdgement and acknówledgement the e is optionally omitted after dg, without changing the pronunciation: júdgment, acknówledgment. And in Édgar, the d and (hard) g are clearly separate sounds, *Éd-gə(r).
d is often doubled, to emphasise the preceding short vowel: míddle, sádder, ádd, múddle, gíddy, ódd, pádding, wédded. There can be an accidental sustained double d in gránddad – or it can be simply grándad.
In eistéddfod, the double d is pronounced as dh (-dhvod).
d begins consonant clusters: Édgbaston, adhêre, crâdle, admít, kídney, dréss, Édsel, advîse, ádze.
And flòod and blòod rhyme with múd (cf. moôd, broôd, foôd; hoòd, woòd, goòd).