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98,912 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Detroit
proper noun
Detroit; alternative form of Détroit
Deucalion
proper noun
Deucalion
Deutéronome
proper noun
Deuteronomy
Deux-Montagnes
proper noun
a regional county municipality of Laurentides, Quebec, Canada
Deux-Sèvres
proper noun
Deux-Sèvres (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Deuxième Guerre mondiale
proper noun
World War II
Devalcourt
proper noun
a surname
Deveaux
proper noun
a surname
Deville
proper noun
a habitational surname, Deville
Devolle
proper noun
a surname
Devos
proper noun
a surname from Dutch
Dewarrat
proper noun
a habitational surname
Dezaly
proper noun
a surname
Di Rupo
proper noun
a surname
Diable
proper noun
the Devil
Diacrao
proper noun
a male given name from Soninke
Diagana
proper noun
a surname
Diagayaté
proper noun
a surname
Diakité
proper noun
a French surname, Diakite, from Fula
Diallo
proper noun
Diallo: a surname from Fula
Diamniadio
proper noun
Diamniadio (a town in Rufisque department, Dakar, Senegal)
Diane
proper noun
Diana; a female given name
Didenheim
proper noun
Didenheim (a former commune of Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France, since 2016 part of the commune of Brunstatt-Didenheim)
Diderot
proper noun
a surname; Denis Diderot, French philosopher
Didier
proper noun
a male given name, borne by two early French saints; a surname
Didière
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Didier
Didon
proper noun
Dido (legendary foundress and queen of Carthage)
Didyme
proper noun
Didymus
Die
proper noun
a commune of Drôme department, France
Diego
proper noun
a male given name
Dieppe
proper noun
a coastal town in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France; a city in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Dieppois
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of the town of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France (usually male)
Dietemann
proper noun
a surname from German
Dieu
proper noun
God
Dieu le Père
proper noun
God the Father, Holy Father
Dieu le Saint-Esprit
proper noun
God the Holy Ghost
Dieu merci
interjection
thank God! thank goodness!
Dieu sait
phrase
God knows …
Dieu soit loué
interjection
thank God! thank heavens! thank goodness!
Dieu-le-Père
proper noun
alternative spelling of Dieu le Père (“God the Father”)
Dieudonné
proper noun
a male given name; a surname
Dieumegard
proper noun
a surname
Dieye
proper noun
a surname from Wolof
Diffaut
proper noun
A toponym in Loudéac, Côtes-d'Armor
Dijon
proper noun
Dijon (the capital city of Côte-d'Or department, France)
Dijonnais
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of the city of Dijon, the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (usually male)
Dimitri
proper noun
a male given name from Russian
Dinarque
proper noun
Dinarchus
Dingo
proper noun
Goofy (cartoon character)
Dinh
proper noun
a surname from Vietnamese
Dinocrate
proper noun
a male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage, equivalent to English Dinocrates; Dinocrates of Rhodes
Dintilhac
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Dioclétien
proper noun
Diocletian, the Roman emperor
Diodore
proper noun
Diodorus
Diogène
proper noun
an Ancient Greek given name; in particular, the Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher Diogenes
Diom.
proper noun
abbreviation of Diomède (“Diomedes Grammaticus”)
Dion
proper noun
a surname
Dionne
proper noun
a surname, Dionne
Dionysos
proper noun
Dionysus (the god of wine, ivy and grapes, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater)
Diophante
proper noun
the Ancient Greek mathematician Diophantus