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d'la

French, contraction/dla/

d'la is spelled D-L-A (3 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). D'la is a French contraction meaning “contraction of de la” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does d'la mean in English?

contraction

  1. 1

    Quebeccolloquialcontraction of de la

    Y'a-tu encore d'la mayo au frigo?

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

article: 1. Contraction de de la.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of d'la

  • de l’

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce d'la?

  • /dla/
  • \dla\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is d'la in French?

d'la appears 2.9 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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