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d

Portuguese, noun

d is spelled D (one letter) and appears 355 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 258th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). D is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “abbreviation of dom (as a title)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, d' is a different word: “apocopic form of de (used before words beginning in a vowel, archaic…”. With a capital, D is a different word: “abbreviation of dom (as a title)”. On this page, D+ is a different word: “alternative letter-case form of d+”.

What does d mean in English?

letter

  1. 1

    masculineThe fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

noun

  1. 1

    masculineabbreviation of dom (as a title)

preposition

as d'
  1. 1

    apocopic form of de (used before words beginning in a vowel, archaic except in fixed expressions or before a facultative contraction containing part of a proper name)

letter

as D
  1. 1

    masculineThe fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

noun

as D
  1. 1

    masculineabbreviation of dom (as a title)

adverb

as D+
  1. 1

    alternative letter-case form of d+

adjective

as D+
  1. 1

    alternative letter-case form of d+

noun

as d.
  1. 1

    masculinealternative letter-case form of D.

noun

as D.
  1. 1

    masculineabbreviation of Dom

  2. 2

    masculineabbreviation of Dona

adverb

as d+
  1. 1

    Brazilabbreviation of demais

adjective

as d+
  1. 1

    Brazilabbreviation of demais

noun

as D.ª
  1. 1

    feminineabbreviation of Dona

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

number: 1. o décimo quarto algarismo do sistema hexadecimal

noun: 1. a quarta letra do alfabeto latino

contraction: 1. de (diante de vogais)

adjective: 1. demais

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

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

Forms of d

  • D uppercase
  • d lowercase
  • D.ª feminine
  • d. alternative
  • D+ alternative
  • d++ alternative
  • D. masculine

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to d

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is d in Portuguese?

d appears 355 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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

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