see|di�|dié|diè|Dì-�
English

Pronunciation
AHD|dī, IPA|/daɪ/, SAMPA|/daI/
audio|en-us-die.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|aɪ

Homophones
dye
Di
Dai
daye

Etymology 1
From ME. term|dien, term|deien < ON. term|deyja||to die, pass away, from proto|Germanic|dawjanan, from proto|Indo-European|dheu-|to die, pass away, become senseless.

Verb
en-verb|d|y|ing

1. intransitive To stop live|living; to become dead; to undergo death.

#: My mother died of cancer.

1. intransitive To be cut off from family or friends.

#: ''The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.

1. context|intransitive|idiomatic To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.

#: He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.

1. context|intransitive|idiomatic To be mortified or shocked by a situation.

#: ''If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die.

1. intransitive|of a machine to stop working, to break down.

#: My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.

Derived terms
top2
be dying for
die away
die down
diehard/die-hard/die hard
mid2
die off
die out
to die for

Related terms
dead
death

See also
kick the bucket
pass
pass away
pass on
succumb

Seri: aaha (speaking with great respect)
Slovak: umrieť, zomrieť, skonať
Slovene: t|sl|umreti
Spanish: t+|es|morir
Swahili: t-|sw|kufa|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|dö
Tagalog: matay
Telugu: �నిప�వ� (chanipOvu), మరణి��� (maraNiMchu), పరమపది��� (paramapadiMchu), �ాల� ��య� (kaalaM chaeyu), �తి��� (gatiMchu)
Thai: THchar|�าย (tai)
Tupinambá: manõ/e'õ (t-)
Turkish: t+|tr|ölmek
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trans-top|to be cut off from family or friends
Dutch: t+|nl|sterven
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trans-top|to become spiritually dead
Dutch: t+|nl|sterven
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trans-top|to be mortified or shocked
Dutch: t+|nl|sterven
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trans-top|to stop working
Dutch: t|nl|het laten afweten, t|nl|het opgeven
Indonesian: t-|id|mati|xs=Indonesian
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Kurdish: t-|ku|�رد�|sc=KUchar
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Etymology 2
From ME. term|dee < OF. term|de|fro (Modern French term|dé) < L. term|datum < term|datus||given, the past participle of term|dare||to give < proto|Indo-European|do-|to lay out, to spread out.

Image:Craps.jpg|thumb|right|A pair of dice from a game.

Noun
en-noun|dies|pl2=dice

1. (plural: dice) A polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in game of chance|games of chance.

#* 1748. David Hume. s:An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding|Enquiry concerning the human understanding. In: Wikisource. Wikimedia: 2007. § 46.
#*: If a die were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining sides, it would be more probable, that the former would turn up than the latter ;

1. (plural: dies) The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.
2. (plural: dies) A device for cutting into a specify|specified shape.
3. (plural: dies) An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
4. (plural: dice or dies) A fragment of a completed integrated circuit wafer, among those produced by fracturing the wafer as specified in its design, that includes a portion that (unless defective) can provide the electronic function for which it was designed, but whose further mechanical subdivision would irreversibly impair that function.

Usage notes
Using the plural term|dice as a singular instead of term|die is considered incorrect by most authorities, but has come into widespread use.

Derived terms
loaded dice
the die is cast
tool and die

Slovak: t-|sk|kocka|f
Slovene: t+|sl|kocka|f
Spanish: t+|es|dado|m
Swedish: tärning
Telugu: పా�ి� (paachika)
Thai: ลู����า (looktao)
Turkish: t+|tr|zar
Ukrainian: к���ка (kistka) f
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trans-top|cubical part of a pedestral
Dutch: t+|nl|voet|m, t|nl|plint|f
Finnish: t|fi|sokkeli
Interlingua: plyntho, socculo
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Portuguese: plinto m, soclo m, soco m
Slovene: t+|sl|kocka|f
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trans-top|device for cutting into a specified shape
Dutch: t+|nl|mal|f, t-|nl|matrijs|f, t+|nl|vorm|f
Finnish: t-|fi|muotti, t|fi|stanssi
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Slovene: matrica f, vrezilo n
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trans-top|embossed device used in stamping
Dutch: t+|nl|stempel|m
Finnish: t|fi|leimasin
Interlingua: cuneo
Italian: t+|it|conio|m
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Portuguese: t+|pt|cunho|m
Slovene: Å¡tampiljka f
Spanish: t+|es|cuña|f
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trans-top|fragment of a completed integrated circuit wafer
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Category:Death
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:English words affected by prescriptivism
Category:English words with multiple etymologies
Category:English words with multiple plurals

Danish

Noun
die

1. milk|Milk (of mother).

Category:Danish nouns

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|lang=nl|/di/

Pronoun
infl|nl|pronoun|demonstrative

1. Masculine, feminine or plural pronoun referring to a thing or a person, farther away: that, those

#* die boom � �that tree�
#* die vrouw � �that woman�
#* die vensters � �those windows�

Related terms
deze
dat
dit

Pronoun
infl|nl|pronoun|relative

1. who|Who, which, that.

#* Ik ken iemand die dat kan. � �I know somebody who can do that.�

In the first sentence, only the striking employees will have to count with sanctions. In the second sentence, it is presupposed that all employees are supporting the strike, and will all suffer under the sanctions.

German

Article
infl|de|article|definite

1. the|The; definite article; form of|declined form|der|lang=de

Usage notes
The definite article term|die is the form of term|der|lang=de||the used with the following types of referents:
nominative singular feminine
accusative singular feminine
nominative plural for all genders
accusative plural for all genders

Declension
de-decl-definite article

Pronoun
infl|de|relative pronoun|relative

1. that|That, which, who, whom, whose.

#* Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. � �I know a woman who can do that.�

Usage notes
In a subordinate clause, term|die indicates a person or thing referenced in the main clause. It is used with plural or feminine singular referents.

Interlingua

Noun
infl|ia|noun|plural|dies

1. A day.

Derived terms

De die in die: From day to day
Un die: One day, sometime
Le die sequente: The next day, the following day

Category:ia:Time

Latin

Noun
infl|la|noun form

1. form of|ablative singular|dies#Latin|dies �day�.

#: Sine die � �Without a day�

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
die

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, di�, dié, or diè.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

af:die
ang:die
de:die
et:die
el:die
es:die
fa:die
fr:die
ko:die
io:die
it:die
kk:die
ku:die
la:die
li:die
hu:die
nl:die
ja:die
no:die
pl:die
pt:die
ru:die
fi:die
sv:die
ta:die
te:die
vi:die
tr:die
zh:die

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