desse

See also: dêsse

Galician

Verb

desse

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of dar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdes.se/
• Rhymes: -esse
• Hyphenation: dés‧se

Verb

desse

1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of dare

Pronoun

desse

1. feminine plural of desso

Middle English

Noun

desse

1. alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þessar, þessir, þessa, þessi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dɛsːə/

Determiner

desse

1. these (plural of denne)

See also

• disse (Bokmål)

References

• “desse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• dêsse (pre-reform spelling)
• d'esse (pre-standardization spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: des‧se

Contraction

desse (feminine dessa, masculine plural desses, feminine plural dessas, neuter disso)

1. contraction of de +‎ esse, literally “of/from that (masculine, near you)”

See also

Portuguese demonstratives

		pronouns					adverbs
		singular		plural		neuter
		masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
proximal	X	este	esta	estes	estas	isto	aqui, cá
	de + X	deste	desta	destes	destas	disto	daqui
	em + X	neste	nesta	nestes	nestas	nisto	—
medial	X	esse	essa	esses	essas	isso	aí
	de + X	desse	dessa	desses	dessas	disso	daí
	em + X	nesse	nessa	nesses	nessas	nisso	—
distal	X	aquele	aquela	aqueles	aquelas	aquilo	ali, lá, acolá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali, dacolá
	em + X	naquele	naquela	naqueles	naquelas	naquilo	—
	a + X	àquele	àquela	àqueles	àquelas	àquilo
anaphoric	X	o	a	os	as	—	—
	de + X	do	da	dos	das
	em + X	no	na	nos	nas
	a + X	ao	à	aos	às

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• dasse (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.sɨ/

• Homophone: desce (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: des‧se

Verb

desse

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of dar