dev

dev

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English

Etymology 1

Clipping.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛv/
  • Rhymes: -ɛv

Noun

dev (countable and uncountable, plural devs)

  1. Clipping of developer.
  2. Clipping of development.
    game dev
  3. (computing, UNIX) Clipping of device.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • French: dev

Etymology 2

From Armenian դեւ (dew). Doublet of daeva.

Noun

dev (plural devs)

  1. (Armenian mythology) A monster, dragon, serpent, or giant.
  2. (Armenian mythology) An immortal spirit who inhabits old ruins.

Anagrams

  • DVE, EDV, VED

Breton

Adjective

dev

  1. Soft mutation of tev.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English dev.

Noun

dev m or f by sense (plural devs)

  1. (computing) Synonym of développeur (dev)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Persian دهان (dahân).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛv/
  • Rhymes: -ɛv

Noun

dev m

  1. mouth

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دیو (div, dev), from Persian دیو (dev, demon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɛβ]

Noun

dev (definite accusative devi, plural devler)

  1. giant
  2. colossus
  3. (slang) cop

Declension

Adjective

dev

  1. giant, huge
    dev vücudunda küçük bir kalbe sahip.he/she possesses a little heart in his/her huge body.

Synonyms

  • devasa
  • dev gibi
  • kocaman
  • koca
  • koskoca
  • koskocaman
  • kocaman
  • muazzam

References

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دیو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 940

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qluwX (dog). Cognate with Iu Mien juv.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de˧˦/

Noun

dev (classifier: tus)

  1. dog

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 34-5.

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