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du

[dy]

article

LanguageFrench (France)

Meaning
  1. Forms the partitive article.
  2. of the
  3. This is a partitive article used to mean some or a quantity of something. It is a combination of de and le.
Examples

Il mange du pain.

He eats bread. / He eats some bread.

Pronunciationdy

Part of speecharticle

Usage noteUsed with masculine singular nouns starting with a consonant.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.