"Dev" meaning in English

See Dev in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Devs [plural]
Etymology: From Hindi देव (dev). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|देव}} Hindi देव (dev) Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Dev (plural Devs)
  1. A male given name from Hindi. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Dev-en-name-vFQDs5Gt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 6 30 26 15
  2. A patronymic surname from Hindi.
    Sense id: en-Dev-en-name-WsMAMc9s Categories (other): English surnames
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Devdas. Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Dev-en-name-S6GeqUrm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 6 30 26 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Dev
  1. (Irish history) Abbreviation of Éamon de Valera, former president of Ireland. Tags: Irish, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Éamon de Valera, former president of Ireland
    Sense id: en-Dev-en-name-~FiyKp5x Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 6 30 26 15 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Forms: the Dev [canonical]
Etymology: Clipping of Devonshire. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Clipping of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Devonshire</i></span>.|lang=}} Clipping of Devonshire., {{clipping of|en|Devonshire}} Clipping of Devonshire. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Dev}} the Dev
  1. (UK, slang) The Devonshire Arms, an alternative pub in Camden, London. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-Dev-en-name-AzY-81kC Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 6 30 26 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Dev meaning in English (5.6kB)

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hi",
        "3": "देव"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi देव (dev)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hindi देव (dev).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Devs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Dev (plural Devs)",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 6 30 26 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from Hindi."
      ],
      "id": "en-Dev-en-name-vFQDs5Gt",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A patronymic surname from Hindi."
      ],
      "id": "en-Dev-en-name-WsMAMc9s",
      "links": [
        [
          "patronymic",
          "patronymic"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English diminutives of male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Diminutives of male given names",
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Diminutive nouns",
            "Names",
            "Nouns",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Lemmas",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 6 30 26 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A diminutive of the male given name Devdas."
      ],
      "id": "en-Dev-en-name-S6GeqUrm",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive"
        ],
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Devdas",
          "Devdas#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dev"
  ],
  "word": "Dev"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Dev",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Éamon de Valera"
        },
        {
          "word": "former president of Ireland"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 6 30 26 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of Éamon de Valera, former president of Ireland."
      ],
      "id": "en-Dev-en-name-~FiyKp5x",
      "links": [
        [
          "Éamon de Valera",
          "w:Éamon de Valera"
        ],
        [
          "president",
          "president"
        ],
        [
          "Ireland",
          "Ireland"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Irish history) Abbreviation of Éamon de Valera, former president of Ireland."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Irish",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dev"
  ],
  "word": "Dev"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Clipping of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">Devonshire</i></span>.",
        "lang": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of Devonshire.",
      "name": "no deprecated lang param usage"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Devonshire"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of Devonshire.",
      "name": "clipping of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of Devonshire.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the Dev",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "the Dev"
      },
      "expansion": "the Dev",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 6 30 26 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Jon Wilmot, The Reunion, page 135",
          "text": "The Dev was a long-standing favourite, as was Hawley Arms and The World's End, but he found greater pleasure in seeking out the smaller, lesser known bars and pubs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Maria Mellins, Vampire Culture, page 47",
          "text": "The vampire community offers a variety of activities, ranging from obscure events, such as carve your own tombstone, gothic belly dancing, and Kensal Green Cemetery walks to more regular pub and club nights at alternative venues, such as The Dev (the Devonshire Arms, Camden), the Intrepid Fox, Slimelight, and Torture Garden.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Devonshire Arms, an alternative pub in Camden, London."
      ],
      "id": "en-Dev-en-name-AzY-81kC",
      "links": [
        [
          "alternative",
          "alternative"
        ],
        [
          "Camden",
          "Camden"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, slang) The Devonshire Arms, an alternative pub in Camden, London."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dev"
  ],
  "word": "Dev"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English clippings",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Hindi",
    "English terms derived from Hindi",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hi",
        "3": "देव"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi देव (dev)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hindi देव (dev).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Devs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Dev (plural Devs)",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English given names",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from Hindi"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from Hindi."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from Hindi"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A patronymic surname from Hindi."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "patronymic",
          "patronymic"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English diminutives of male given names",
        "English given names",
        "English male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A diminutive of the male given name Devdas."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive"
        ],
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Devdas",
          "Devdas#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dev"
  ],
  "word": "Dev"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English clippings",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Dev",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Éamon de Valera"
        },
        {
          "word": "former president of Ireland"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of Éamon de Valera, former president of Ireland."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Éamon de Valera",
          "w:Éamon de Valera"
        ],
        [
          "president",
          "president"
        ],
        [
          "Ireland",
          "Ireland"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Irish history) Abbreviation of Éamon de Valera, former president of Ireland."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Irish",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dev"
  ],
  "word": "Dev"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English clippings",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Clipping of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">Devonshire</i></span>.",
        "lang": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of Devonshire.",
      "name": "no deprecated lang param usage"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Devonshire"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of Devonshire.",
      "name": "clipping of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of Devonshire.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the Dev",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "the Dev"
      },
      "expansion": "the Dev",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Jon Wilmot, The Reunion, page 135",
          "text": "The Dev was a long-standing favourite, as was Hawley Arms and The World's End, but he found greater pleasure in seeking out the smaller, lesser known bars and pubs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Maria Mellins, Vampire Culture, page 47",
          "text": "The vampire community offers a variety of activities, ranging from obscure events, such as carve your own tombstone, gothic belly dancing, and Kensal Green Cemetery walks to more regular pub and club nights at alternative venues, such as The Dev (the Devonshire Arms, Camden), the Intrepid Fox, Slimelight, and Torture Garden.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Devonshire Arms, an alternative pub in Camden, London."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alternative",
          "alternative"
        ],
        [
          "Camden",
          "Camden"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, slang) The Devonshire Arms, an alternative pub in Camden, London."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dev"
  ],
  "word": "Dev"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.