"d'" meaning in French

See d' in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /d‿/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-d'.wav [France, Lyon]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Middle French de French de French d' Contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|:from|de<id:of>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Middle French de French de French d' [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "de", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "de", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "de", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "d'", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="d'">, {{etymon|fr|:from|de<id:of>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Middle French de French de French d' Head templates: {{fr-prep}} d'
  1. (before a vowel or a mute h) apocopic form of de: of Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, apocopic Alternative form of: de (extra: of)
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  2. (informal, after a vowel sound) apocopic form of de: of Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, apocopic, informal Alternative form of: de (extra: of)
    Sense id: en-d'-fr-prep-FvHb~kFA1 Categories (other): French entries with etymology trees, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, French prepositions, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French entries with etymology trees: 50 50 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of French prepositions: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: d'accord
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