"dû" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /dy/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-dû.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-dû.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-dû.wav [France] (note: Brétigny-sur-Orge), LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-dû.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-dû.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-dû (verbe).wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-dû (nom).wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-dû (adjectif).wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan) Forms: dus [plural]
Etymology: Old French deü, from Vulgar Latin *dēbūtus, past participle of Latin dēbēre. Cognate to Italian dovuto. Compare dette (“debt”), from the Classical Latin past participle dēbita n pl. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|deu|deü}} Old French deü, {{inh|fr|VL.||*dēbūtus}} Vulgar Latin *dēbūtus, {{inh|fr|la|debeo|dēbēre}} Latin dēbēre, {{cog|it|dovuto}} Italian dovuto Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|dus}} dû m (plural dus)
  1. what is owed, what is due, money's worth Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dû-fr-noun-EyTGxdWR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18

Verb

IPA: /dy/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-dû.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-dû.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-dû.wav [France] (note: Brétigny-sur-Orge), LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-dû.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-dû.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-dû (verbe).wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-dû (nom).wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-dû (adjectif).wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan) Forms: due [feminine], dus [masculine, plural], dues [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Old French deü, from Vulgar Latin *dēbūtus, past participle of Latin dēbēre. Cognate to Italian dovuto. Compare dette (“debt”), from the Classical Latin past participle dēbita n pl. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|deu|deü}} Old French deü, {{inh|fr|VL.||*dēbūtus}} Vulgar Latin *dēbūtus, {{inh|fr|la|debeo|dēbēre}} Latin dēbēre, {{cog|it|dovuto}} Italian dovuto Head templates: {{fr-past participle|base=du}} dû (feminine due, masculine plural dus, feminine plural dues)
  1. past participle of devoir Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: devoir Derived forms: dûment
    Sense id: en-dû-fr-verb-7pOS~817

Inflected forms

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