"de" meaning in Italian

See de in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /de/
Etymology: Initial part of the combined forms of preposition di (“of”) with definite articles: del, dello, della, dell', dei, degli, delle. By surface analysis, inherited from Latin de. Compare Portuguese d'. Etymology templates: {{etymid|it|titles}}, {{surf|+inh+|it|la|de}} By surface analysis, inherited from Latin de, {{cog|pt|d'}} Portuguese d' Head templates: {{it-pos|preposition}} de
  1. (before a quoted string (a title, a band name, &c) that starts with a defined article) alternative form of di Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: di Related terms: ne (english: in; alternative form of in)
    Sense id: en-de-it-prep-0ng-NxHH Categories (other): Italian links with redundant alt parameters, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian prepositions Disambiguation of Italian prepositions: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

IPA: /de/
Etymology: Inherited from Latin de. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:inh|la:de}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "de", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="de">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la|de|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin de, {{inh+|it|la|de}} Inherited from Latin de Head templates: {{it-pos|preposition}} de
  1. Marche, Milan, Romanesco, and Venice form of di
    Sense id: en-de-it-prep-3UHtIKwh Categories (other): Romanesco Italian, Venetian Italian, Italian entries referencing ambiguous etymons, Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian prepositions Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 0 100 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 0 100 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Italian prepositions: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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