different between dese vs dense

English

Etymology

Representing a colloquial pronunciation of these.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?z/

Determiner

dese

1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Pronoun

dese

1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Anagrams

• EDES, Seed, dees, sede, seed

Galician

Verb

dese

1. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of dar
2. third-person singular preterite subjunctive of dar

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• deze

Etymology

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Determiner

dese

1. this, these

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: deze, dit
• Limburgish: deze

Further reading

• “dese”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “dese”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

dese

1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

dese

1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• these

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þat, whence also Old English þes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de.ze/

Pronoun

dese

1. this

Descendants

• Middle High German:
  • German: dieser
• Cimbrian: diiza, disa

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

dese (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person plural present of desiti

Spanish

Etymology

• preposition de + pronoun ese

Contraction

dese

1. (obsolete) of that, from that (followed by a masculine noun in plural)

Related terms

• deso
• desos
• desa
• desas

Noun

dese m (plural deses)

1. (Mexico) whatchamacallit, thingamabob

Verb

dese

1. Compound of the formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dar, de and the pronoun se.

Volapük

Preposition

dese

1. from out of

English

Etymology

From Middle French dense, from Latin densus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /d?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Adjective

dense (comparative denser, superlative densest)

1. Having relatively high density.

   Synonym: solid

2. Compact; crowded together.

   Synonyms: compact, crowded, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact

   Antonyms: diffuse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse

3. Thick; difficult to penetrate.

   Synonyms: thick, solid

   Antonym: thin
4. Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.

   Synonyms: cloudy, opaque; see also Thesaurus:opaque

   Antonyms: clear, diaphanous, see-through, translucent, transparent; see also Thesaurus:transparent, Thesaurus:translucent

5. Obscure, or difficult to understand.

   Synonyms: abstruse, difficult, hard, incomprehensible, obscure, tough; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

   Antonyms: clear, comprehensible, easy, simple, straightforward, understandable; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible

6. (mathematics, topology) Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on dense sets for mathematical definition.

   Antonym: meager

7. (of a person) Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.

   Synonyms: dumb, slow, stupid, thick; see also Thesaurus:stupid

   Antonyms: bright, canny, intelligent, quick, quick-witted, smart; see also Thesaurus:intelligent

Antonyms

• (crowded together): diffuse, few and far between (of things as opposed to one thing), scattered, sparse, rarefied (scientific, to describe gases)

Translations

Noun

dense (plural denses)

1. A thicket.

Anagrams

• Denes, Edens, Sneed, denes, edens, needs, sende, sneed

Esperanto

Etymology

From densa +? -e.

Adverb

dense

1. densely

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin densus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??s/

Adjective

dense (plural denses)

1. dense

Related terms

• condenser
• densité

Further reading

• “dense” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

dense

1. feminine plural of denso

Latin

Etymology

From d?nsus (“dense, close, frequent”) +? -? (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?den.se?/, [?d???s?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?den.se/, [?d??ns?]

Adverb

d?ns? (comparative d?nsius, superlative d?nsissim?)

1. closely, in rapid succession

Related terms

References

• dense in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dense in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dense in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Verb

dense

1. Compound of the second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of dar, den and the pronoun se.