dev

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Clipping.

• IPA^(key): /dɛv/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛv

dev (countable and uncountable, plural devs)

1. Clipping of developer.
   • 2022 September 8, Brad Norton, “MultiVersus patch 1.02 notes: Gizmo release, hitbox overhaul, Finn buffs, more”, in Dexerto‎^[1]:

     “Our goal with this update is to more tightly tie hitboxes and hurtboxes to our character’s animations,” devs explained in the blog post.

   • 2024 September 4, Connor Bennett, “Rockstar dev claps back at GTA 6 fans finding “mistakes” in trailer”, in Dexerto‎^[2]:

     Some fans, naturally, quizzed the Rockstar dev as to when they might expect a second trailer to drop. However, as is classic Rockstar, there are no answers on that front.

2. Clipping of development.

   game dev

3. (computing, UNIX) Clipping of device.

• French: dev

From Armenian դեւ (dew). Doublet of daeva.

dev (plural devs)

1. (Armenian mythology) A monster, dragon, serpent, or giant.
2. (Armenian mythology) An immortal spirit who inhabits old ruins.

• DVE, EDV, VED

dev

1. Soft mutation of tev.

Borrowed from English dev.

dev m or f by sense (plural devs)

1. (computing) Synonym of développeur (“dev”)

Related to Persian دهان (dahân).

• IPA^(key): /dɛv/
• Rhymes: -ɛv

dev m

1. mouth

From Ottoman Turkish دیو (div, dev), from Persian دیو (dev, “demon”).

• IPA^(key): [dɛβ]

dev (definite accusative devi, plural devler)

1. giant
2. colossus
3. (slang) cop

dev

1. giant, huge

   dev vücudunda küçük bir kalbe sahip. ― he/she possesses a little heart in his/her huge body.

• devasa
• dev gibi
• kocaman
• koca
• koskoca
• koskocaman
• kocaman
• muazzam

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دیو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 940

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qluwX (“dog”). Cognate with Iu Mien juv.

• IPA^(key): /de˧˦/

dev (classifier: tus)

1. dog

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[4], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 34-5.