del

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Translingual

Symbol

del

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Delaware languages.

English

Etymology 1

From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

del (plural dels)

(mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
(mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential

Synonyms

(The symbol ∇): atled, nabla

Etymology 2

See deal

Noun

del (plural dels)

(obsolete) a part, portion

Etymology 3

Shortening

Noun

del

Abbreviation of delegate.
Abbreviation of delegation.

Verb

del

Abbreviation of delete.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of Latin delineavit

Verb

del

abbreviation of delineavit as seen on published artwork, identifying the original artist. Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history

Anagrams

'eld, DLE, EDL, LDE, LED, eld, led, μLED

Albanian

Etymology

Variant of standard dal.

Verb

del

to exit
to go out

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

del m

of the, from the

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *döl (whence also Welsh dail), from Proto-Celtic *dolyā. Cognate with Middle Irish duille, from Old Irish duilne, from a variant form *dolnyā; both are from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“blossom”), whence also Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”), Old English dile (“dill”), and Old Armenian դալար (dalar, “green, fresh”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdel/

Noun

del f (singulative delienn)

foliage, leaves

Burarra

Noun

del

spotted harrier, swamp harrier
peregrine falcon, brown falcon
Australian kestrel

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Central) IPA^(key): /dəl/
(Valencia) IPA^(key): /del/

Contraction

del

Contraction of the preposition de and the article el. of the

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish del, contraction of ‘de el.’

Contraction

del

(obsolete) of the, from the (only in names with Spanish origins or in phrases with Spanish construct)

Related terms

de, dela

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English delete.

Pronunciation

Verb

del

(Hong Kong Cantonese) to delete

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *döl, from Proto-Celtic *dolyā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰelh₁- (“blossom”). Cognate with Breton del, Welsh dail.

Noun

del m (singulative delen)

(collective) leaves

Derived terms

del bleujyow (“flower petals”)

Mutation

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈd̥eˀl]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon del. The word has replaced the native noun Old Danish deld, Old Norse deild, from Proto-Germanic *dailiþō.

Noun

del c (singular definite delen, plural indefinite dele)

part, portion
proportion
share, portion
section

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

del

imperative of dele

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛl/
Hyphenation: del
Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch delle (“valley; dune valley”), from Old Dutch della (“valley; (geography) depression; dune valley”), from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate with English dell.

Noun

del n (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)

dune valley
dell, small depression in a landscape

Related terms

dal
doel

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch dille. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to the verb dillen (“to chatter”). Compare English dell.

Noun

del f (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)

trollop, floozie

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + third-person masculine singular pronoun el (“he, him, it”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /del/

Contraction

del m (feminine dela, masculine plural deles, feminine plural delas)

of him, of it, from him, from it

Ido

Preposition

del

Contraction of de la (“from the”).

Usage notes

This is optional, you can also use de l'...

Interlingua

Preposition

del

Contraction of de le (“of the”).

Istriot

Contraction

del

Contraction of de (“of”) + el (“the”)

Italian

Etymology

di (preposition) +‎ il (article)

Contraction

del

Contraction of di il; some, of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
L'architetto del ristorante parla col cuoco. ― The architect of the restaurant talks with the cook.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English dǣl.

Alternative forms

(Early ME) dæl, deal, deol
dele, deel, deyl, deil, diel, deele

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛːl/

Noun

del (plural deles)

A part, proportion or section of something.
The part or proportion that one is assigned or entitled to.
One's fate, inevitability or luck; what is ordained to occur.
A quantity or number of something; a deal or lot.
Intensity, severity, degree.
(often used in negations) A thing; a small amount.

Synonyms

Related terms

Descendants

English: deal
Scots: dele

References

“dēl, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

Etymology 2

Noun

del

Alternative form of delle (“dell”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).

Noun

del m (definite singular delen, indefinite plural deler, definite plural delene)

part, portion, share

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

del

imperative of dele

References

“del” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

deil (non-standard since 1938)

Etymology

From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deːl/

Noun

del m (definite singular delen, indefinite plural delar, definite plural delane)

part, portion, share
Synonym: lut

Derived terms

References

“del” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Contraction

del

Contraction of de lo.

Old French

Alternative forms

Contraction

del

contraction of de + le (of the)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daili.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛːl/, /dɛi̯l/

Noun

dēl m

part, share, portion
unit, word

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

(Greater Poland):
- (Northern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛl/

Noun

del m inan

(Northern Greater Poland) Alternative form of dyl

Romani

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀤𑀺 (dedi), from Sanskrit ददाति (dadāti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti.

Verb

del

to give

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

del m (accusative devles, nominative plural devla, accusative plural devlen)

Alternative form of devel (“god”)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351
Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “del¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 67-69
Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “del²”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 69
Marcel Courthiade (2009) “d/el, -inǎs ≈ -ias²³”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 122
Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o dev/el¹, -les m. -la, -len = o de/l²³, -vles m. -vla, -vlen”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 124

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dèːl/, /déːl/, /dèːʋ/, /déːʋ/

Noun

dẹ̄l or dẹ̄ł m inan

part

Inflection

Spanish

Alternative forms

d'el (obsolete)

Etymology

prep de + article el. Akin to Portuguese do and French du.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /del/ [d̪el]
Rhymes: -el
Syllabification: del

Contraction

del

of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish del, from Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl.

Pronunciation

Noun

del c

part (of a whole); share

Declension

Anagrams

LED, eld, led

Volapük

Noun

del (nominative plural dels)

Declension

Derived terms

adel
a del
adelo
adelo gödiko
aldelafif
aposzedel
aposzedelik
aposzedelo
ädel
ädelik
ädelo
ädelo gödiko
äposzedelo
delagased
delagasedem
delajit
delaprim
delaprimik
delaprimo
delavomajit
deled
deli kinid mula labobs-li adelo?
dödel
fidön göliko pos zedel
fitadel
florüpadel
florüpadelalunik
florüpadelo
fluküpadel
fluküpadelalunik
fluküpadelo
foldegdelacunüp
foldegdelapönidüp
foldegdelik
fridel
hitüpadel
hitüpadelalunik
hitüpadelo
jabatadel
jabatadelik
jabatadelo
jafadel
jafadelem
jafadelik
jafadelo
jeifadel
malarafif aldelik
mäldelik
motedadel
mudel
nifüpadel
nifüpadelalunik
odel
odelik
odelo
poszedel
poszedelik
poszedelo
pönidüp foldegdelik (karen)
sis ädel
sudel
tudel
tumdelik
ün del semik
vedel
veldelik
zädel
zäladel
zedel
zehitüpadel

Welsh

Etymology

Related to delw (“image”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛl

Adjective

del (feminine singular del, plural del, equative deled, comparative delach, superlative delaf)

pretty

Mutation

References

West Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛl/

Adverb

del

down

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English telle, tille, from Old English til.

Alternative forms

dell, tell, 'tell, till

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛl/, /tɛl/, /tɪl/

Preposition

del

until

Etymology 2

From Middle English delven, from Old English delfan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛl/

Verb

del (present participle delleen, simple past dellt)

to dig or delve

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 33 & 34

del

del

Translingual

Symbol

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Verb

Etymology 4

Verb

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Verb

Asturian

Etymology

Contraction

Breton

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Burarra

Noun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Contraction

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

Contraction

Related terms

Chinese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Cornish

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Mutation

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Etymology 2

Verb

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Contraction

Further reading

Ido

Preposition

Usage notes

Interlingua

Preposition

Istriot

Contraction

Italian

Etymology

Contraction

See also

Middle English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms