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Translingual
editSymbol
editdel
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdel (plural dels)
- (mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
- (mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential
Synonyms
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editSee deal
Noun
editdel (plural dels)
Etymology 3
editShortening
Noun
editdel
- Abbreviation of delegate.
- Abbreviation of delegation.
Verb
editdel
- Abbreviation of delete.
Etymology 4
editAbbreviation of Latin delineavit
Verb
editdel
- abbreviation of delineavit as seen on published artwork, identifying the original artist. Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history
Anagrams
editAlbanian
editEtymology
editVariant of standard dal.
Verb
editdel
Asturian
editEtymology
editFrom a contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).
Contraction
editdel m
Breton
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editdel f (singulative delienn)
Burarra
editNoun
editdel
Catalan
editPronunciation
editContraction
editdel
Further reading
edit- “del” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish del, contraction of ‘de el.’
Contraction
editdel
- (obsolete) of the, from the (only in names with Spanish origins or in phrases with Spanish construct)
Related terms
editChinese
editEtymology
editFrom clipping of English delete.
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: di6
- Yale: dih
- Cantonese Pinyin: di6
- Guangdong Romanization: di6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
editdel
Cornish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Brythonic *döl, from Proto-Celtic *dolyā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰelh₁- (“blossom”). Cognate with Breton del, Welsh dail.
Noun
editdel m (singulative delen)
Derived terms
edit- del bleujyow (“flower petals”)
Mutation
editDanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editdel c (singular definite delen, plural indefinite dele)
Inflection
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editdel
- imperative of dele
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch delle (“valley; dune valley”), from Old Dutch della (“valley; (geography) depression; dune valley”), from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate with English dell.
Noun
editdel n (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)
- dune valley
- dell, small depression in a landscape
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle Dutch dille. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to the verb dillen (“to chatter”). Compare English dell.
Noun
editdel f (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + third-person masculine singular pronoun el (“he, him, it”).
Pronunciation
editContraction
editdel m (feminine dela, masculine plural deles, feminine plural delas)
Further reading
edit- “del”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Ido
editPreposition
editdel
Usage notes
editInterlingua
editPreposition
editdel
Istriot
editContraction
editdel
Italian
editEtymology
editdi (preposition) + il (article)
Contraction
editdel
- 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.
See also
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English dǣl.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdel (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
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “dēl, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editdel
- Alternative form of delle (“dell”)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).
Noun
editdel m (definite singular delen, indefinite plural deler, definite plural delene)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editdel
- imperative of dele
References
edit- “del” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdel m (definite singular delen, indefinite plural delar, definite plural delane)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “del” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editContraction
editdel
Old French
editAlternative forms
editContraction
editdel
Old Saxon
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *daili.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdēl m
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | dēl | dēlos |
accusative | dēl | dēlos |
genitive | dēles | dēlō |
dative | dēle | dēlum |
instrumental | — | — |
Polish
editPronunciation
edit- (Greater Poland):
- (Northern Greater Poland) IPA(key): /ˈdɛl/
Noun
editdel m inan
- (Northern Greater Poland) Alternative form of dyl
Further reading
edit- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “del”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 33
Romani
editEtymology 1
editInherited 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
editdel
- to give
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editdel m (accusative devles, nominative plural devla, accusative plural devlen)
- Alternative form of devel (“god”)
References
edit- 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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *dělъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdẹ̄l or dẹ̄ł m inan
Inflection
editMasculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | dél | ||
gen. sing. | déla | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
dél | déla | déli |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
déla | délov | délov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
délu | déloma | délom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
dél | déla | déle |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
délu | délih | délih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
délom | déloma | déli |
Further reading
edit- “del”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Spanish
editAlternative forms
edit- d'el (obsolete)
Etymology
editPronunciation
editContraction
editdel
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “del”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- “del” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish del, from Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editdel c
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | del | dels |
definite | delen | delens | |
plural | indefinite | delar | delars |
definite | delarna | delarnas |
See also
editFurther reading
edit- del in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
editVolapük
editNoun
editdel (nominative plural dels)
- day
- 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:
- Klu no kudolsöd tefü odel! Odel jäfikonös me kuds oka it! Del alik labon saidiko töbis lönik oka.
- So do not worry about tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- 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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editdel (feminine singular del, plural del, equative deled, comparative delach, superlative delaf)
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
del | ddel | nel | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
editWest Frisian
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editdel
Further reading
edit- “del”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English telle, tille, from Old English til.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editPreposition
editdel
- until
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Del Ich.
- Until I.
- 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 2-3:
- Hea raan awye del hea caame neeghe Burstheoune.
- He ran away until he came nigh to Bridgetown.
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English delven, from Old English delfan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdel (present participle delleen, simple past dellt)
References
edit- 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
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