dele
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin dēlē, second person singular imperative of dēleo (“delete”). Alternatively, a clipping of deleatur.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈdiːliː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːli
Verb
editdele (third-person singular simple present deles, present participle deleing, simple past and past participle deled)
- (printing, usually imperative) To delete.
Noun
editdele (plural deles)
Anagrams
editAlbanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *dailjā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l-. Compare Old English delu (“teat”). More at djalë. Possibly the source of the Illyrian tribe name Dalmatae.
Noun
editdele f (plural dele, definite delja, definite plural delet)
Declension
editDerived terms
editDanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse deila (“to divide, allot”), from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną, cognate of English deal and German teilen. In older Danish, the verb meant "to take to court”. The present verb has been influenced by Middle Low German dēlen (“to divide”).
Verb
editdele (imperative del, infinitive at dele, present tense deler, past tense delte, perfect tense har delt)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editdele c
- indefinite plural of del
References
edit- “dele” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
editPronunciation
editVerb
editdele
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editdēlē
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Low German dele, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. Doublet of thylle (“thill”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdele (plural deles)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “dēle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editdele
- Alternative form of del (“amount, part”)
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xvij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:
- And so they alle bare hym vnto the hermytage
and vnarmed hym
and layd hym in his bedde
& euer more his wound bledde pytously
but he stered no lymme of hym
Thenne the knyghte heremyte put a thynge in his nose and a lytel dele of water in his mouthe
And thenne sir launcelot waked of his swoune
and thenne the heremyte staunched his bledynge- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 3
editVerb
editdele
- Alternative form of delen
Etymology 4
editNoun
editdele
- Alternative form of devel
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German delen.
Verb
editdele (imperative del, present tense deler, passive deles, simple past delte, past participle delt)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- del (noun)
References
edit- “dele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German delen and Old Norse deila.
Verb
editdele (present tense deler, past tense delte, past participle delt, passive infinitive delast, present participle delande, imperative del)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “dele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
edit- delle (pre-1911/1943)
Pronunciation
edit
Contraction
editdele (feminine dela, masculine plural deles, feminine plural delas)
- Contraction of de ele (“of him; his”)
- 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 373:
- Devíamos fechar os olhos dele.
- We should close his eyes.
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:dele.
Alternative forms
editSerbo-Croatian
editVerb
editdele (Cyrillic spelling деле)
Spanish
editVerb
editdele
- third-person singular imperative of dar combined with le
Swahili
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdele (n class, plural dele)
- a type of coffee pot (pot for coffee)
Volapük
editNoun
editdele
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