See also: Dele, déle, dêle, dėlė, dé le, děle, and dələ

English

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From Latin dēlē, second person singular imperative of dēleo (delete). Alternatively, a clipping of deleatur.

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dele (third-person singular simple present deles, present participle deleing, simple past and past participle deled)

  1. (printing, usually imperative) To delete.

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dele (plural deles)

  1. (printing) A sign signifying deletion.
    Synonym: deleatur

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Albanian

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From 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.

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dele f (plural dele, definite delja, definite plural delet)

  1. sheep
    Synonyms: berr, lukër
  2. ewe

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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From 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).

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dele (imperative del, infinitive at dele, present tense deler, past tense delte, perfect tense har delt)

  1. divide
  2. share
  3. split

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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dele c

  1. indefinite plural of del

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Dutch

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dele

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of delen

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Latin

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dēlē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēleō

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German dele, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. Doublet of thylle (thill).

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dele (plural deles)

  1. plank
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  • English: deal
  • Scots: deal
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Etymology 2

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dele

  1. 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)

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dele

  1. Alternative form of delen

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dele

  1. Alternative form of devel

Norwegian Bokmål

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From Middle Low German delen.

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dele (imperative del, present tense deler, passive deles, simple past delte, past participle delt)

  1. to divide
  2. to split
  3. to share

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Middle Low German delen and Old Norse deila.

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dele (present tense deler, past tense delte, past participle delt, passive infinitive delast, present participle delande, imperative del)

  1. to divide
  2. to split
  3. to share

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dele (feminine dela, masculine plural deles, feminine plural delas)

  1. Contraction of de ele (of him; his)

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:dele.

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Serbo-Croatian

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dele (Cyrillic spelling деле)

  1. third-person plural present of deliti

Spanish

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dele

  1. third-person singular imperative of dar combined with le

Swahili

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dele (n class, plural dele)

  1. a type of coffee pot (pot for coffee)

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dele

  1. dative singular of del