dedal

dedal

1. (US) Alternative spelling of daedal

• addle, daled, laded

From Late Latin digitāle, from Latin digitālis (“digital”), from digitus. Doublet of dixital.

• IPA^(key):

dedal m (plural dedais)

1. thimble

   Synonym: alferga

• dedaleira
• dedo
• dixital

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dedal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dedal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dedal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dedal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dedal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Spanish dedal.

dedál

1. thimble

From Late Latin digitāle, from Latin digitālis (“digital”), from digitus. Doublet of digital.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: de‧dal

dedal m (plural dedais)

1. thimble (cap for the fingers, used in sewing to push the needle)
2. thimbleful (as much as a thimble would hold)
3. (botany) a tree, Lafoensia densiflora

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dedal.

• dedalzinho (diminutive)

• dedada
• dedo
• dígital
• dígito

Borrowed from French dédale.

dedal n (plural dedaluri)

1. maze

From Old Spanish dedal, from Late Latin digitāle, from Latin digitālis (“digital”), from digitus. Doublet of digital.

• IPA^(key): /deˈdal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: de‧dal

dedal m (plural dedales)

1. thimble

• “dedal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10