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See also: Del, dél, dėl, de-l, -del, de l', del., Del., dēļ, děl, and ␡

Translingual

Symbol

del

  1. (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
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

del (plural dels)

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

Etymology 2

See deal

Noun

del (plural dels)

Ledebouria ovatifolia as illustrated in "The Flowering Plants of South Africa". Note the signature of M.E. Connell in the bottom left corner. The "del." after her name is short for delineavit, meaning that she was the one who drew the original illustration.
  1. (obsolete) a part, portion

Etymology 3

Shortening

Noun

del

  1. Abbreviation of delegate.
  2. Abbreviation of delegation.

Verb

del

  1. Abbreviation of delete.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of Latin delineavit

Verb

del

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

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Variant of standard dal.

Verb

del

  1. to exit
  2. to go out

Asturian

Etymology

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

Contraction

del m

  1. 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

Noun

del f (singulative delienn)

  1. foliage, leaves

Burarra

Noun

del

  1. spotted harrier, swamp harrier
  2. peregrine falcon, brown falcon
  3. Australian kestrel

Catalan

Pronunciation

Contraction

del

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

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish del, contraction of ‘de el.’

Contraction

del

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

Related terms

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English delete.

Pronunciation

Verb

del

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to delete

Danish

Pronunciation

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)

  1. part, portion
  2. proportion
  3. share, portion
  4. section
Inflection
Declension of del
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative del delen dele delene
genitive dels delens deles delenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

del

  1. imperative of dele

Dutch

Pronunciation

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)

  1. dune valley
  2. dell, small depression in a landscape
Related terms

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)

  1. trollop, floozie

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Contraction

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

  1. of him, of it, from him, from it

Further reading

Ido

Preposition

del

  1. Contraction of de la (“from the”).

Usage notes

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

Interlingua

Preposition

del

  1. Contraction of de le (“of the”).

Istriot

Contraction

del

  1. Contraction of de (“of”) + el (“the”)
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:
      Ti son la manduleîna del mio core;
      You are the almond of my heart;

Italian

Etymology

di (preposition) +‎ il (article)

Contraction

del

  1. 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

di § Usage notes

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English dǣl.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

del (plural deles)

  1. A part, proportion or section of something.
  2. The part or proportion that one is assigned or entitled to.
  3. One's fate, inevitability or luck; what is ordained to occur.
  4. A quantity or number of something; a deal or lot.
  5. Intensity, severity, degree.
  6. (often used in negations) A thing; a small amount.
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
  • English: deal
  • Scots: dele
  • Yola: daal
References

Etymology 2

Noun

del

  1. 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)

  1. part, portion, share
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

del

  1. imperative of dele

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. part, portion, share
    Synonym: lut

Derived terms

References

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Languedocien)(file)

Contraction

del

  1. Contraction of de lo.

Old French

Alternative forms

Contraction

del

  1. contraction of de + le (of the)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daili.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēl m

  1. part, share, portion
  2. unit, word

Declension

Declension of dēl (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative dēl dēlos
accusative dēl dēlos
genitive dēles dēlō
dative dēle dēlum
instrumental — —


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

  1. to give
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

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

  1. 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

  1. part

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
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

  • “del”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /del/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: del

Contraction

del

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

See also

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

del c

  1. part (of a whole); share

Declension

Declension of del 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative del delen delar delarna
Genitive dels delens delars delarnas

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Volapük

Noun

del (nominative plural dels)

  1. day

Declension

declension of del
singular plural
nominative del dels
genitive dela delas
dative dele deles
accusative deli delis
vocative 1 o del! o dels!
predicative 2 delu delus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

Related to delw (“image”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. pretty

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
del ddel nel unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “del”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Pronunciation

Adverb

del

  1. down

Further reading

  • “del”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛɫ/, /tɛɫ/, /tɪɫ/

Preposition

del

  1. 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

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

Pronunciation

Verb

del (present participle delleen, simple past dellt)

  1. to dig

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
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