dele

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

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiːliː/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːli

Verb

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

  1. (printing, usually imperative) To delete.

Noun

dele (plural deles)

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

Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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.

Noun

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

  1. sheep
    Synonyms: berr, lukër
  2. ewe

Declension

Declension of dele
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative dele dele delja delet
accusative delen
dative deleje deleve deles deleve
ablative delesh

Derived terms

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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”).

Verb

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

  1. divide
  2. share
  3. split

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dele c

  1. indefinite plural of del

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

dele

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

dēlē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēleō

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

dele (plural deles)

  1. plank
Descendants
  • English: deal
  • Scots: deal
References

Etymology 2

Noun

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)

Etymology 3

Verb

dele

  1. Alternative form of delen

Etymology 4

Noun

dele

  1. Alternative form of devel

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German delen.

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German delen and Old Norse deila.

Verb

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

Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Contraction

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

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dele.

Alternative forms

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

dele (Cyrillic spelling деле)

  1. third-person plural present of deliti

Spanish

Verb

dele

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

dele (n class, plural dele)

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

Volapük

Noun

dele

  1. dative singular of del
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