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English
Etymology
From Latin dēlē , second person singular imperative of dēleo ( “ delete ” ) . Alternatively, a clipping of deleatur .
Pronunciation
Verb
dele (third-person singular simple present deles , present participle deleing , simple past and past participle deled )
( printing , usually imperative ) To delete .
Noun
dele (plural deles )
( printing ) A sign signifying deletion.
Synonym: deleatur
Anagrams
Albanian
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 )
sheep
Synonyms: berr , lukër
ewe
Declension
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 )
divide
share
split
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dele c
indefinite plural of del
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
dele
( dated or formal ) singular present subjunctive of delen
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
dēlē
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 ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
dele (plural deles )
plank
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Noun
dele
Alternative form of del ( “ amount, part ” )
1485 , Sir Thomas Malory , “xvij ”, in Le Morte Darthur , book XVIII (in Middle English):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
Alternative form of delen
Etymology 4
Noun
dele
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 )
to divide
to split
to share
Derived terms
References
“dele” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
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 )
to divide
to split
to share
Derived terms
References
“dele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Contraction
dele (feminine dela , masculine plural deles , feminine plural delas )
Contraction of de ele ( “ of him; his ” )
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:dele .
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
dele (Cyrillic spelling деле )
third-person plural present of deliti
Spanish
Verb
dele
third-person singular imperative of dar combined with le
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic .
Pronunciation
Noun
dele (n class , plural dele )
a type of coffee pot ( pot for coffee )
Volapük
Noun
dele
dative singular of del