div

Translingual

Symbol

div

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Dhivehi.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪv/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪv

Etymology 1

Clipping of division.

Noun

div (plural divs)

1. (mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
3. (web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.

   Coordinate term: section break

4. (UK, Eton College, school slang) A division; a lesson.
5. (UK, Winchester College) division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
6. (military) A division.

Derived terms

• (web design): divitis (jargon)

Verb

div

1. Abbreviation of divide.

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of divergence.

Noun

div

1. (vector calculus) Divergence; a kind of differential operator.

Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping of divinity.

Noun

div (uncountable)

1. (UK, Ireland, uncountable, slang) Divinity, as a school subject.

Synonyms

• divvers

Etymology 4

UK, 1980s. Clipping of divvy (“a foolish person”).

Noun

div (plural divs)

1. (UK, Ireland, slang) A foolish person; an idiot.
   • 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press, published 2012, page 13:

     Too many commentators are quick to accuse their enemies of being evil. It's far, far more effective to point out that they're acting like divs instead.

   • 2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 145:

     To put it bluntly – without wanting to attract the ire of mental-health charities – he was a div who went schizo.

   • 2017, Shappi Khorsandi, Nina Is Not OK, page 2:

     Zoe reads a lot and isn't a div like girls as pretty as her can be.

Etymology 5

From Iranian Persian دیو (div, “demon”), from Classical Persian دیو (dēw), from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw)/ (ŠDYA /⁠dēw⁠/, “evil spirit, demon”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠/, “false god; demon”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás (“god, supernatural being”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Doublet of daeva and deva, and (via PIE) related to Tiw, Zeus, and deus. Compare the root *div- in divine and diva as well as *dei- in deity, deism etc.

Noun

div (plural divs)

1. Alternative form of daeva

Anagrams

• D.V.I., DVI, IDV, VDI, vid, vid.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دیو.

Noun

div (definite accusative divi, plural divlər)

1. daeva, div, man-eating cyclops

Declension

Further reading

• “div” in Obastan.com.

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiw/

Numeral

div f (masculine form daou)

1. two

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: unan. Next: teir

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech div, from Proto-Slavic *divъ. Compare Polish dziw, Russian ди́во (dívo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• audio

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Noun

div m inan

1. wonder

   Alenka v říši divů ― Alice in wonderland

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• div in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• div in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• div in Internetová jazyková příručka

Indonesian

Noun

div

1. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of divisi (“division”).

Latgalian

Etymology

Shortened form of diveji, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Akin to Latvian divi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: div

Numeral

div

1. two

Usage notes

• div and divi are invariant for any gender and case, while diveji is declined.

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dȋvъ (“astonishment; wonder, miracle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɟiʋ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɟif/

Noun

div m inan

1. amazement, astonishment
2. that which causes astonishment
   1. strange matter, an unusual story, that arouses wonder, amazement
   2. (biblical) that which arouses wonder, astonishment, amazement, an astonishing act
3. wonder, miracle, amazing feat
4. sign (manifestation, etc. serving as confirmation of something)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Czech: div

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) chapter DIV, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Slovak

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dȋvъ (“astonishment; wonder, miracle”). First attested in the 14th century.

Noun

div m

1. amazement, astonishment
2. that which causes astonishment
3. wonder, miracle

Descendants

• Slovak: div

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). First attested in 1551.

Noun

div m

1. (finance) assets

Further reading

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), chapter DIV, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Scots

Verb

tae div

1. (auxiliary) Form of tae dae used in the east of Scotland as an auxiliary. Nowadays most often found in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Moray, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders.

   A div agree wi ye.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (div), from Persian دیو (div), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dîʋ/

Noun

dȉv m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏в)

1. giant

Declension

Derived terms

• dìvovskī

Swedish

Noun

div

1. div; the divergence operator

Anagrams

• vid