Delft

See also: delft

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Delft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlft/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

Proper noun

Delft

1. A city in South Holland, Netherlands known for its production of blue and white pottery.
2. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• delft

Noun

Delft (uncountable)

1. A piece of blue and white earthenware produced in Delft, Netherlands.
   • 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 39”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:

     Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

Anagrams

• Feldt

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as delf in 1130-1157. From Middle Dutch delft, from earlier delf, derived from a hydronym derived from Middle Dutch delven (“dig, excavate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛlft/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Delft
• Rhymes: -ɛlft

Proper noun

Delft n

1. Delft (a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands).

   Synonym: Kabbelgat (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Abtswoude, Klein-Delfgauw

Derived terms

• Delftenaar
• Delfts
• Delfgauw
• Delfland
• Delfshaven
• Hof van Delft

Related terms

• delven

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “delft”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN