del

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See also Del, dél, -del, and dėl

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English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta

Pronunciation [edit]

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Noun [edit]

del (plural dels)

  1. (vector algebra) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
Synonyms [edit]
See also [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

See deal

Noun [edit]

del (plural dels)

  1. (obsolete) a part, portion

Etymology 3 [edit]

Shortening

Abbreviation [edit]

del

  1. delegate
  2. delegation
  3. delete
  4. delineavit

Anagrams [edit]

Albanian [edit]

Verb [edit]

del (3rd. gender singular he/she)

  1. to exit
  2. to go out

Usage notes [edit]

Asturian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Contraction [edit]

del m

  1. of the, from the

Breton [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

del f (singulative delienn)

  1. foliage, leaves

Catalan [edit]

Contraction [edit]

del

  1. (contraction of the preposition de and the article el) of the

Danish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /deːl/, [d̥eːˀl]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

del c (singular definite delen, plural indefinite dele)

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

Etymology 2 [edit]

See dele (“to divide, share, split”).

Verb [edit]

del

  1. imperative of dele

Dutch [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle Dutch delle (“valley; dune valley”), from Old Dutch della (“valley; (geography) depression; dune valley”). Related to dal (“dale, valley”) and doel (“target, goal”). Cognate with Old English dell.

Noun [edit]

del n (plural dellen, diminutive delletje)

  1. dune valley

Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

del f (plural dellen, diminutive delletje)

  1. whore, prostitute
  2. slut, promiscuous woman

Galician [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Contraction [edit]

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

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

Ido [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Contraction [edit]

del

  1. from the

Interlingua [edit]

Preposition [edit]

del

  1. Contraction of de le (“of the”).

Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

  • prep di + article il

Contraction [edit]

del

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

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

del

  1. rafsi of delno.

Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

del m (definite singular delen; indefinite plural deler; definite plural delene)

  1. part, portion, share

Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

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

  1. part, portion, share

Occitan [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Contraction [edit]

del

  1. Contraction of de + lo

Old French [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Contraction [edit]

del

  1. contraction of de + le (of the)

Old Saxon [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Proto-Germanic *dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail-. Cognate with Old Frisian dēl, Old English dǣl, Dutch deel, Old High German teil (German Teil), Old Norse deild (Danish and Norwegian del, Danish spelling before the writing reform of 1948: Deel), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (dails). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Baltic *daili- (Lithuanian dailiti ‘divide’), Albanian ndaj (“divide, distribute”), thelë (“piece, portion, chunk”), Proto-Slavic *delъ (Old Church Slavonic дѣлити, Russian делить).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

dēl m

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

Declension [edit]

Declension of Declension of del (strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative dēl dēlos
accusative dēl dēlos
genitive dēles dēlō
dative dēle dēlum

Romani [edit]

Verb [edit]

del

  1. to give

Derived terms [edit]

Slovene [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Noun [edit]

del m inan.

  1. part

Spanish [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

  • prep de + article el

Contraction [edit]

del

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

Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

del c

  1. part (of a whole); share

Declension [edit]

Declension of del
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative del delen delar delarna
genitive dels delens delars delarnas

See also [edit]

Volapük [edit]

Noun [edit]

del (plural dels)

  1. day

Declension [edit]

declension of del
singular plural
nominative del dels
genitive dela delas
dative dele deles
accusative deli delis
predicative delu delus
vocative o del! o dels!

Derived terms [edit]

Welsh [edit]

Adjective [edit]

del

  1. pretty

West Frisian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Adverb [edit]

del

  1. down
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