del

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Abbreviation 1.4 Anagrams 2 Albanian 2.1 Verb 2.2 Usage notes 3 Asturian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Contraction 4 Catalan 4.1 Contraction 5 Galician 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Contraction 6 Italian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Contraction 7 Norwegian 7.1 Noun 8 Romani 8.1 Verb 8.1.1 Derived terms 9 Slovene 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Noun 10 Spanish 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Contraction 11 Swedish 11.1 Pronunciation 11.2 Noun 11.2.1 See also 12 Volapük 12.1 Noun 12.1.1 Related terms 13 Welsh 13.1 Adjective 14 West Frisian 14.1 Pronunciation 14.2 Adverb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

del (uncountable)

1. (vector algebra) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.

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• (The symbol ∇): atled, nabla

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on del, the mathematical symbol

[edit] Etymology 2

See deal

[edit] Noun

del (plural dels)

1. (obsolete) a part, portion

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Shortening

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del

1. delegate
2. delegation
3. delete

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of del
• eld
• LDE
• led, LED

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Verb

del (3rd. gender singular he/she)

1. to exit
2. to go out

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• dal - I go out

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Etymology

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

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del m.

1. of the, from the

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Contraction

del

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

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

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

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

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

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

• prep di + article il

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del

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

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

del

1. part, portion, share
2. en god del -- a great deal, a lot

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[edit] Romani

[edit] Verb

del

1. to give

[edit] Derived terms

• chuchi del

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

[edit] Noun

del m.

1. part

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

• prep de + article el

[edit] Contraction

del

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

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

del c.

Inflection for del	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	del	delen	delar	delarna
Possessive form	dels	delens	delars	delarnas

1. part (of a whole); share

[edit] See also

• dela
• dela med sig
• en del
• för den delen

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

del

1. day

[edit] Related terms

• a del

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Adjective

del

1. pretty

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛl/

[edit] Adverb

del

1. down