del

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See also Del, dél, -del, and dėl

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta

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del (uncountable)

  1. (vector algebra) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
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[edit] Etymology 2

See deal

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Singular
del

Plural
dels

del (plural dels)

  1. (obsolete) a part, portion

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Shortening

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del

  1. delegate
  2. delegation
  3. delete

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[edit] Albanian

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del (3rd. gender singular he/she)

  1. to exit
  2. to go out

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[edit] Asturian

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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

[edit] Catalan

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del

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

[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

[edit] Italian

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  • prep di + article il

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del

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

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del

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

[edit] Romani

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del

  1. to give

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[edit] Slovene

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From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

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del m.

  1. part

[edit] Spanish

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  • prep de + article el

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del

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

[edit] Swedish

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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

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

del

  1. day

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[edit] Welsh

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del

  1. pretty

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[edit] Adverb

del

  1. down