daniel

See also: Daniel, Daniël, Dániel, and Daníel

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdænjəl/, /ˈdanjəl/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ænjəl

Noun

daniel (plural daniels)

1. (US slang) The buttocks.
   • 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tea Don’t Do You that Way”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 85:

     He'd pull the chair out from under some dignified dowager and catch her just before she went to fall on her daniel […]

Anagrams

• Aldine, Delian, Delina, Denali, Leanid, alined, deal in, dealin', denail, denial, dienal, enlaid, inlead, lained, lead in, lead-in, leadin', nailed

Gothic

Romanization

daniel

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌴𐌻

Polish

daniel

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech daněl, from Latin damma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ɲɛl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɲɛl
• Syllabification: da‧niel
• Homophone: Daniel

Noun

daniel m animal (related adjective danieli)

1. fallow deer (any mammal of the genus Dama)

Declension

Declension of daniel

	singular	plural
nominative	daniel	daniele
genitive	daniela	danieli
dative	danielowi	danielom
accusative	daniela	daniele
instrumental	danielem	danielami
locative	danielu	danielach
vocative	danielu	daniele

Further reading

• daniel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• daniel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• daniel in PWN's encyclopedia

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaɲi̯el]

Noun

daniel m anim

1. fallow deer (any member of the genus Dama)

   daniel škvrnitý ― European fallow deer (Dama dama)

Derived terms

• danielica
• danielik
• danielka
• danielča
• danielí

Further reading

• “daniel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024