del

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See also: Del, dél, dėl, -del, de l', del., Del., dēļ, děl, and ␡

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

del

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Delaware languages.

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun[edit]

del (plural dels)

  1. (mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
  2. (mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See deal

Noun[edit]

del (plural dels)

Ledebouria ovatifolia as illustrated in "The Flowering Plants of South Africa". Note the signature of M.E. Connell in the bottom left corner. The "del." after her name is short for delineavit, meaning that she was the one who drew the original illustration.
  1. (obsolete) a part, portion

Etymology 3[edit]

Shortening

Noun[edit]

del

  1. Abbreviation of delegate.
  2. Abbreviation of delegation.

Verb[edit]

del

  1. Abbreviation of delete.

Etymology 4[edit]

Abbreviation of Latin delineavit

Verb[edit]

del

  1. abbreviation of delineavit as seen on published artwork, identifying the original artist. Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history

Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Variant of standard dal.

Verb[edit]

del

  1. to exit
  2. to go out

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]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *döl (whence also Welsh dail), from Proto-Celtic *dolyā. Cognate with Middle Irish duille, from Old Irish duilne, from a variant form *dolnyā; both are from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“blossom”), whence also Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”), Old English dile (“dill”), and Old Armenian դալար (dalar, “green, fresh”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

del f (singulative delienn)

  1. foliage, leaves

Burarra[edit]

Noun[edit]

del

  1. spotted harrier, swamp harrier
  2. peregrine falcon, brown falcon
  3. Australian kestrel

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Contraction[edit]

del

  1. Contraction of the preposition de and the article el. of the

Further reading[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish del, contraction of ‘de el.’

Contraction[edit]

del

  1. (obsolete) of the, from the (only in names with Spanish origins or in phrases with Spanish construct)

Related terms[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From clipping of English delete.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

del

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to delete

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon del. The word has replaced the native noun Old Danish deld, Old Norse deild, from Proto-Germanic *dailiþō.

Noun[edit]

del c (singular definite delen, plural indefinite dele)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

del

  1. imperative of dele

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch delle (“valley; dune valley”), from Old Dutch della (“valley; (geography) depression; dune valley”), from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate with English dell.

Noun[edit]

del n (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)

  1. dune valley
  2. dell, small depression in a landscape
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch dille. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to the verb dillen (“to chatter”). Compare English dell.

Noun[edit]

del f (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)

  1. trollop, floozie

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Contraction[edit]

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

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

Further reading[edit]

Ido[edit]

Preposition[edit]

del

  1. Contraction of de la (“from the”).

Usage notes[edit]

This is optional, you can also use de l'...

Interlingua[edit]

Preposition[edit]

del

  1. Contraction of de le (“of the”).

Istriot[edit]

Contraction[edit]

del

  1. Contraction of de (“of”) + el (“the”)
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:
      Ti son la manduleîna del mio core;
      You are the almond of my heart;

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

di (preposition) +‎ il (article)

Contraction[edit]

del

  1. Contraction of di il; some, of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
    L'architetto del ristorante parla col cuoco. ― The architect of the restaurant talks with the cook.

See also[edit]

di § Usage notes

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English dǣl.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

del (plural deles)

  1. A part, proportion or section of something.
  2. The part or proportion that one is assigned or entitled to.
  3. One's fate, inevitability or luck; what is ordained to occur.
  4. A quantity or number of something; a deal or lot.
  5. Intensity, severity, degree.
  6. (often used in negations) A thing; a small amount.
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • English: deal
  • Scots: dele
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

del

  1. Alternative form of delle (“dell”)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[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
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from del

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

del

  1. imperative of dele

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. part, portion, share
    Synonym: lut

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Occitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Languedocien)(file)

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]

From Proto-West Germanic *daili.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dēl m

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of dēl (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative dēl dēlos
accusative dēl dēlos
genitive dēles dēlō
dative dēle dēlum
instrumental — —


Romani[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀤𑀺 (dedi), from Sanskrit ददाति (dadāti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti.

Verb[edit]

del

  1. to give
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

del m (accusative devles, nominative plural devla, accusative plural devlen)

  1. Alternative form of devel (“god”)

References[edit]

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dádāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351
  • Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “del¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 67-69
  • Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “del²”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 69
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009), “d/el, -inǎs ≈ -ias²³”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 122
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009), “o dev/el¹, -les m. -la, -len = o de/l²³, -vles m. -vla, -vlen”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 124

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dèːl/, /déːl/, /dèːʋ/, /déːʋ/

Noun[edit]

dẹ̄l or dẹ̄ł m inan

  1. part

Inflection[edit]

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. dél
gen. sing. déla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		dél déla déli
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		déla délov délov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		délu déloma délom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		dél déla déle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		délu délih délih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		délom déloma déli

Further reading[edit]

  • “del”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /del/ [d̪el]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: del

Contraction[edit]

del

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

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish del, from Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

del c

  1. part (of a whole); share

Declension[edit]

Declension of del 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative del delen delar delarna
Genitive dels delens delars delarnas

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

del (nominative plural dels)

  1. day

Declension[edit]

declension of del
singular plural
nominative del dels
genitive dela delas
dative dele deles
accusative deli delis
vocative 1 o del! o dels!
predicative 2 delu delus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to delw (“image”)[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

del (feminine singular del, plural del, equative deled, comparative delach, superlative delaf)

  1. pretty

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
del ddel nel unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “del”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

del

  1. down

Further reading[edit]

  • “del”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English til, from Old English til.

Alternative forms[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

del

  1. until
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Del Ich.
      Until I.
    Synonym: 'tell

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English delven, from Old English delfan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban.

Verb[edit]

del (present participle delleen or dellen, simple past dellt)

  1. to dig

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 33 & 34
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