del

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

English

Etymology 1

From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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
See also

Etymology 2

See deal

Noun

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

Shortening

Noun

del

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

Verb

del

  1. Abbreviation of delete.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of Latin delineavit

Verb

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

Albanian

Etymology

Variant of standard dal.

Verb

del

  1. to exit
  2. to go out

Asturian

Etymology

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

Contraction

del m

  1. of the, from the

Breton

Pronunciation

Noun

del f (singulative delienn)

  1. foliage, leaves

Burarra

Noun

del

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

Contraction

del

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

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish del, contraction of ‘de el.’

Contraction

del

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

Related terms

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deːl/, [d̥eːˀl]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

del c (singular definite delen, plural indefinite dele)

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

Etymology 2

See dele (“to divide, share, split”).

Verb

del

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of dele

Dutch

Etymology 1

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

del n (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

del f (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)

  1. trollop, floozie

Galician

Etymology

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

Contraction

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

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

Ido

Preposition

del

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

Usage notes

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

Interlingua

Preposition

del

  1. Contraction of de le (“of the”).

Istriot

Contraction

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

Etymology

di (preposition) +‎ il (article)

Contraction

del

  1. Contraction of di il; of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English dǣl, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

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.
Related terms
Descendants
  • English: deal
  • Scots: dele
References

Etymology 2

From Old English dell.

Noun

del

  1. Alternative form of delle (“dell”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. part, portion, share
Derived terms
Terms derived from del

Etymology 2

Verb

del

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of dele

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. part, portion, share
    Synonym: lut

Derived terms

Terms derived from del

References

Novial

Contraction

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  1. of the; contraction of de + li

Occitan

Alternative forms

Contraction

del

  1. Contraction of de lo.

Old French

Alternative forms

Contraction

del

  1. contraction of de + le (of the)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dailiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēl m

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

Declension

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


Romani

Verb

del

  1. to give

Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dẹ̄l or dẹ̄ł m inan

  1. part

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
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

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Contraction

del

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

See also

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish del, from Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail-.

Pronunciation

Noun

del c

  1. part (of a whole); share

Declension

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

See also

Anagrams

Volapük

Noun

del (nominative plural dels)

  1. day

Declension

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

Welsh

Adjective

del

  1. pretty

West Frisian

Pronunciation

Adverb

del

  1. down

Further reading

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