delir

See also: dëlir and делир

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dēlectō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈli]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [deˈliɾ]

Verb

delir (first-person singular present deleixo, first-person singular preterite delí, past participle delit)

1. (reflexive) to relish (to take great pleasure in something)

Further reading

• “delir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “delir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “delir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “delir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dēleō.

Verb

1. to destroy, erase; to delete

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• делир (delir) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

From French délire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deˈlir]

Noun

delir n (plural deliruri)

1. delirium, madness; raving

Declension

Declension of delir

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) delir	delirul	(niște) deliruri	delirurile
genitive/dative	(unui) delir	delirului	(unor) deliruri	delirurilor
vocative	delirule		delirurilor

Synonyms

• (medical): aiurare, aiureală, delirare
• (regional variants): bâiguială, bâiguire

Related terms

• delira
• delirant

Further reading

• delir in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːlɪr/, /ˈdɛlɪt/

Verb

delir

1. present indicative/future impersonal of dal

Mutation

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

Verb

delir

1. Soft mutation of telir.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
telir	delir	nhelir	thelir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.