delle

See also: Delle and dêlle

Italian

Contraction

delle

1. contraction of di le; of the, from the

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dell, del

Etymology

From Old English dell, from Proto-Germanic *daljō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛl/

Noun

delle (plural delles or dellun)

1. A dale or dell; a hollow.

Descendants

• English: dell
• Scots: dell

References

• “del, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-14.

Portuguese

Contraction

delle

1. Obsolete spelling of dele