delta

See also: DELTA and Delta

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← gamma		→ epsilon
Δ δ Ancient Greek: δέλτα
Wikipedia article on delta

Lena River delta (landform at the mouth of a river).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɫtə/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛltə

Noun

delta (plural deltas)

1. The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
2. A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
3. The letter D in the ICAO spelling alphabet, which assigns words to letters of the alphabet.
4. (mathematics) The symbol Δ.
5. (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.

   This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta.

6. (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.

   When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas.

7. (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
8. A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
9. (electrical, often attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.

   delta winding; delta connection; delta current

Derived terms

Derived terms

• delta connection
• delta iron
• delta metal

• delta particle
• delta wing

See also

• deltoid
• Appendix: IPA examples

Translations

fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet

• Arabic: دِلْتَا‏‎ (ar) f (diltā), دِلْتَا‏‎ (ar) f (deltā)
• Asturian: delta f
• Bulgarian: делта f (délta)
• Catalan: delta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 德爾塔, 德尔塔 (dé'ěrtǎ)

• Czech: delta (cs)
• Danish: delta (da) n
• Dutch: delta (nl) m, f
• Esperanto: delto
• Finnish: delta (fi)
• French: delta (fr) m
• Galician: delta (gl) m
• German: Delta (de) n
• Greek: δέλτα (el) n (délta)
• Hebrew: דֶּלְתָּא‏‎ (he) f (délta)
• Icelandic: delta n
• Interlingua: delta

• Japanese: デルタ (deruta)
• Korean: 델타 (ko) (delta)
• Latvian: delta f
• Malay: delta
• Marathi: डेल्टा n (ḍelṭā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: delta (no) m

  Nynorsk: delta m

• Polish: delta (pl) f
• Portuguese: delta (pt) m
• Romanian: delta (ro) m
• Russian: де́льта (ru) f (dɛ́lʹta)
• Slovene: delta (sl) f
• Spanish: delta (es) f
• Swedish: delta (sv) n
• Tagalog: delta
• Turkish: delta (tr)

landform at the mouth of a river

• Armenian: դելտա (hy) (delta)
• Asturian: delta m
• Bulgarian: делта f (delta)
• Catalan: delta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三角洲 (zh) (sānjiǎozhōu)

• Czech: delta (cs) f
• Danish: delta (da) n
• Dutch: delta (nl) m, f
• Esperanto: delto
• Finnish: suisto (fi)
• Galician: delta (gl) m
• Greek: δέλτα (el) n (délta)
• Indonesian: kuala (id)
• Japanese: 三角州 (さんかくす, sankakusu)

• Latvian: delta f
• Maori: pūwaiwaha
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: delta (no) n

  Nynorsk: delta n

• Polish: delta (pl) f
• Portuguese: delta (pt) m
• Romanian: deltă (ro) f
• Russian: де́льта (ru) f (dɛ́lʹta)
• Sindhi: ٽِڪور (Tikor)
• Spanish: delta (es) m
• Swedish: delta (sv) n
• Tagalog: delta
• Vietnamese: đồng bằng

the letter "D" in phonetic alphabet

• Estonian: Dora
• Finnish: Daavid (fi)

• Italian: Domodossola
• Portuguese: dê (pt) m

mathematical symbol Δ

• Dutch: delta (nl) f
• Esperanto: delto
• Finnish: delta (fi)
• Greek: δέλτα (el) n (délta)

• Marathi: डेल्टा (ḍelṭā)
• Polish: delta (pl) f
• Romanian: delta (ro) m
• Russian: де́льта (ru) f (dɛ́lʹta)

computing: small but noticeable effect

computing: set of differences between two versions of a file

• Finnish: muutos (fi)

surveying: angle at the center of a circular arc

• Finnish: keskuskulma

electric connection

• Irish: triantán (ga) m

• Polish: trójkąt (pl) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Delta (de)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} delta n (1), ^{(please verify)} ós m (2), ^{(please verify)} árós m (2)
• Interlingua: delta (1, 2, 3)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} ušće (sh) n

• Sindhi: ^{(please verify)} ٽِڪور‏‎ (sd) f (2), ^{(please verify)} ڊيلٽا‏‎ f (1,3,4)
• Slovene: delta f (1, 2)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} châu thổ (vi)

Anagrams

• atled, dalet, dealt, lated, taled

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Asturian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta f (plural deltes)

1. delta (Greek letter)

Noun

delta m (plural deltes)

1. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta f (plural deltes)

1. delta; the Greek letter Δ (lowercase δ).
2. (geography) A delta.

Derived terms

• metall delta

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Czech

Greek letter
Δδ
	Previous:	gama
	Next:	epsilon

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), which is probably of Semitic origin.

Noun

delta n (indeclinable)

1. Delta (Greek letter Δ).
2. (physics) Kind of rays consisting of secondary electrons with enough energy to escape a significant distance away from the primary radiation beam and produce further ionization (delta ray).
3. Having the shape of the Greek letter Δ.

   delta křídlo

   delta wing

Derived terms

• deltový

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta). Originally used for the delta of the Nile, because its forked shape resembled the Greek letter Δ. The word is probably of Semitic origin.

Noun

delta f

1. (geography) delta (forked mouth of a river)

Declension

Declension of delta

	singular	plural
nominative	delta	delty
genitive	delty	delt
dative	deltě	deltám
accusative	deltu	delty
vocative	delto	delty
locative	deltě	deltách
instrumental	deltou	deltami

Anagrams

• datel
• datle

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Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta n (singular definite deltaet, plural indefinite deltaer)

1. a river delta
2. delta (the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, Δ, δ.)

Declension

Declension of delta

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	delta	deltaet	deltaer	deltaerne
genitive	deltas	deltaets	deltaers	deltaernes

References

• “delta” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Finnish

(index d)

Greek letter
Δδ
	Previous:	gamma
	Next:	epsilon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeltɑ/
• Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta

1. delta (Greek letter)

Declension

Inflection of delta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		delta	deltat
genitive		deltan	deltojen
partitive		deltaa	deltoja
illative		deltaan	deltoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		delta	deltat
accusative	nom.	delta	deltat
	gen.	deltan
genitive		deltan	deltojen deltainrare
partitive		deltaa	deltoja
inessive		deltassa	deltoissa
elative		deltasta	deltoista
illative		deltaan	deltoihin
adessive		deltalla	deltoilla
ablative		deltalta	deltoilta
allative		deltalle	deltoille
essive		deltana	deltoina
translative		deltaksi	deltoiksi
instructive		—	deltoin
abessive		deltatta	deltoitta
comitative		—	deltoineen

Derived terms

• deltafunktio
• deltalihas
• deltasiipi

See also

• suisto

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

delta m (plural delta or deltas)

1. delta (Greek letter)

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

1. delta (geographical feature)

Further reading

• “delta” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

1. delta (Greek letter)
2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛltɒ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta (plural delták)

1. delta (Greek letter)
2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	delta	delták
accusative	deltát	deltákat
dative	deltának	deltáknak
instrumental	deltával	deltákkal
causal-final	deltáért	deltákért
translative	deltává	deltákká
terminative	deltáig	deltákig
essive-formal	deltaként	deltákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	deltában	deltákban
superessive	deltán	deltákon
adessive	deltánál	deltáknál
illative	deltába	deltákba
sublative	deltára	deltákra
allative	deltához	deltákhoz
elative	deltából	deltákból
delative	deltáról	deltákról
ablative	deltától	deltáktól

Possessive forms of delta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	deltám	deltáim
2nd person sing.	deltád	deltáid
3rd person sing.	deltája	deltái
1st person plural	deltánk	deltáink
2nd person plural	deltátok	deltáitok
3rd person plural	deltájuk	deltáik

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dèl‧ta

Noun

delta m (invariable)

1. delta (all senses)

Derived terms

• ala a delta
• deltaplano

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Latvian

Noun

delta f (4th declension)

1. delta (Greek letter)
2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Declension

Declension of delta (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	delta	deltas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	deltu	deltas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	deltas	deltu
dative (datīvs)	deltai	deltām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	deltu	deltām
locative (lokatīvs)	deltā	deltās
vocative (vokatīvs)	delta	deltas

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta m (definite singular deltaen, indefinite plural deltaer, definite plural deltaene)

1. the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)

Etymology 2

Noun

delta n (definite singular deltaet, indefinite plural delta / deltaer, definite plural deltaene)

1. a river delta

Etymology 3

From del (“part”) + ta (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something

Verb

delta (present tense deltar; past tense deltok; past participle deltatt)

1. to participate

Related terms

• deltagelse, deltakelse
• deltager, deltaker

References

• “delta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta m

1. the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)

Inflection

    Inflection of delta

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Nynorsk m	delta	deltaen	deltaer	deltaene
Nynorsk m	delta	deltaen	deltaar	deltaane

Etymology 2

Noun

delta n (definite singular deltaet, indefinite plural delta, definite plural deltaa)

1. a river delta

Etymology 3

From del (“part”) + ta (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something

Alternative forms

• deltake

Verb

delta (present tense deltek or deltar, past tense deltok, past participle delteke or deltatt, passive infinitive delteken, present participle deltakande, imperative delta)

1. to participate

Related terms

• deltakar

References

• “delta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlta/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

delta f

1. delta
2. (mathematics, colloquial) discriminant

Declension

declension of delta

	singular	plural
nominative	delta	delty
genitive	delty	delt
dative	delcie	deltom
accusative	deltę	delty
instrumental	deltą	deltami
locative	delcie	deltach
vocative	delto	delty

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɫ.tɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛw.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

1. delta (Greek letter)
2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dêlta/
• Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

dȅlta f (Cyrillic spelling де̏лта)

1. delta, the Greek letter Δ, δ

Declension

Declension of delta

	singular	plural
nominative	dȅlta	delte
genitive	delte	dȇltā
dative	delti	deltama
accusative	deltu	delte
vocative	delto	delte
locative	delti	deltama
instrumental	deltom	deltama

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta f (plural deltas)

1. Greek letter delta.

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

1. (geography) A delta.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta n

1. the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)
2. a river delta

Declension

Declension of delta

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	delta	deltat	deltan	deltana
genitive	deltas	deltats	deltans	deltanas

Etymology 2

From del (“part”) + ta(ga) (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something

Alternative forms

• deltaga (dated)

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Verb

delta

1. to participate

Conjugation

Conjugation of delta (class 6 strong)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	delta	—
Present tense	deltar	—
Past tense	deltog	—
Supine	deltagit	—
Imperative	delta	—
Present participle	deltagande
Past participle	—

Related terms

• deltagare