delta

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English

Ancient Greek Alphabet
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epsilon
Δ δ
Ancient Greek: δέλτα
Wikipedia article on delta
 delta on Wikipedia
Lena River delta (landform at the mouth of a river).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛltə/, [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.
    Nile Delta
  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
  10. (finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
  11. (chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.

Hypernyms

  • (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

Anagrams

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)

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

Noun

delta f (plural deltes)

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

Derived terms

Czech

Greek letter
Δδ Previous: gama
Next: epsilon

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), which is probably of Semitic origin.[1]

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

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.[1]

Noun

delta f

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

Declension

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Anagrams

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:R:Rejzek 2015

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

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

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.taː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta f (plural delta's, diminutive deltaatje n)

  1. The Greek letter delta.
  2. A river delta, a network of one or more rivers and tributaries pouring out into a larger body of water.
    Synonym: rivierdelta

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Finnish

Template:Finnish index

Greek letter
Δδ Previous: gamma
Next: epsilon
Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdelt(ː)ɑ/, [ˈde̞l̪t̪(ː)ɑ̝]
  • 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
deltain rare
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
abessive deltatta deltoitta
instructive — deltoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of delta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative deltani deltani
accusative nom. deltani deltani
gen. deltani
genitive deltani deltojeni
deltaini rare
partitive deltaani deltojani
inessive deltassani deltoissani
elative deltastani deltoistani
illative deltaani deltoihini
adessive deltallani deltoillani
ablative deltaltani deltoiltani
allative deltalleni deltoilleni
essive deltanani deltoinani
translative deltakseni deltoikseni
abessive deltattani deltoittani
instructive — —
comitative — deltoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative deltasi deltasi
accusative nom. deltasi deltasi
gen. deltasi
genitive deltasi deltojesi
deltaisi rare
partitive deltaasi deltojasi
inessive deltassasi deltoissasi
elative deltastasi deltoistasi
illative deltaasi deltoihisi
adessive deltallasi deltoillasi
ablative deltaltasi deltoiltasi
allative deltallesi deltoillesi
essive deltanasi deltoinasi
translative deltaksesi deltoiksesi
abessive deltattasi deltoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — deltoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative deltamme deltamme
accusative nom. deltamme deltamme
gen. deltamme
genitive deltamme deltojemme
deltaimme rare
partitive deltaamme deltojamme
inessive deltassamme deltoissamme
elative deltastamme deltoistamme
illative deltaamme deltoihimme
adessive deltallamme deltoillamme
ablative deltaltamme deltoiltamme
allative deltallemme deltoillemme
essive deltanamme deltoinamme
translative deltaksemme deltoiksemme
abessive deltattamme deltoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — deltoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative deltanne deltanne
accusative nom. deltanne deltanne
gen. deltanne
genitive deltanne deltojenne
deltainne rare
partitive deltaanne deltojanne
inessive deltassanne deltoissanne
elative deltastanne deltoistanne
illative deltaanne deltoihinne
adessive deltallanne deltoillanne
ablative deltaltanne deltoiltanne
allative deltallenne deltoillenne
essive deltananne deltoinanne
translative deltaksenne deltoiksenne
abessive deltattanne deltoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — deltoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative deltansa deltansa
accusative nom. deltansa deltansa
gen. deltansa
genitive deltansa deltojensa
deltainsa rare
partitive deltaansa deltojaan
deltojansa
inessive deltassaan
deltassansa 		deltoissaan
deltoissansa
elative deltastaan
deltastansa 		deltoistaan
deltoistansa
illative deltaansa deltoihinsa
adessive deltallaan
deltallansa 		deltoillaan
deltoillansa
ablative deltaltaan
deltaltansa 		deltoiltaan
deltoiltansa
allative deltalleen
deltallensa 		deltoilleen
deltoillensa
essive deltanaan
deltanansa 		deltoinaan
deltoinansa
translative deltakseen
deltaksensa 		deltoikseen
deltoiksensa
abessive deltattaan
deltattansa 		deltoittaan
deltoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — deltoineen
deltoinensa

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

Noun

delta m (plural delta or deltas)

  1. delta (Greek letter)

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

  1. delta (geographical feature)

Further reading

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)

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛltɒ]
  • Hyphenation: del‧ta
  • Audio:(file)

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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		deltáé deltáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		deltáéi deltákéi
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

Italian

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: dèl‧ta

Noun

delta m (uncountable)

  1. delta (all senses)

Derived terms

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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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 or deltaer, definite plural deltaene)

  1. a river delta
Derived terms

Etymology 3

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

Verb

delta (imperative delta, present tense deltar, passive deltas, simple past deltok, past participle deltatt, present participle deltakende)

  1. to participate
Related terms

References

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
Derived terms

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

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
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References

Polish

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

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

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdelta/ [ˈd̪el̪.t̪a]
  • Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta f (plural deltas)

  1. Greek letter delta.

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

  1. (geography) A delta.

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
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

Pronunciation

Verb

delta

  1. to participate
Conjugation
Conjugation of delta (class 6 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive delta —
Supine deltagit —
Imperative delta —
Imper. plural1 deltan —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative deltar deltog — —
Ind. plural1 delta deltogo — —
Subjunctive2 delta deltoge — —
Participles
Present participle deltagande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms

Anagrams

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