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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Its original meaning was 'sundial' and/or 'clock dial', from Latin diālis (“daily, concerning the day”), because of its use in telling the time of day, from Latin diēs (“day”). Compare Spanish dial and día (“day”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dial (plural dials)
- A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
- A clock face.
- A sundial.
- A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
- A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
- (Britain, dated) A person's face.
- 1960: At the sound of the old familiar voice he spun around with something of the agility of a cat on hot bricks, and I saw that his dial, usually cheerful, was contorted with anguish, as if he had swallowed a bad oyster. (P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX)
- A miner's compass.
Translations[edit]
graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves
clock face — see clock face
sundial — see sundial
panel on a radio; knob that is turned to change the wavelength
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disk with finger holes on a telephone
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Verb[edit]
dial (third-person singular simple present dials, present participle (US) dialing or dialling, simple past and past participle (US) dialed or dialled)
- (transitive) To measure or indicate something with a dial.
- (transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
- President Trump has recently dialled down the rhetoric.
- (transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
- In an emergency dial 999.
- (intransitive) To use a dial or a telephone.
Usage notes[edit]
- Dialing and dialed are more common in the US. Dialling and dialled are more common in the UK.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
To measure or indicate something with a dial
To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
dial m (plural diales)
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Cornish dyal and Old Irish dígal.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdɪ.al/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.al/, /ˈdi.al/
Noun[edit]
dial m (plural dialau or dialon)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
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| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| dial | ddial | nial | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- “dial”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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