dille
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dil‧le
Noun[edit]
dille f (uncountable)
- dill (herb)
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
dille
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
dille f
- (rare) nominative singular form of dilles
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From dilettant, from Italian dilettare (“delight”). Alternatively related to dialectal dalle (“run, dangle, hang loosely”).
Verb[edit]
dille (imperative dill, present tense diller, passive dilles, simple past and past participle dilla or dillet, present participle dillende)
- fool around, monkey around
- act without purpose
- gå omkring og dille
- idle about
- gå omkring og dille
Synonyms[edit]
- (fool around): tøyse og tulle
- (act without purpose): veve
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From delirium, also under the influence of etymology 1
Noun[edit]
dille f, m (definite singular dilla or dillen, uncountable)
- delirium
- Ha dilla / få dilla
- Have a delirium / get a delirium
- Ha dilla / få dilla
- (figuratively) eagerness, mania, craze
Usage notes[edit]
Usually only used in the definite singular form: dilla
Derived terms[edit]
- fotballdilla, bildilla (figuratively)
- få dilla
- få dilla på
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From delirium, also under the influence of etymology 2
Noun[edit]
dille f (definite singular dilla, uncountable)
- delirium
- Ha dilla / få dilla
- Have a delirium / get a delirium
- Ha dilla / få dilla
- (figuratively) eagerness, mania, craze
Usage notes[edit]
Usually only used in the definite singular form: dilla
Derived terms[edit]
- fotballdilla, bildilla (figuratively)
- få dilla
- få dilla på
Etymology 2[edit]
Related to dialectal dalle (“run, dangle, hang loosely”).
Verb[edit]
dille (present tense dillar, past tense dilla, past participle dilla, passive infinitive dillast, present participle dillande, imperative dill/dille)
- run lightly
- tremble, shake
- dille i knea
- tremble at the knees
- dille i knea
- move (slightly), shake
- Lammet dillar med / på rova.
- The lamb shakes its tail / ass.
- fool around, monkey around
- act without purpose
- gå omkring og dille
- idle about
- gå omkring og dille
Synonyms[edit]
- (run lightly): dilte
- (move (slightly)): lee
References[edit]
- “dille” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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- Italian non-lemma forms
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- Latvian non-lemma forms
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- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Italian
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