div
Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
div
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
div (plural divs)
- (mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
- (web design) A section of a web page, or the
div
element that represents it in HTML code.- Coordinate term: section break
- (UK, Eton College, school slang) A division; a lesson.
- (UK, Winchester College) division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
- (military) A division.
Derived terms[edit]
- (web design): divitis (jargon)
Translations[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Clipping of divergence.
Noun[edit]
div
- (vector calculus) Divergence; a kind of differential operator.
Translations[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
div (uncountable)
- (UK, uncountable, slang) Divinity, as a school subject.
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
UK, 1980s. Clipping of divvy (“a foolish person”).
Noun[edit]
div (plural divs)
- (UK, slang) A foolish person; an idiot.
- 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press, published 2012, page 13:
- Too many commentators are quick to accuse their enemies of being evil. It's far, far more effective to point out that they're acting like divs instead.
- 2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 145:
- To put it bluntly – without wanting to attract the ire of mental-health charities – he was a div who went schizo.
- 2017, Shappi Khorsandi, Nina Is Not OK, page 2:
- Zoe reads a lot and isn't a div like girls as pretty as her can be.
Etymology 5[edit]
From Iranian Persian دیو (div, “demon”), from Classical Persian دیو (dēw), from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw)/[script needed] (ŠDYA /dēw/, “evil spirit, demon”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /daivaʰ/, “false god; demon”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás (“god, supernatural being”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Doublet of daeva and deva, and (via PIE) related to Tiw, Zeus, and deus. Compare the root *div- in divine and diva as well as *dei- in deity, deism etc.
Noun[edit]
div (plural divs)
- Alternative form of daeva
Anagrams[edit]
Azerbaijani[edit]
Cyrillic | див | |
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Perso-Arabic | دیو |
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
div (definite accusative divi, plural divlər)
Declension[edit]
Declension of div | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | div |
divlər | ||||||
definite accusative | divi |
divləri | ||||||
dative | divə |
divlərə | ||||||
locative | divdə |
divlərdə | ||||||
ablative | divdən |
divlərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | divin |
divlərin |
Further reading[edit]
- “div” in Obastan.com.
Breton[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
div f (masculine form daou)
See also[edit]
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ. Compare Polish dziw, Russian ди́во (dívo).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
div m inan
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- div in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- div in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- div in Internetová jazyková příručka
Indonesian[edit]
Noun[edit]
div
- (law enforcement) Abbreviation of divisi (“division”).
Latgalian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Shortened form of diveji, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Akin to Latvian divi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
div
Usage notes[edit]
References[edit]
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33
Scots[edit]
Verb[edit]
tae div
- (auxiliary) Form of tae dae used in the east of Scotland as an auxiliary. Nowadays most often found in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Moray, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders.
- A div agree wi ye.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (div), from Persian دیو (div), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dȉv m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏в)
Declension[edit]
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Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
div
- div; the divergence operator
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- az:Mythological creatures
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- id:Law enforcement
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