del

See also: Appendix:Variations of "del"

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Translingual

Symbol

del

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Delaware languages.

English

Etymology 1

From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛl
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

del (plural dels)

(mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
(mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential

Synonyms

(The symbol ∇): atled, nabla

Etymology 2

See deal

Noun

del (plural dels)

*Ledebouria ovatifolia* as illustrated in "The Flowering Plants of South Africa". Note the signature of M.E. Connell in the bottom left corner. The "*del.*" after her name is short for *delineavit*, meaning that she was the one who drew the original illustration.

(obsolete) a part, portion

Etymology 3

Shortening

Noun

del

Abbreviation of delegate.
Abbreviation of delegation.

Verb

del

Abbreviation of delete.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of Latin delineavit

Verb

del

abbreviation of delineavit as seen on published artwork, identifying the original artist. Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history

Anagrams

'eld, DLE, EDL, LDE, LED, eld, led, μLED

Albanian

Etymology

Variant of standard dal.

Verb

del

to exit
to go out

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

del m

of the, from the

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *döl (whence also Welsh dail), from Proto-Celtic *dolyā. Cognate with Middle Irish duille, from Old Irish duilne, from a variant form *dolnyā; both are from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“blossom”), whence also Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”), Old English dile (“dill”), and Old Armenian դալար (dalar, “green, fresh”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdel/

Noun

del f (singulative delienn)

foliage, leaves

Burarra

Noun

del

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Central) IPA^(key): /dəl/
(Valencia) IPA^(key): /del/

Contraction

del

Contraction of the preposition de and the article el. of the

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish del, contraction of ‘de el.’

Contraction

del

(obsolete) of the, from the (only in names with Spanish origins or in phrases with Spanish construct)

Related terms

de, dela

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English delete.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): di⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: di⁶
  - Yale: dih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: di⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: di⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiː²²/

Verb

del

(Hong Kong Cantonese) to delete

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *döl, from Proto-Celtic *dolyā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰelh₁- (“blossom”). Cognate with Breton del, Welsh dail.

Noun

del m (singulative delen)

(collective) leaves

Derived terms

del bleujyow (“flower petals”)

Mutation

Mutation of del

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
del	dhel	unchanged	tel	tel	tel

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈd̥eˀl]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon del. The word has replaced the native noun Old Danish deld, Old Norse deild, from Proto-Germanic *dailiþō.

Noun

del c (singular definite delen, plural indefinite dele)

Inflection

Declension of del

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	del	delen	dele	delene
genitive	dels	delens	deles	delenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

del

imperative of dele

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛl/
Hyphenation: del
Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch delle (“valley; dune valley”), from Old Dutch della (“valley; (geography) depression; dune valley”), from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate with English dell.

Noun

del n (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)

dune valley
dell, small depression in a landscape

Related terms

dal
doel

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch dille. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to the verb dillen (“to chatter”). Compare English dell.

Noun

del f (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)

trollop, floozie

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + third-person masculine singular pronoun el (“he, him, it”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /del/

Contraction

del m (feminine dela, masculine plural deles, feminine plural delas)

of him, of it, from him, from it

Ido

Preposition

del

Contraction of de la (“from the”).

Usage notes

This is optional, you can also use de l'...

Interlingua

Preposition

del

Contraction of de le (“of the”).

Istriot

Contraction

del

Contraction of de (“of”) + el (“the”)
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:
  Ti son la manduleîna del mio core;
  You are the almond of my heart;

Italian

Etymology

di (preposition) +‎ il (article)

Contraction

del

Contraction of di il; some, of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
L'architetto del ristorante parla col cuoco. ― The architect of the restaurant talks with the cook.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English dǣl.

Alternative forms

(Early ME) dæl, deal, deol
dele, deel, deyl, deil, diel, deele

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛːl/

Noun

del (plural deles)

A part, proportion or section of something.
The part or proportion that one is assigned or entitled to.
One's fate, inevitability or luck; what is ordained to occur.
A quantity or number of something; a deal or lot.
Intensity, severity, degree.
(often used in negations) A thing; a small amount.

Synonyms

dol

Related terms

Descendants

English: deal
Scots: dele
Yola: daal

References

“dēl, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

Etymology 2

Noun

del

Alternative form of delle (“dell”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).

Noun

del m (definite singular delen, indefinite plural deler, definite plural delene)

part, portion, share

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

del

imperative of dele

References

“del” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

deil (non-standard since 1938)

Etymology

From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deːl/

Noun

del m (definite singular delen, indefinite plural delar, definite plural delane)

part, portion, share
Synonym: lut

Derived terms

References

“del” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Audio (Languedoc): (file)

Contraction

del

Contraction of de lo.

Old French

Alternative forms

du

Contraction

del

contraction of de + le (of the)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daili.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛːl/, /dɛi̯l/

Noun

dēl m

part, share, portion
unit, word

Declension

Declension of dēl (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	dēl	dēlos
accusative	dēl	dēlos
genitive	dēles	dēlō
dative	dēle	dēlum
instrumental	—	—

Romani

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀤𑀺 (dedi), from Sanskrit ददाति (dadāti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti.

Verb

del

to give

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

del m (accusative devles, nominative plural devla, accusative plural devlen)

Alternative form of devel (“god”)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351
Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “del¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 67-69
Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “del²”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 69
Marcel Courthiade (2009) “d/el, -inǎs ≈ -ias²³”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 122
Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o dev/el¹, -les m. -la, -len = o de/l²³, -vles m. -vla, -vlen”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 124

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dèːl/, /déːl/, /dèːʋ/, /déːʋ/

Noun

dẹ̄l or dẹ̄ł m inan

part

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	dél
gen. sing.	déla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dél	déla	déli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	déla	délov	délov
dative (dajȃlnik)	délu	déloma	délom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dél	déla	déle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	délu	délih	délih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	délom	déloma	déli

Spanish

Alternative forms

d'el (obsolete)

Etymology

prep de + article el. Akin to Portuguese do and French du.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /del/ [d̪el]
Rhymes: -el
Syllabification: del

Contraction

del

of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish del, from Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

del c

part (of a whole); share

Declension

Declension of del

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	del	dels
singular	definite	delen	delens
plural	indefinite	delar	delars
plural	definite	delarna	delarnas

Anagrams

LED, eld, led

Volapük

Noun

del (nominative plural dels)

day
- 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:
  Klu no kudolsöd tefü odel! Odel jäfikonös me kuds oka it! Del alik labon saidiko töbis lönik oka.
  So do not worry about tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Declension

declension of del

	singular	plural
nominative	del	dels
genitive	dela	delas
dative	dele	deles
accusative	deli	delis
vocative ¹	o del!	o dels!
predicative ²	delu	delus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

Related to delw (“image”)^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛl

Adjective

del (feminine singular del, plural del, equative deled, comparative delach, superlative delaf)

pretty

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
del	ddel	nel	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “del”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛl/

Adverb

del

down

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English telle, tille, from Old English til.

Alternative forms

dell, tell, 'tell, till

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛɫ/, /tɛɫ/, /tɪɫ/

Preposition

del

until
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
  Del Ich.
  Until I.
- 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 2-3:
  Hea raan awye del hea caame neeghe Burstheoune.
  He ran away until he came nigh to Bridgetown.

Etymology 2

From Middle English delven, from Old English delfan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛɫ/

Verb

del (present participle delleen, simple past dellt)

to dig or delve

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 33 & 34

[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “del”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1]

del

Translingual

Symbol

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Verb

Etymology 4

Verb

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Verb

Asturian

Etymology

Contraction

Breton

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Burarra

Noun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Contraction

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

Contraction

Related terms

Chinese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Cornish

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Mutation

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Etymology 2

Verb

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Contraction

Further reading

Ido

Preposition

Usage notes

Interlingua

Preposition

Istriot

Contraction

Italian

Etymology

Contraction

See also

Middle English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation