delta

See also DELTA, and Delta

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← gamma		→ epsilon
Δ δ Ancient Greek: δέλτα
Wikipedia article on delta

Wikipedia

Lena River delta (landform at the mouth of a river).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (delta).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɛɫtə/
• 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.
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 with 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.

Derived terms

• delta connection
• delta iron
• delta metal
• delta particle
• delta wing

See also

• deltoid
• Appendix: IPA examples

Translations

fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet

• Arabic: دلتا (ar) (diltaa, deltaa) f
• Bulgarian: делта (bg) (délta) f 
• Catalan: delta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 德爾塔 (cmn), 德尔塔 (cmn) (dé'ěrtǎ)

• Czech: delta (cs)
• Dutch: delta (nl) m and f
• Finnish: delta (fi)
• French: delta (fr) m
• German: Delta (de) n
• Greek: δέλτα (el) (délta) n 

• Icelandic: delta (is) n
• Interlingua: delta (ia)
• Japanese: デルタ (ja) (deruta)
• Korean: 델타 (ko) (delta)
• Malay: delta (ms)
• Marathi: डेल्टा (mr) (ḍelṭā) n
• Portuguese: delta (pt) m
• Russian: дельта (ru) (dɛ́l'ta) f 
• Slovene: delta (sl) f
• Swedish: delta (sv) n
• Turkish: delta (tr)

landform

• Bulgarian: делта (bg) f (delta)
• Catalan: delta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三角洲 (cmn) (sānjiǎozhōu)

• Dutch: delta (nl) m and f
• Finnish: suisto (fi)

• Indonesian: kuala (id)
• Japanese: 三角州 (ja) (さんかくす, sankakusu)
• Maori: pūwaiwaha (mi)
• Russian: дельта (ru) (dɛ́l'ta) f 
• Sindhi: ٽِڪور (Tikor)
• Vietnamese: đồng bằng (vi)

the letter "D"

• Estonian: Dora (et)
• Finnish: Daavid (fi)

• Italian: delta (it) m

phonetic symbol

• Finnish: delta (fi)
• Greek: δέλτα (el) (délta) n 

• Russian: дельта (ru) (dɛ́l'ta) f 

mathematical symbol

• Finnish: delta (fi)
• Marathi: डेल्टा (mr) (ḍelṭā)

• Russian: дельта (ru) (dɛ́l'ta) f 

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: delta
• German: Delta
• Greek: δέλτα (el) (délta) n 
• Icelandic: delta (is) n (1), ós (is) m (2), árós (is) m (2)
• Interlingua: delta (1, 2, 3)

• Portuguese: delta m (1, 2, 3)
• Sindhi: ٽِڪور f (2), ڊيلٽا f (1,3,4)
• Serbian: ušće n
• Slovene: delta f (1, 2)
• Swedish: delta (sv) n
• Vietnamese: châu thổ

Anagrams

• atled
• dalet
• dealt

---

Catalan

Noun

delta f (plural deltes)

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

Derived terms

• metall delta

---

Czech

Noun

delta n

1. data (Greek letter)

---

Finnish

(index d)

Wikipedia ^fi

Wikipedia ^fi

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

delta

1. delta (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of delta (type kala) singular plural nominative delta deltat genitive deltan deltojen deltain1 partitive deltaa deltoja accusative delta deltan deltat inessive deltassa deltoissa elative deltasta deltoista illative deltaan deltoihin adessive deltalla deltoilla ablative deltalta deltoilta allative deltalle deltoille essive deltana deltoina translative deltaksi deltoiksi instructive – deltoin abessive deltatta deltoitta comitative – deltoineen 1) Rare.

Derived terms

• deltafunktio
• deltalihas
• deltasiipi

---

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

delta m (invariable)

1. delta (Greek letter)

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

1. delta (geographical feature)

---

Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

delta m (invariable)

1. delta (all senses)

Derived terms

• ala a delta
• deltaplano

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (delta).

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/deltaer; definite plural deltaa/deltaene)

1. a river delta

Etymology 3

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

Verb

delta (present tense deltar; past tense deltok; past participle deltatt)

1. to participate

Related terms

• deltaker

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (delta).

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

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• deltake

Verb

delta (present tense deltek/deltar; past tense deltok; past participle delteke/deltatt; passive infinitive delteken; present participle deltakande; imperative delta)

1. to participate

Related terms

• deltakar

---

Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɛlta/

• audio

  (file)

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

---

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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

Noun

delta f (plural deltas)

1. Greek letter delta.

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

1. A river delta.

---

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (delta).

Noun

delta n

1. the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)
2. a river delta

Declension

Declension of delta

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	delta	deltat	delta	deltan
genitive	deltas	deltats	deltas	deltans

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• deltaga (dated)

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Verb

delta

1. to participate

Conjugation

Conjugation of delta

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	delta	—
Present tense	deltar	—
Past tense	deltog	—
Supine	deltagit	—
Imperative	delta	—
Present participle	deltagande
Past participle	—

Related terms

• deltagare