Delft
See also: delft
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈdɛlft/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
editDelft
- A city in South Holland, Netherlands known for its production of blue and white pottery.
- A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
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editNoun
editDelft (uncountable)
- A piece of blue and white earthenware produced in Delft, Netherlands.
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 39”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
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editEtymology
editFirst attested as delf in 1130-1157. From Middle Dutch delft, from earlier delf, derived from a hydronym derived from Middle Dutch delven (“dig, excavate”).
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editProper noun
editDelft n
- Delft (a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands).
- Synonym: Kabbelgat (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Abtswoude, Klein-Delfgauw
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