del
Translingual Edit
Symbol Edit
del
English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
del (plural dels)
- (mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
- (mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential
Synonyms Edit
See also Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
See deal
Noun Edit
del (plural dels)
Etymology 3 Edit
Shortening
Noun Edit
del
- Abbreviation of delegate.
- Abbreviation of delegation.
Verb Edit
del
- Abbreviation of delete.
Etymology 4 Edit
Abbreviation of Latin delineavit
Verb Edit
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 Edit
Albanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Variant of standard dal.
Verb Edit
del
Asturian Edit
Etymology Edit
From a contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).
Contraction Edit
del m
Breton Edit
Etymology Edit
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 Edit
Noun Edit
del f (singulative delienn)
Burarra Edit
Noun Edit
del
Catalan Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Contraction Edit
del
Further reading Edit
- “del” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano Edit
Etymology Edit
From Spanish del, contraction of ‘de el.’
Contraction Edit
del
- (obsolete) of the, from the (only in names with Spanish origins or in phrases with Spanish construct)
Related terms Edit
Chinese Edit
Etymology Edit
From clipping of English delete.
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
del
Danish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
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 Edit
del c (singular definite delen, plural indefinite dele)
Inflection Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb Edit
del
- imperative of dele
Dutch Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
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 Edit
del n (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)
- dune valley
- dell, small depression in a landscape
Related terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
From Middle Dutch dille. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to the verb dillen (“to chatter”). Compare English dell.
Noun Edit
del f (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)
Galician Edit
Etymology Edit
From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + third-person masculine singular pronoun el (“he, him, it”).
Pronunciation Edit
Contraction Edit
del m (feminine dela, masculine plural deles, feminine plural delas)
Further reading Edit
- “del” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ido Edit
Preposition Edit
del
Usage notes Edit
Interlingua Edit
Preposition Edit
del
Istriot Edit
Contraction Edit
del
Italian Edit
Etymology Edit
di (preposition) + il (article)
Contraction Edit
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.
See also Edit
Middle English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old English dǣl.
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
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 Edit
Related terms Edit
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- “dēl, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
del
- Alternative form of delle (“dell”)
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).
Noun Edit
del m (definite singular delen, indefinite plural deler, definite plural delene)
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
del
- imperative of dele
References Edit
- “del” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
del m (definite singular delen, indefinite plural delar, definite plural delane)
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “del” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Contraction Edit
del
Old French Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Contraction Edit
del
Old Saxon Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *daili.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
dēl m
Declension Edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | dēl | dēlos |
accusative | dēl | dēlos |
genitive | dēles | dēlō |
dative | dēle | dēlum |
instrumental | — | — |
Romani Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
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 Edit
del
- to give
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
del m (accusative devles, nominative plural devla, accusative plural devlen)
- Alternative form of devel (“god”)
References Edit
- 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] (in Hungarian; 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] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 124
Slovene Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
dẹ̄l or dẹ̄ł m inan
Inflection Edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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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 |
Further reading Edit
- “del”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- d'el (obsolete)
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Contraction Edit
del
See also Edit
Further reading Edit
- “del”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “del” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Swedish del, from Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl.
Pronunciation Edit
audio (file)
Noun Edit
del c
Declension Edit
Declension of del | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | del | delen | delar | delarna |
Genitive | dels | delens | delars | delarnas |
See also Edit
Further reading Edit
- del in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams Edit
Volapük Edit
Noun Edit
del (nominative plural dels)
Declension Edit
Derived terms Edit
- adel
- a del
- adelo
- adelo gödiko
- aldelafif
- aposzedel
- aposzedelik
- aposzedelo
- ädel
- ädelik
- ädelo
- ädelo gödiko
- äposzedelo
- delagased
- delagasedem
- delajit
- delaprim
- delaprimik
- delaprimo
- delavomajit
- deled
- deli kinid mula labobs-li adelo?
- dödel
- fidön göliko pos zedel
- fitadel
- florüpadel
- florüpadelalunik
- florüpadelo
- fluküpadel
- fluküpadelalunik
- fluküpadelo
- foldegdelacunüp
- foldegdelapönidüp
- foldegdelik
- fridel
- hitüpadel
- hitüpadelalunik
- hitüpadelo
- jabatadel
- jabatadelik
- jabatadelo
- jafadel
- jafadelem
- jafadelik
- jafadelo
- jeifadel
- malarafif aldelik
- mäldelik
- motedadel
- mudel
- nifüpadel
- nifüpadelalunik
- odel
- odelik
- odelo
- poszedel
- poszedelik
- poszedelo
- pönidüp foldegdelik (karen)
- sis ädel
- sudel
- tudel
- tumdelik
- ün del semik
- vedel
- veldelik
- zädel
- zäladel
- zedel
- zehitüpadel
Welsh Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
del (feminine singular del, plural del, equative deled, comparative delach, superlative delaf)
Mutation Edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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 Edit
West Frisian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adverb Edit
del
Further reading Edit
- “del”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle English til, from Old English til.
Alternative forms Edit
Conjunction Edit
del
Etymology 2 Edit
From Middle English delven, from Old English delfan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban.
Verb Edit
del (present participle delleen or dellen, simple past dellt)
- to dig
References Edit
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 33 & 34