dele

See also: Dele, déle, dêle, dėlė, dé le, and děle

English

Etymology

From Latin dēlē, second person singular imperative of dēleo (“delete”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːliː/

Verb

dele (third-person singular simple present deles, present participle deleing, simple past and past participle deled)

1. (printing, usually imperative) to delete

Noun

dele (plural deles)

1. (printing) a sign signifying deletion

Anagrams

• LEDE, LEED, deel, lede, leed

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• delme (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dailjā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l-. Compare Old English delu (“teat”). More at djalë. Possibly the source of the Illyrian tribe name Dalmatae.

Noun

dele f (indefinite plural dele, definite singular delja, definite plural delet)

1. sheep

   Synonyms: berr, lukër

2. ewe

Declension

declension of dele

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	dele	dele		delja	delet
accusative (kallëzore)	dele	dele		delen	delet
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	deleje	deleve		deles	deleve
dative (dhanore)	deleje	deleve		deles	deleve
ablative (rrjedhore)	deleje	delesh		deles	deleve

Derived terms

• delmer
• delmere
• delmur
• deltar

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥eːlə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse deila (“to divide, allot”), from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną, cognate of English deal and German teilen. In older Danish, the verb meant "to take to court”. The present verb has been influenced by Middle Low German dēlen (“to divide”).

Verb

dele (imperative del, infinitive at dele, present tense deler, past tense delte, perfect tense har delt)

1. divide
2. share
3. split

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

dele c

1. indefinite plural of del

References

• “dele” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eːlə

Verb

dele

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of delen

Anagrams

• deel, edel, lede, leed

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Latin

Verb

dēlē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēleō

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German dele, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. Doublet of thylle (“thill”).

Alternative forms

• dyle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛːl(ə)/

Noun

dele (plural deles)

1. plank

Descendants

• English: deal
• Scots: deal

References

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

Etymology 2

From Old English dǣl.

Noun

dele

1. Alternative form of del (“amount, part”)

Etymology 3

From Old English dǣlan.

Verb

dele

1. Alternative form of delen

Etymology 4

From Old English dēofol.

Noun

dele

1. Alternative form of devel

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German delen

Verb

dele (imperative del, present tense deler, passive deles, simple past delte, past participle delt)

1. to divide
2. to split
3. to share

Derived terms

• avdele
• delelig
• deling
• fordele
• inndele
• kjønnsdele
• meddele
• tildele
• todelt

 

Related terms

• del (noun)

References

• “dele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• dela

Etymology

From Middle Low German delen and Old Norse deila

Verb

dele (present tense deler, past tense delte, past participle delt, passive infinitive delast, present participle delande, imperative del)

1. to divide
2. to split
3. to share

Derived terms

• avdeling
• deling
• kjønnsdele
• todelt

References

• “dele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde.lɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.li/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.le/

Contraction

dele m sg (plural deles, feminine dela, feminine plural delas)

1. Contraction of de (“of”) and ele (“him”)
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 373:

     Devíamos fechar os olhos dele.

     We should close his eyes.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dele.

Alternative forms

• dêle, delle, dêlle (obsolete)

Etymology 2

Verb

dele

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of delir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of delir

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Serbo-Croatian

Verb

dele (Cyrillic spelling деле)

1. third-person plural present of deliti

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Spanish

Verb

dele

1. Compound of the formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dar, dé and the pronoun le.

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Swahili

Noun

dele (n class, plural dele)

1. a type of coffee pot (pot for coffee)

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Volapük

Noun

dele

1. dative singular of del