delivery

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/
Audio (AU)
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Rhymes: -ɪvəɹi

NounEdit

delivery (countable and uncountable, plural deliveries)

The act of conveying something.
The delivery was completed by four.

delivery of a nuclear missile to its target
The item which has been conveyed.
Your delivery is on the table.
The act of giving birth
The delivery was painful.
(baseball) A pitching motion.
His delivery has a catch in it.
(baseball) A thrown pitch.
Here is the delivery; ... strike three!
The manner of speaking.
The actor's delivery was flawless.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55
  I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious delivery.
- 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:
  Half of the comedy in West’s self-deprecating appearance on “Mr. Plow” comes from the veteran actor’s purring, self-satisfied delivery as he tells a deeply unnerved Bart and Lisa of the newfangled, less groovy cinematic Batman
(medicine) The administration of a drug.
Drug delivery system.
(cricket) A ball bowled.
(curling) The process of throwing a stone.
(genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.

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Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

act of conveying something

Arabic: تَوْصِيل‎ m (tawṣīl), تَسْلِيم‎ m (taslīm), تَوْزِيع‎ m (tawzīʿ)
Armenian: առաքում (hy) (aṙakʿum)
Belarusian: даста́ўка f (dastáŭka)
Bulgarian: доста́вка (bg) f (dostávka)
Catalan: lliurament (ca) m, entrega (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 投遞 (zh), 投递 (zh) (tóudì), 傳遞 (zh), 传递 (zh) (chuándì), (goods) 交貨 (zh), 交货 (zh) (jiāohuò), 遞送 (zh), 递送 (zh) (dìsòng)
Czech: doručení n
Danish: leverance c, indlevering c, udlevering c, levering c
Dutch: levering (nl) f
Estonian: tarne
Finnish: toimitus (fi)
French: livraison (fr) f
German: Lieferung (de) f
Hebrew: שְׁלִיחָה‎ f (sh'likhá), מְסִירָה‎ f (m'sirá), הוֹבָלָה‎ f (hovalá)
Hungarian: átadás (hu), kézbesítés (hu), kiszállítás (hu), házhoz vitel, leszállítás (hu), szállítás (hu)

Italian: consegna (it) f, distribuzione (it)
Japanese: 配達 (はいたつ, haitatsu), 引き渡し (ひきわたし, hikiwatashi), 伝送 (ja) (でんそう, densō)
Korean: 배달 (ko) (baedal)
Macedonian: достава f (dostava), испорака f (isporaka)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: leveranse m

Nynorsk: leveranse m
Polish: dostawa (pl) f
Portuguese: entrega (pt)
Romanian: livrare (ro)
Russian: доста́вка (ru) f (dostávka), поста́вка (ru) f (postávka), разво́зка (ru) f (razvózka), заво́з (ru) m (zavóz)
Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh m
Spanish: entrega (es) f
Swedish: leverans (sv)
Ukrainian: доста́вка f (dostávka)

item which has been conveyed

Armenian: առաքում (hy) (aṙakʿum)
Bulgarian: доставка (bg) f (dostavka)
Czech: zásilka (cs) f
Danish: leverance c, levering c
Estonian: saadetis
Finnish: lähetys (fi)
German: Lieferung (de) f
Hebrew: מִשְׁלוֹחַ‎ m (mishloákh)

Hungarian: küldemény (hu), szállítmány (hu), csomag (hu)
Japanese: 配達物 (はいたつぶつ, haitatsubutsu)
Korean: 배달 물 (baedalmul)
Macedonian: пратка f (pratka)
Portuguese: entrega (pt) f
Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh m

act of giving birth

Arabic: مَخَاض‎ m (maḵāḍ), وَضْع‎ (ar) m (waḍʿ), وِلَادَة‎ f (wilāda)
Belarusian: ро́ды m pl (ródy), нараджэ́нне n (naradžénnje)
Bulgarian: ражда́не n (raždáne)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 出生 (zh) (chūshēng), 分娩 (zh) (fēnmiǎn), 生產 (zh), 生产 (zh) (shēngchǎn), 娩 (zh) (miǎn)
Czech: porod (cs) m
Danish: nedkomst c
Dutch: bevalling (nl) f, verlossing (nl) f, geboorte (nl) f
Esperanto: akuŝo
Finnish: synnytys (fi)
French: accouchement (fr), parturition (fr) f, naissance (fr) f
German: Entbindung (de) f, Geburt (de) f
Greek: γέννα (el) f (génna)
Hebrew: לידה \ לֵדָה‎ (he) f (leidá)
Hungarian: szülés (hu), világra hozás, világra hozatal
Italian: parto (it)
Japanese: 分娩 (ぶんべん, bunben), 出産 (しゅっさん, shussan), お産 (ja) (おさん, osan)

Korean: 분만 (ko) (bunman), 해산 (ko) (haesan), 출산 (ko) (chulsan)
Macedonian: пораѓање n (poraǵanje)
Norman: accouochement m
Old English: tēam (ang)
Persian: تولد‎ (fa) (tavallod)
Polish: poród (pl) m
Portuguese: parto (pt) m
Russian: ро́ды (ru) m pl (ródy), (birth) рожде́ние (ru) n (roždénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: порођај m

Roman: porodjaj m
Slovak: pôrod m
Spanish: parto (es) m, nacimiento (es) m
Swedish: förlossning (sv) c
Tajik: таваллуд (tg) (tavallud)
Tamil: பிரசவம் (ta) (piracavam)
Telugu: ప్రసవం (te) (prasavaṃ)
Ukrainian: ро́ди m pl (ródy), поло́ги m pl (polóhy), наро́дження n (naródžennja)

pitching motion

Danish: kast (da) n, aflevering c
Finnish: syöttö (fi)
Japanese: 投球法 (とうきゅうほう, tōkyūhō)

Korean: 투구법 (tugubeop)
Portuguese: lançamento (pt) m

thrown pitch

Danish: kast (da) n, aflevering c
Finnish: syöttö (fi)
Japanese: 投球 (ja) (とうきゅう, tōkyū)

Korean: 투구 (ko) (tugu)

manner of speaking

Arabic: إِلْقَاء‎ m (ʾilqāʾ)
Danish: fremførelse c, foredrag n
Finnish: äänenkäyttö
Hungarian: előadásmód (hu), tolmácsolás (hu), előadás (hu)

Japanese: 話し方 (はなしかた, hanashikata), 弁舌 (べんぜつ, benzetsu)
Korean: 말솜씨 (malsomssi)
Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh m

administration of a drug

Czech: podání (cs) n
Danish: udlevering c
Finnish: annostelu (fi)
French: administration (fr)

Hungarian: beadás (hu), bevétel (hu), alkalmazás (hu)
Portuguese: administração (pt) f

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English delivery.

PronunciationEdit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.ˈli.ve.ɾi/

NounEdit

delivery m (plural deliveries)

(Brazil) delivery (the transportation of goods, usually food, directly to the customer’s house)
Synonym: entrega

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English delivery.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /deˈlibeɾi/, [d̪eˈliβeɾi]

NounEdit

delivery m (plural deliveries or delivery)

delivery

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