delivery

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪvəɹi

Noun

delivery (countable and uncountable, plural deliveries)

1. The act of conveying something.

   The delivery was completed by four.

   delivery of a nuclear missile to its target

2. The item which has been conveyed.

   Your delivery is on the table.

3. The act of giving birth

   The delivery was painful.

4. (baseball) A pitching motion.

   His delivery has a catch in it.

5. (baseball) A thrown pitch.

   Here is the delivery; ... strike three!

6. 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

7. (medicine) The administration of a drug.

   Drug delivery system.

8. (cricket) A ball bowled.
9. (curling) The process of throwing a stone.
10. (genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.

Hyponyms

• continuous delivery
• special delivery

 

Derived terms

• delivery man
• deliveryman
• deliveryperson
• delivery room
• deliverywoman

 

Translations

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)
• Latin: puerperium n
• 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
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: до̏става f, и̏спорука f

  Roman: dȍstava (sh) f, ȉsporuka (sh) f

• Slovak: doručenie n
• Slovene: dostava f
• Spanish: entrega (es) f
• Swedish: leverans (sv)
• Ukrainian: доста́вка f (dostávka)

item which has been conveyed

• Armenian: առաքում (hy) (aṙakʿum)
• Bulgarian: доста́вка (bg) f (dostávka)
• Czech: zásilka (cs) f
• Danish: leverance c, levering c
• Estonian: saadetis (et)
• 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: 배달물 (baedalmul)
• Macedonian: пратка f (pratka)
• Portuguese: entrega (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh m
• Swedish: leverans (sv) c

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)

  Ancient: τοκετός m (toketós)

• Hebrew: לידה \ לֵדָה‎ (he) f (leidá)
• Hungarian: szülés (hu), világra hozás, világra hozatal
• Italian: parto (it)
• Japanese: 分娩 (ja) (ぶんべん, bunben), 出産 (ja) (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, пород m

  Roman: porođaj (sh) m, porod (sh) m

• Slovak: pôrod m
• Slovene: porod (sl) 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 (ar) m (ʾilqāʾ)
• Czech: přednes m
• Danish: fremførelse c, foredrag n
• Finnish: äänenkäyttö
• Hungarian: előadásmód (hu), tolmácsolás (hu), előadás (hu)

• Japanese: 話し方 (ja) (はなしかた, hanashikata), 弁舌 (べんぜつ, benzetsu)
• Korean: 말솜씨 (malsomssi)
• Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh m
• Slovak: prednes m
• Swedish: föredrag (sv) n

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English delivery.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.ˈli.ve.ɾi/

Noun

delivery m (plural deliveries)

1. (Brazil) delivery (the transportation of goods, usually food, directly to the customer’s house)

   Synonym: entrega

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Spanish

Etymology

From English delivery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈlibeɾi/, [d̪e.ˈli.β̝e.ɾi]

Noun

delivery m (plural deliveries or delivery)

1. delivery