dell
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English delle, del, from Old English dell (“small dale”), from Proto-West Germanic *dalljā, from Proto-Germanic *daljō (“a hollow”), related to *dalą (“valley, dale”).
Noun edit
dell (plural dells)
- A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.[1]
- 1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50
- To this day they dwell
- In a lonely dell.
- 1722, Thomas Tickell, Kensington Gardens:
- In dells and dales, conceal'd from human sight.
- 1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50
Synonyms edit
- dale
- dingle
- vale
- valley
- See also Thesaurus:valley
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
valley — see valley
Etymology 2 edit
Origin obscure. Originally thieves' cant. Compare Dutch del (“trollop, floozie”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
dell (plural dells)
- (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
- 1621 August 13 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Masque of the Gypsies”, in Q. Horatius Flaccus: His Art of Poetry. […], London: […] J[ohn] Okes, for John Benson […], published 1640, →OCLC:
- Sweet doxies and dells
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References edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *daislā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-slo (compare Latin fīlum, Lithuanian gýsla, Serbo-Croatian žȉla).[1]
Noun edit
dell m (plural dej, definite delli, definite plural dejtë)
Declension edit
Declension of dell
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 87
Maltese edit
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d-l-l |
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Manx edit
Verb edit
dell (verbal noun dellal)
Mutation edit
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dell | ghell | nell |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle English edit
Noun edit
dell
- Alternative form of delle
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
From the company name Dell, which has the similar pronunciation.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˦˥]
- Phonetic: đéo
Adverb edit
dell
Yola edit
Preposition edit
dell
- Alternative form of del
- 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 17:
- dell, for till;
- 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 17:
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 17