della
See also: Della
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Likely from Danish dille, from Latin dēlīrium.
Noun edit
della f (genitive singular dellu, nominative plural dellur)
- nonsense
- Synonyms: bull, þvaður, þvættingur
- fad, passionate interest
Declension edit
declension of della
Further reading edit
- “della” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From di + la, ultimately derived from Vulgar Latin dē illa.
Contraction edit
della
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Contraction edit
della
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
- d'ella (obsolete)
Contraction edit
della f (plural dellas, masculine dello, masculine plural dellos)
- (obsolete) (contraction of de and ella) of the
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:
- El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino.
- The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun.
Further reading edit
- “dello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014