del
Translingual
English
Etymology 1
From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
del (plural dels)
- (mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
- (mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential
Etymology 2
See deal
Noun
del (plural dels)

- (obsolete) a part, portion
Etymology 3
Shortening
Etymology 4
Abbreviation of Latin delineavit
Verb
del
- abbreviation of delineavit as seen on published artwork, identifying the original artist. Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history
Asturian
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *döl (whence also Welsh dail), from Proto-Celtic *dolyā. Cognate with Middle Irish duille, from Old Irish duilne, from a variant form *dolnyā; both are from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“blossom”), whence also Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”), Old English dile (“dill”), and Old Armenian դալար (dalar, “green, fresh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdel/
Burarra
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Central) IPA(key): /dəl/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /del/
Further reading
- “del” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chinese
Pronunciation
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈd̥eˀl]
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon del. The word has replaced the native noun Old Danish deld, Old Norse deild, from Proto-Germanic *dailiþō.
Noun
Inflection
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛl/
- Hyphenation: del
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch delle (“valley; dune valley”), from Old Dutch della (“valley; (geography) depression; dune valley”), from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate with English dell.
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch dille. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to the verb dillen (“to chatter”). Compare English dell.
Galician
Etymology
From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + third-person masculine singular pronoun el (“he, him, it”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /del/
Ido
Istriot
Italian
Contraction
del
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English dǣl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛːl/
Noun
del (plural deles)
Synonyms
References
- “dēl, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- deil (non-standard since 1938)
Etymology
From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deːl/
Derived terms
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Romani
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀤𑀺 (dedi), from Sanskrit ददाति (dadāti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti.
Derived terms
- del avri
- del dùma
- del godǐ
- del muj
- del ćući
- del čikh
Noun
del m (accusative devles, nominative plural devla, accusative plural devlen)
- Alternative form of devel (“god”)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dádāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351
- Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “del¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 67-69
- Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “del²”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 69
- Marcel Courthiade (2009), “d/el, -inǎs ≈ -ias²³”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 122
- Marcel Courthiade (2009), “o dev/el¹, -les m. -la, -len = o de/l²³, -vles m. -vla, -vlen”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 124
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dèːl/, /déːl/, /dèːʋ/, /déːʋ/
Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | dél | ||
gen. sing. | déla | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
dél | déla | déli |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
déla | délov | délov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
délu | déloma | délom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
dél | déla | déle |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
délu | délih | délih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
délom | déloma | déli |
Spanish
Alternative forms
- d'el (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /del/ [d̪el]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: del
See also
Further reading
- “del”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “del” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, primera edición, Real Academia Española, 2005.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish del, from Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl.
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Declension
Declension of del | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | del | delen | delar | delarna |
Genitive | dels | delens | delars | delarnas |
See also
- dela
- dela med sig
- en del
- en hel del
- för den delen
Further reading
- del in Svensk ordbok.
Volapük
Declension
Derived terms
- adel
- a del
- adelo
- adelo gödiko
- aldelafif
- aposzedel
- aposzedelik
- aposzedelo
- ädel
- ädelik
- ädelo
- ädelo gödiko
- äposzedelo
- delagased
- delagasedem
- delajit
- delaprim
- delaprimik
- delaprimo
- delavomajit
- deled
- deli kinid mula labobs-li adelo?
- dödel
- fidön göliko pos zedel
- fitadel
- florüpadel
- florüpadelalunik
- florüpadelo
- fluküpadel
- fluküpadelalunik
- fluküpadelo
- foldegdelacunüp
- foldegdelapönidüp
- foldegdelik
- fridel
- hitüpadel
- hitüpadelalunik
- hitüpadelo
- jabatadel
- jabatadelik
- jabatadelo
- jafadel
- jafadelem
- jafadelik
- jafadelo
- jeifadel
- malarafif aldelik
- mäldelik
- motedadel
- mudel
- nifüpadel
- nifüpadelalunik
- odel
- odelik
- odelo
- poszedel
- poszedelik
- poszedelo
- pönidüp foldegdelik (karen)
- sis ädel
- sudel
- tudel
- tumdelik
- ün del semik
- vedel
- veldelik
- zädel
- zäladel
- zedel
- zehitüpadel
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Adjective
del (feminine singular del, plural del, equative deled, comparative delach, superlative delaf)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
del | ddel | nel | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “del”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛl/
Yola
Etymology 1
From Middle English til, from Old English til.
Conjunction
del
Etymology 2
From Middle English delven, from Old English delfan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban.
References
- 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 33 & 34