del

Symbol

del

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Delaware languages.

Etymology 1

From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.

Etymology 2

See deal

Etymology 3

Shortening

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of Latin delineavit

Anagrams

• 'eld, DLE, EDL, LDE, LED, eld, led, μLED

Etymology

Variant of standard dal.

Verb

del

1. to exit
2. to go out

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition de (“of, from”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

del m

1. of the, from the

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/

Noun

del f (singulative delienn)

1. foliage, leaves

Noun

del

1. spotted harrier, swamp harrier
2. peregrine falcon, brown falcon
3. Australian kestrel

Pronunciation

• (Central) IPA^(key): /dəl/
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /del/

Contraction

del

1. Contraction of the preposition de and the article el. of the

Etymology

From Spanish del, contraction of ‘de el.’

Contraction

del

1. (obsolete) of the, from the (only in names with Spanish origins or in phrases with Spanish construct)

Etymology

From clipping of English delete.

Pronunciation

Verb

del

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to delete

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *döl, from Proto-Celtic *dolyā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰelh₁- (“blossom”). Cognate with Breton del, Welsh dail.

Noun

del m (singulative delen)

1. (collective) leaves

Mutation

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.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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.

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + third-person masculine singular pronoun el (“he, him, it”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /del/

Contraction

del m (feminine dela, masculine plural deles, feminine plural delas)

1. of him, of it, from him, from it

Further reading

• “del”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Preposition

del

1. Contraction of de la (“from the”).

Preposition

del

1. Contraction of de le (“of the”).

Contraction

del

1. Contraction of de (“of”) + el (“the”)
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:

     Ti son la manduleîna del mio core;

     You are the almond of my heart;

Etymology

di (preposition) +‎ il (article)

Contraction

del

1. Contraction of di il; some, of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).

   L'architetto del ristorante parla col cuoco. ― The architect of the restaurant talks with the cook.

Etymology 1

From Old English dǣl.

Etymology 2

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).

Etymology 2

References

• “del” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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/

Noun

del m (definite singular delen, indefinite plural delar, definite plural delane)

1. part, portion, share

   Synonym: lut

References

• “del” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• dau
• dal
• deu

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Contraction

del

1. Contraction of de lo.

Alternative forms

• du

Contraction

del

1. contraction of de + le (of the)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daili.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛːl/, /dɛi̯l/

Noun

dēl m

1. part, share, portion
2. unit, word

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Northern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛl/

Noun

del m inan

1. (Northern Greater Poland) Alternative form of dyl

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “del”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 33

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.

Etymology 2

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] (overall work in Hungarian and 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] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 124

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dèːl/, /déːl/, /dèːʋ/, /déːʋ/

Noun

dẹ̄l or dẹ̄ł m inan

1. part

Further reading

• “del”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Alternative forms

• d'el (obsolete)

Etymology

• prep de + article el. Akin to Portuguese do and French du.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /del/ [d̪el]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: del

Contraction

del

1. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).

See also

• al

Further reading

• “del”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “del”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN

Etymology

From Old Swedish del, from Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

del c

1. part (of a whole); share

Further reading

• del in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• LED, eld, led

Noun

del (nominative plural dels)

1. day
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:

     Klu no kudolsöd tefü odel! Odel jäfikonös me kuds oka it! Del alik labon saidiko töbis lönik oka.

     So do not worry about tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.