English

Proper noun

Del

1. (Britain) A diminutive of the male given name Derek.

Proper noun

Del

1. Abbreviation of Delaware.

Noun

Del ‎(plural Dels)

1. Abbreviation of Delete ‎(“key of a computer keyboard that deletes text, files, etc.”).

Translations

Anagrams

• eld, LDE, led, LED

English

Pronunciation

Noun

del ‎(plural dels)

1. (analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
2. (mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential

Synonyms

• (The symbol ∇): atled, nabla

See also

• Wikipedia article on del, the mathematical symbol

Etymology 2

See deal

Noun

del ‎(plural dels)

1. (obsolete) a part, portion

Etymology 3

Shortening

Abbreviation

del

1. delegate
2. delegation
3. delete
4. delineavit

Anagrams

• eld, LDE, led, LED

Albanian

Verb

del

1. to exit
2. to go out

Asturian

Etymology

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

Contraction

del m

1. of the, from the

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdel/

Noun

del f ‎(singulative delienn)

1. foliage, leaves

Burarra

Noun

del

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

Catalan

Contraction

del

1. (contraction of the preposition de and the article el) of the

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish del, contraction of ‘de el.’

Contraction

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

Related terms

• de, dela

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːl/, [d̥eːˀl]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

del c (singular definite delen, plural indefinite dele)

1. part, portion
2. proportion
3. share, portion
4. section

Inflection

Etymology 2

See dele ‎(“to divide, share, split”).

Verb

del

1. imperative of dele

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch delle ‎(“valley; dune valley”), from Old Dutch della ‎(“valley; (geography) depression; dune valley”). Related to dal ‎(“dale, valley”) and doel ‎(“target, goal”). Cognate with English dell.

Noun

del n ‎(plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)

1. dune valley
2. dell, small depression in a landscape

Etymology 2

Noun

del f ‎(plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)

1. trollop, floozie

Galician

Etymology

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

Contraction

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

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

Ido

Preposition

del

1. Contraction of de la ‎(“from the”).

Usage notes

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Interlingua

Preposition

del

1. Contraction of de le ‎(“of the”).

Istriot

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;

Italian

Etymology

• prep di + article il

Contraction

del

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

Lojban

Rafsi

del

1. rafsi of delno.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Noun

del m ‎(definite singular delen, indefinite plural deler, definite plural delene)

1. part, portion, share

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

del

1. imperative of dele

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. part, portion, share

Derived terms

Novial

Contraction

del

1. of the; contraction of de + li

Occitan

Alternative forms

• dau
• dal
• deu

Contraction

del

1. Contraction of de + lo

Old French

Alternative forms

• du

Contraction

del

1. contraction of de + le (of the)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail-. Cognate with Old Frisian dēl, Old English dǣl, Dutch deel, Old High German teil (German Teil), Old Norse deild (Danish and Old Norse del, Danish spelling before the writing reform of 1948: Deel), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 ‎(dails). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Baltic *daili- (Lithuanian dailiti ‎(“divide”), Albanian ndaj ‎(“divide, distribute”), thelë ‎(“piece, portion, chunk”), Proto-Slavic *delъ (Old Church Slavonic дѣлити ‎(děliti), Russian делить ‎(delitʹ)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛːl/

Noun

dēl m

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

Declension

Romani

Verb

del

1. to give

Derived terms

• chuchi del

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdèːl/, /ˈdéːl/, /ˈdèːw/, /ˈdéːw/
• Tonal orthography: dẹ́l, dẹ̑l, dẹ́ł, dẹ̑ł

Noun

dél m inan ‎(genitive déla, nominative plural déli)

1. part

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• d'el (obsolete)

Etymology

• prep de + article el

Contraction

del

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

Synonyms

• desde

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish del, from Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail-.

Pronunciation

Noun

del c

1. part (of a whole); share

Declension

See also

• dela
• dela med sig
• en del
• en hel del
• för den delen

Volapük

Noun

del ‎(plural dels)

1. day

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

Adjective

del

1. pretty

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛl/

Adverb

del

1. down