# dele
## English
### Etymology

From Latin dēlē, second person singular imperative of dēleo (“delete”). Alternatively, a clipping of deleatur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiːliː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːli

### Verb

dele (third-person singular simple present deles, present participle deleing, simple past and past participle deled)
* (printing, usually imperative) To delete.

### Noun

dele (plural deles)
* (printing) A sign signifying deletion.
    Synonym: deleatur

### Anagrams

* Deel, LEDE, LEED, deel, lede, leed

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* delme — Gheg

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dailjā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l-. Compare Old English delu (“teat”). More at djalë. Possibly the source of the Illyrian tribe name Dalmatae.

### Noun

dele f (plural dele, definite delja, definite plural delet)
* sheep
    Synonyms: berr, lukër
* ewe

#### Derived terms

* delmer
* delmere
* delmur
* deltar
* deledash

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈd̥eːlə]

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse deila (“to divide, allot”), from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną, cognate of English deal and German teilen. In older Danish, the verb meant "to take to court”. The present verb has been influenced by Middle Low German dēlen (“to divide”).

#### Verb

dele (imperative del, infinitive at dele, present tense deler, past tense delte, perfect tense har delt)
* divide
* share
* split

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

dele c
* indefinite plural of del

### References

* “dele” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːlə

### Verb

dele
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of delen

### Anagrams

* deel, edel, lede, leed

## Latin
### Verb

dēlē
* second-person singular present active imperative of dēleō

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German dele, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. Doublet of thylle (“thill”).

#### Alternative forms

* dyle

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛːl(ə)/

#### Noun

dele (plural deles)
* plank

##### Descendants

* English: deal
* Scots: deal

##### References

* “dēle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dele
* Alternative form of del (“amount, part”)
** 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xvij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:And so they alle bare hym vnto the hermytage and vnarmed hym and layd hym in his bedde & euer more his wound bledde pytously but he stered no lymme of hym Thenne the knyghte heremyte put a thynge in his nose and a lytel dele of water in his mouthe And thenne sir launcelot waked of his swoune and thenne the heremyte staunched his bledynge(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

dele
* Alternative form of delen

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

dele
* Alternative form of devel

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Middle Low German delen.

### Verb

dele (imperative del, present tense deler, passive deles, simple past delte, past participle delt)
* to divide
* to split
* to share

#### Derived terms

* avdele
* delelig
* deling
* fordele
* inndele
* kjønnsdele
* meddele
* tildele
* todelt

#### Related terms

* del (noun)

### References

* “dele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* dela

### Etymology

From Middle Low German delen and Old Norse deila.

### Verb

dele (present tense deler, past tense delte, past participle delt, passive infinitive delast, present participle delande, imperative del)
* to divide
* to split
* to share

#### Derived terms

* avdeling
* deling
* kjønnsdele
* todelt

### References

* “dele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* dêle (pre-reform)
* d'elle, delle (pre-reform)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈde.li/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈde.li/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈde.le/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈde.lɨ/

#### Contraction

dele (feminine dela, masculine plural deles, feminine plural delas)
* Contraction of de ele (“of him; his”)
** 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 373:Devíamos fechar os olhos dele.We should close his eyes.

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dele.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɛ.li/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɛ.li/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɛ.le/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɛ.lɨ/

#### Verb

dele
* inflection of delir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

dele (Cyrillic spelling деле)
* third-person plural present of deliti

## Spanish
### Verb

dele
* third-person singular imperative of dar combined with le

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

dele class IX (plural dele class X)
* a type of coffee pot (pot for coffee)

## Volapük
### Noun

dele
* dative singular of del