# del
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Etymology 1

From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

##### Synonyms

* (The symbol ∇): atled, nabla

##### See also

* Wikipedia article on del, the mathematical symbol

### Etymology 2

See deal

#### Noun

del (plural dels)
* (obsolete) a part, portion

### Etymology 3

Shortening

#### Noun

del
* Abbreviation of delegate.
* Abbreviation of delegation.

#### Verb

del
* Abbreviation of delete.

### 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

### Anagrams

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

## Albanian
### Etymology

Variant of standard dal.

### Verb

del
* to exit
* to go out

## Asturian
### Etymology

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

### Contraction

del m
* of the, from the

## 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: /ˈdel/

### Noun

del f (singulative delienn)
* foliage, leaves

## Burarra
### Noun

del
* spotted harrier, swamp harrier
* peregrine falcon, brown falcon
* Australian kestrel

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* (Central) IPA: /dəl/
* (Valencia) IPA: /del/

### Contraction

del
* Contraction of the preposition de and the article el. of the

#### Further reading

* “del” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish del, contraction of ‘de el.’

### Contraction

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

#### Related terms

* de, dela

## Chinese
### Etymology

From clipping of English delete.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): di$^6$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: di$^6$
*** Yale: dih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: di$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: di$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiː²²/

### Verb

del
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to delete

## Cornish
### 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)
* (collective) leaves

#### Derived terms

* del bleujyow (“flower petals”)

### Mutation
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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

del c (singular definite delen, plural indefinite dele)
* part, portion
* proportion
* share, portion
* section

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

del
* imperative of dele

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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.

#### Noun

del n (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)
* dune valley
* dell, small depression in a landscape

##### Related terms

* dal
* doel

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch dille. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to the verb dillen (“to chatter”). Compare English dell.

#### Noun

del f (plural dellen, diminutive delletje n)
* trollop, floozie

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /del/

### Contraction

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

## Ido
### Preposition

del
* Contraction of de la (“from the”).

#### Usage notes

This is optional, you can also use de l'...

## Interlingua
### Preposition

del
* Contraction of de le (“of the”).

## Istriot
### Contraction

del
* 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

di (preposition) +‎ il (article)

### Contraction

del
* 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.

#### See also

di § Usage notes

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English dǣl.

#### Alternative forms

* (Early ME) dæl, deal, deol
* dele, deel, deyl, deil, diel, deele

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛːl/

#### Noun

del (plural deles)
* A part, proportion or section of something.
* The part or proportion that one is assigned or entitled to.
* One's fate, inevitability or luck; what is ordained to occur.
* A quantity or number of something; a deal or lot.
* Intensity, severity, degree.
* (often used in negations) A thing; a small amount.

##### Synonyms

* dol

##### Related terms

* delare
* delen
* delynge
* everydel
* ordel
* somdel

##### Descendants

* English: deal
* Scots: dele

##### References

* “dēl, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

del
* Alternative form of delle (“dell”)

## 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)
* part, portion, share

##### Derived terms

* bestanddel
* bildel
* brøkdel
* bydel
* delaktig
* delstat
* deltid
* delvis
* eiendel
* femdel
* femtedel
* firedel
* fjerdedel
* halvdel
* hoveddel
* hundredel
* kroppsdel
* landsdel
* reservedel
* seksdel
* sjettedel
* størstedel
* tidel
* tiendedel
* tredel
* tredjedel
* tusendel
* verdensdel

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

del
* imperative of dele

### References

* “del” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## 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: /deːl/

### Noun

del m (definite singular delen, indefinite plural delar, definite plural delane)
* part, portion, share
    Synonym: lut

#### Derived terms

* bildel
* brøkdel
* bydel
* delstat
* deltid
* femdel
* femtedel
* firedel
* fjerdedel
* halvdel
* hundredel
* kroppsdel
* landsdel
* reservedel
* seksdel
* sjettedel
* størstedel
* tidel
* tredel
* tredjedel
* tusendel

### References

* “del” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* dau
* dal
* deu

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Contraction

del
* Contraction of de lo.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* du

### Contraction

del
* contraction of de + le (of the)

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daili.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛːl/, /dɛi̯l/

### Noun

dēl m
* part, share, portion
* unit, word

#### Declension
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Northern Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈdɛl/

### Noun

del m inan
* (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

## 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.

#### Verb

del
* to give

##### Derived terms

* del avri
* del dùma
* del godǐ
* del muj
* del ćući
* del čikh

### Etymology 2
#### 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] (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

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dèːl/, /déːl/, /dèːʋ/, /déːʋ/

### Noun

dẹ̄l or dẹ̄ł m inan
* part

#### Inflection
### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* d'el (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /del/ [d̪el]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: del

### Contraction

del
* 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, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

del c
* part (of a whole); share

#### See also

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

### Further reading

* Template:R:sv:SO

### Anagrams

* LED, eld, led

## Volapük
### Noun

del (nominative plural dels)
* 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.

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### 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
### Etymology

Related to delw (“image”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛl/
* Rhymes: -ɛl

### Adjective

del (feminine singular del, plural del, equative deled, comparative delach, superlative delaf)
* pretty

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### 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: /dɛl/

### Adverb

del
* down

#### Further reading

* “del”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

## Yola
### Etymology 1

From Middle English telle, tille, from Old English til.

#### Alternative forms

* dell, tell, 'tell, till

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛl/, /tɛl/, /tɪl/

#### Preposition

del
* until
** 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:Del Ich.Until I.
** 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 2-3:Hea raan awye del hea caame neeghe Burstheoune.He ran away until he came nigh to Bridgetown.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English delven, from Old English delfan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛl/

#### Verb

del (present participle delleen, simple past dellt)
* to dig or delve

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 33 & 34