dele

See also: Dele, déle, dêle, dėlė, dé le, and děle

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːliː/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːli

Verb

dele (third-person singular simple present deles, present participle deleing, simple past and past participle deled)

1. (printing, usually imperative) To delete.

Noun

dele (plural deles)

1. (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)

1. sheep

   Synonyms: berr, lukër

2. ewe

Declension

Declension of dele

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	dele	dele	delja	delet
accusative			delen
dative	deleje	deleve	deles	deleve
ablative		delesh

Derived terms

• delmer
• delmere
• delmur
• deltar
• deledash

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [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)

1. divide
2. share
3. split

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dele c

1. indefinite plural of del

References

• “dele” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːlə

Verb

dele

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of delen

Anagrams

• deel, edel, lede, leed

Latin

Verb

dēlē

1. 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^(key): /ˈdɛːl(ə)/

Noun

dele (plural deles)

1. 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

1. 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

1. Alternative form of delen

Etymology 4

Noun

dele

1. 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)

1. to divide
2. to split
3. 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)

1. to divide
2. to split
3. to share

Derived terms

• avdeling
• deling
• kjønnsdele
• todelt

References

• “dele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.li/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈde.le/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde.lɨ/

Contraction

dele (feminine dela, masculine plural deles, feminine plural delas)

1. Contraction of de ele (“of him; his”)
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, 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.

Alternative forms

• dêle, delle, dêlle (obsolete)

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

dele (Cyrillic spelling деле)

1. third-person plural present of deliti

Spanish

Verb

dele

1. third-person singular imperative of dar combined with le

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

dele (n class, plural dele)

1. a type of coffee pot (pot for coffee)

Volapük

Noun

dele

1. dative singular of del