dele

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːliː/

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• Rhymes: -iːli

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

1. (printing, usually imperative) To delete.

dele (plural deles)

1. (printing) A sign signifying deletion.

   Synonym: deleatur

• Deel, LEDE, LEED, deel, lede, leed

• delme — Gheg

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.

dele f (plural dele, definite delja, definite plural delet)

1. sheep

   Synonyms: berr, lukër

2. ewe

• delmer
• delmere
• delmur
• deltar
• deledash

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥eːlə]

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”).

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

1. divide
2. share
3. split

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dele c

1. indefinite plural of del

• “dele” in Den Danske Ordbog

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• Rhymes: -eːlə

dele

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

• deel, edel, lede, leed

dēlē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēleō

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

• dyle

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛːl(ə)/

dele (plural deles)

1. plank

• English: deal
• Scots: deal

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

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

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dele

1. Alternative form of delen

dele

1. Alternative form of devel

From Middle Low German delen.

dele (imperative del, present tense deler, passive deles, simple past delte, past participle delt)

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

• del (noun)

• “dele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• dela

From Middle Low German delen and Old Norse deila.

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

• avdeling
• deling
• kjønnsdele
• todelt

• “dele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• delle (pre-1911/1943)

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

1. Contraction of de ele (“of him; his”)
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 373:

     Devíamos fechar os olhos dele.

     We should close his eyes.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dele.

• dêle, delle, dêlle (obsolete)

dele (Cyrillic spelling деле)

1. third-person plural present of deliti

dele

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

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dele (n class, plural dele)

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

dele

1. dative singular of del