"del" meaning in English

See del in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɛl/ Audio: en-us-del.ogg Forms: dels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta. Head templates: {{en-noun}} del (plural dels)
  1. (mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator. Categories (topical): Mathematical analysis
    Sense id: en-del-en-noun-dfypBh-n Topics: mathematical-analysis, mathematics, sciences
  2. (mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-del-en-noun-s~YBuEQn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 31 1 12 10 12 24 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: atled, nabla
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: dels [plural]
Etymology: See deal Head templates: {{en-noun}} del (plural dels)
  1. (obsolete) a part, portion Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-del-en-noun-i6-oxPyy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Etymology: Shortening Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} del
  1. Abbreviation of delegate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: delegate
    Sense id: en-del-en-noun-VJCS4ntj Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  2. Abbreviation of delegation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: delegation
    Sense id: en-del-en-noun-lNOiAIG1 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Etymology: Shortening Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} del
  1. Abbreviation of delete. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: delete
    Sense id: en-del-en-verb-BmEoBeXv Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Etymology: Abbreviation of Latin delineavit Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} del
  1. abbreviation of delineavit as seen on published artwork, identifying the original artist. Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: delineavit as seen on published artwork (extra: Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history), identifying the original artist (extra: Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history)
    Sense id: en-del-en-verb-6iv4NFN5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "del (plural dels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mathematical analysis",
          "orig": "en:Mathematical analysis",
          "parents": [
            "Mathematics",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator."
      ],
      "id": "en-del-en-noun-dfypBh-n",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematical analysis",
          "mathematical analysis"
        ],
        [
          "gradient",
          "gradient"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematical-analysis",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 31 1 12 10 12 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential"
      ],
      "id": "en-del-en-noun-s~YBuEQn",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "∂",
          "∂"
        ],
        [
          "differential",
          "differential"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-del.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/En-us-del.ogg/En-us-del.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/En-us-del.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "atled"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nabla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "del"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "See deal",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "del (plural dels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "a part, portion"
      ],
      "id": "en-del-en-noun-i6-oxPyy",
      "links": [
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) a part, portion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "del"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "Shortening",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "del",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "delegate"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of delegate."
      ],
      "id": "en-del-en-noun-VJCS4ntj",
      "links": [
        [
          "delegate",
          "delegate#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "delegation"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of delegation."
      ],
      "id": "en-del-en-noun-lNOiAIG1",
      "links": [
        [
          "delegation",
          "delegation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "del"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "Shortening",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "del",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "delete"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of delete."
      ],
      "id": "en-del-en-verb-BmEoBeXv",
      "links": [
        [
          "delete",
          "delete#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "del"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of Latin delineavit",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "del",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history",
          "word": "delineavit as seen on published artwork"
        },
        {
          "extra": "Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history",
          "word": "identifying the original artist"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "abbreviation of delineavit as seen on published artwork, identifying the original artist. Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history"
      ],
      "id": "en-del-en-verb-6iv4NFN5",
      "links": [
        [
          "delineavit",
          "delineavit"
        ],
        [
          "publish",
          "publish"
        ],
        [
          "artwork",
          "artwork"
        ],
        [
          "identify",
          "identify"
        ],
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "natural history",
          "natural history"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "del"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 32 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛl/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "del (plural dels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mathematical analysis"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematical analysis",
          "mathematical analysis"
        ],
        [
          "gradient",
          "gradient"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematical-analysis",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "∂",
          "∂"
        ],
        [
          "differential",
          "differential"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-del.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/En-us-del.ogg/En-us-del.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/En-us-del.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "atled"
    },
    {
      "word": "nabla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "del"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 32 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "See deal",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "del (plural dels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a part, portion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) a part, portion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "del"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 32 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "Shortening",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "del",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "delegate"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of delegate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delegate",
          "delegate#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "delegation"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of delegation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delegation",
          "delegation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "del"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 32 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "Shortening",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "del",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "delete"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of delete."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delete",
          "delete#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "del"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 32 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of Latin delineavit",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "del",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history",
          "word": "delineavit as seen on published artwork"
        },
        {
          "extra": "Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history",
          "word": "identifying the original artist"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "abbreviation of delineavit as seen on published artwork, identifying the original artist. Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delineavit",
          "delineavit"
        ],
        [
          "publish",
          "publish"
        ],
        [
          "artwork",
          "artwork"
        ],
        [
          "identify",
          "identify"
        ],
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "natural history",
          "natural history"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "del"
}

Download raw JSONL data for del meaning in English (4.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (The symbol ∇): atled, nabla desc=The symbol ∇ rest=atled, nabla cls=other cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
  "path": [
    "del"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "del",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.