You can make 22 words from deal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 4 letters words made out of deal
deal edal dael adel eadl aedl dela edla dlea ldea elda leda dale adle dlae ldae alde lade eald aeld elad lead aled laed
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word deal. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in deal.
Definitions and meaning of deal
deal
Pronunciation
enPR: dēl, IPA(key): /diːl/
Rhymes: -iːl
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishdel, dele, from Old Englishdǣl(“part, share, portion”), from Proto-West Germanic*daili, from Proto-Germanic*dailiz(“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European*dʰail-(“part, watershed”).
Cognate with Scotsdele(“part, portion”), West Frisiandiel(“part, share”), Dutchdeel(“part, share, portion”), GermanTeil(“part, portion, section”), Danishdel(“part”), Swedish del ("part, portion, piece") Icelandicdeila(“division, contention”), Gothic𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃(dails, “portion”), Slovenedel(“part”). Related to Old Englishdāl(“portion”). More at dole.
Noun
deal (pluraldeals)
(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
Synonyms:allotment, apportionment, distribution
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified bygreatorgood).
Synonyms:batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew; see also Thesaurus:lot
Derived terms
(indefinite quantity):a great deal, a good deal, big deal, real deal
afterdeal
foredeal
half-deal
ordeal
Related terms
a deal is a deal
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishdelen, from Old Englishdǣlan(“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic*dailijan, from Proto-Germanic*dailijaną(“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European*dʰail-(“part, watershed”).
Verb
deal (third-person singular simple presentdeals, present participledealing, simple past and past participledealtor(nonstandard)dealed)
(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
Synonyms:apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out
(transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
Synonyms:administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
(transitive, intransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
(transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
This is a heavy-handed weapon attack that can be made with a two-handed weapon, that will deal damage equal to 4 times your size category
(baseball) To pitch.
Synonyms:pitch, throw
(intransitive) To have dealings or business.
(intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
(obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
(intransitive) To trade professionally (followed byin).
Synonyms:sell, trade, bargain
(transitive, intransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
Synonym:sell
(intransitive) To be concerned with.
(intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
deal (pluraldeals)
(archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing out.
(card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
Synonym:hand
A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
Synonyms:business deal, sale, trade, transaction
(in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
Synonyms:steal, bargain
2009, The Guardian, Virginia Wallis, 22 Jul 2009:
You also have to look at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade up to the kind of property you are looking for.
An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
Synonyms:contract, pact
He made a deal with the devil.
I didn't deserve it, but he cut me a deal.
to cut a deal, to cut deals
to cut a fantastic deal, to cut a raw deal
(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
(informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
Synonyms:dealy, thingy, whazzit
Derived terms
Descendants
→ French: deal
→ German: Deal
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle Englishdele(“plank”), from Middle Low Germandele, from Old Saxonthili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic*þiljǭ(“plank, board”); cognate with Old Englishþille. Doublet of thill.
Noun
deal (countable and uncountable, pluraldeals)
(uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 86,[5]
Some Houses were […] entirely lock’d up, the Doors padlockt, the Windows and Doors having Deal Boards nail’d over them,
(countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
(countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
deal (not comparable)
Made of deal.
A plain deal table
Translations
Anagrams
ALDE, Adel, Dale, Dela, E.D. La., Lade, Leda, adle, dale, lade, lead
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishdeal.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /diːl/
Hyphenation: deal
Noun
dealm (pluraldeals, diminutivedealtjen)
(informal)deal, a transaction or arrangement
(informal) a deal, a bargain (a favourable transaction)
Derived terms
drugsdeal
Related terms
deel
delen
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishdeal.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dil/
Noun
dealm (pluraldeals)
a deal: a transaction
a deal: an agreement
local, small scale drug trafficking
Hypernym:trafic de drogue
Quelques jours après l’assassinat d’un homme sous les yeux de son fils de 8 ans, le quartier semble à l’arrêt sans qu’aucune solution pérenne ne se dessine pour lutter contre les violences liées au deal. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
dealer
Related terms
dealeur
Further reading
“deal” in languefrancaise.net, Bob, dictionnaire de français argotique, populaire et familier, 2023.
“deal” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
“deal” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
Middle English
Noun
deal
(Early Middle English)Alternative form of del
Polish
Alternative forms
dil
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Englishdeal, from Middle Englishdelen, from Old Englishdǣlan, from Proto-West Germanic*dailijan, from Proto-Germanic*dailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European*dʰail-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dil/
Rhymes: -il
Syllabification: deal
Noun
dealm inan
(business, slang)deal(transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain)
Synonym:ugoda
Declension
Further reading
deal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonicдѣлъ(dělŭ), from Proto-Slavic*dělъ.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [de̯al]
Noun
dealn (pluraldealuri)
hill
Declension
Derived terms
deluros
delușor
Spanish
Etymology 1
From Latindeus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /deˈal/[d̪eˈal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: de‧al
Adjective
dealm or f (masculine and feminine pluraldeales)
(rare, relational) god, gods
References
“deal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Etymology 2
Unadapted borrowing from Englishdeal.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈdil/[ˈd̪il]
Rhymes: -il
Noun
dealm (pluraldeales)
(business)deal
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
“deal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014