You can make 7 words from del according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of del
del edl dle lde eld led
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word del. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in del.
Definitions and meaning of del
del
Translingual
Symbol
del
(international standards)ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Delaware languages.
Etymology 1
From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
del (pluraldels)
(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 (pluraldels)
(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
delm
of the, from the
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic*döl (whence also Welshdail), from Proto-Celtic*dolyā. Cognate with Middle Irishduille, from Old Irishduilne, from a variant form *dolnyā; both are from Proto-Indo-European*dʰelh₁-(“blossom”), whence also Ancient Greekθάλλω(thállō, “to bloom”), Old Englishdile(“dill”), and Old Armenianդալար(dalar, “green, fresh”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈdel/
Noun
delf (singulativedelienn)
foliage, leaves
Burarra
Noun
del
spotted harrier, swamp harrier
peregrine falcon, brown falcon
Australian kestrel
Catalan
Pronunciation
(Central) IPA(key): /dəl/
(Valencian) IPA(key): /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 Spanishdel, contraction of ‘deel.’
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 Englishdelete.
Pronunciation
Verb
del
(Hong Kong Cantonese) to delete
Danish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈd̥eˀl]
Etymology 1
From Middle Low Germandēl, deil, from Old Saxondel. The word has replaced the native noun Old Danishdeld, Old Norsedeild, from Proto-Germanic*dailiþō.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
del
imperative of dele
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɛl/
Hyphenation: del
Rhymes: -ɛl
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchdelle(“valley; dune valley”), from Old Dutchdella(“valley; (geography) depression; dune valley”), from Proto-Germanic*daljō. Cognate with Englishdell.
Noun
deln (pluraldellen, diminutivedelletjen)
dune valley
dell, small depression in a landscape
Related terms
dal
doel
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutchdille. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to the verb dillen(“to chatter”). Compare Englishdell.
Noun
delf (pluraldellen, diminutivedelletjen)
trollop, floozie
Galician
Etymology
From contraction of preposition de(“of, from”) + third-person masculine singular pronoun el(“he, him, it”).
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit𑀤𑁂𑀤𑀺(dedi), from Sanskritददाति(dadāti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan*dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian*dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti.
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] (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] (in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 124
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*dělъ.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dèːl/, /déːl/, /dèːʋ/, /déːʋ/
Noun
dẹ̄lordẹ̄łm inan
part
Inflection
Further reading
“del”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Alternative forms
d'el(obsolete)
Etymology
prep de + article el. Akin to Portuguesedo and Frenchdu.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
“del” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedishdel, from Middle Low Germandēl, deil, from Old Saxondēl.
Pronunciation
Noun
delc
part (of a whole); share
Declension
See also
dela
dela med sig
en del
en hel del
för den delen
Further reading
del in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
LED, eld, led
Volapük
Noun
del (nominative pluraldels)
day
Declension
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(key): /dɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛl
Adjective
del (feminine singulardel, pluraldel, equativedeled, comparativedelach, superlativedelaf)
pretty
Mutation
References
West Frisian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɛl/
Adverb
del
down
Further reading
“del”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishtelle, tille, from Old Englishtil.
Alternative forms
dell, tell, 'tell, till
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɛɫ/, /tɛɫ/, /tɪɫ/
Preposition
del
until
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishdelven, from Old Englishdelfan, from Proto-West Germanic*delban.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɛɫ/
Verb
del (present participledelleenordellen, simple pastdellt)
to dig
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