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Is deli a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word deli is a Scrabble US word. The word deli is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is deli a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word deli is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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Is deli a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word deli is a Words With Friends word. The word deli is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (6 found)

DEIL,DELI,DIEL,EILD,IDLE,LIED,

3-letter words (9 found)

DEI,DEL,DIE,ELD,IDE,LED,LEI,LID,LIE,

2-letter words (6 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,ID,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 22 words from deli according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of deli

deli edli dlei ldei eldi ledi deil edil diel idel eidl iedl dlie ldie dile idle lide ilde elid leid eild ield lied iled

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Definitions and meaning of deli

deli

Etymology

Attested since 1954. Clipping of delicatessen, from German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), from French délicatesse, derived from the adjective délicat, from Latin delicatus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛli/
  • Homophone: Delhi
  • Rhymes: -ɛli

Noun

deli (plural delis)

  1. (informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
  2. (informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.

Derived terms

  • deli meat

Translations

Anagrams

  • Diel, IDLE, Idle, Lide, diel, eild, idle, lied

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish deli (“mad, insane”), perhaps via Serbo-Croatian dèli (“brave”). Doublet of dalia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛli]
  • Hyphenation: de‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Adjective

deli (comparative delibb, superlative legdelibb)

  1. (rare, literary) stalwart, athletic (figure), well-built (person)

Declension

References

Further reading

  • deli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • deli in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Portuguese

Verb

deli

  1. inflection of delir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

deli (Cyrillic spelling дели)

  1. inflection of deliti:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English deli.

Noun

deli c

  1. a simpler restaurant (selling lighter meals, for examples sandwiches and salads)
  2. a deli shop or deli section (at a retail store)
Declension

Etymology 2

Perhaps borrowed from Turkish deli.

Adjective

deli (comparative mer deli, superlative mest deli)

  1. (slang) stupid, retarded

References

  • deli in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • Slangopedia

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دلی (deli), from Proto-Turkic *tälig, *tẹ̄lbüg (“mad, stupid”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛli/

Adjective

deli

  1. mad, insane

Declension

Derived terms

  • delice
  • deli dolu
  • delikanlı
  • delilik
  • zırdeli

Related terms

  • delirmek
  • delişmen

Descendants

  • → Greek: ντελής (ntelís)
  • → Hungarian: deli
  • → Serbo-Croatian: delija
  • → Swedish: deli

Further reading

  • “deli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Volapük

Noun

deli

  1. accusative singular of del

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdɛlɨ̞/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdeːli/, /ˈdɛli/

Verb

deli

  1. second-person singular present indicative/future of dal

Mutation

Verb

deli

  1. Soft mutation of teli.

Mutation


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