delivery

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪˈlɪv.(ə.)ɹi/ Rhymes: -ɪvəɹi === Noun === delivery (countable and uncountable, plural deliveries) The act of conveying something. The item which has been conveyed. Synonym: consignment (medicine, obstetrics) The act or process of a mother giving birth. Coordinate term: labour (the process leading up) Near-synonyms: childbirth, parturition (baseball) A pitching motion. (baseball) A thrown pitch. The manner of speaking or singing. (medicine) The administration of a drug. (cricket) A ball bowled. (curling) The process of throwing a stone. (genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells. (soccer) A cross or pass ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English delivery. === Pronunciation === === Noun === delivery m or f (plural deliveries) (Brazil) home delivery (the transportation of goods, usually food, directly to the customer’s house). Synonym: entrega === Further reading === “delivery”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English delivery. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /deˈlibeɾi/ [d̪eˈli.β̞e.ɾi] Rhymes: -ibeɾi === Noun === delivery m (plural deliveries or delivery) (Puerto Rico, Southern Cone) home delivery Synonyms: entrega a domicilio, reparto a domicilio, domicilio (Puerto Rico) deliveryman === Noun === delivery m or f by sense (plural deliveries) (Uruguay, Paraguay) deliveryperson ==== 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.