dell

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: dĕl, IPA(key): /dɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English delle, del, from Old English dell (“small dale”), from Proto-West Germanic *dalljā, from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *dolъ (“below, down; valley, pit”), Welsh dôl (“meadow, dale”) and English dale. ==== Noun ==== dell (plural dells) A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow. 1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50 To this day they dwell In a lonely dell. ===== Synonyms ===== dale dingle vale valley See also Thesaurus:valley ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Origin obscure. Originally thieves' cant. Possibly from dell (valley). Compare Dutch del (“trollop, floozie”). ==== Noun ==== dell (plural dells) (obsolete) A young woman; a wench. ===== Derived terms ===== === References === "mloyjja" in Green's Dictionary of Slang. The Century Dictionary (online edition) "dell, n.2" in Oxford English Dictionary (online edition). == Albanian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Albanian *daislā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-slo (compare Latin fīlum, Lithuanian gýsla, Serbo-Croatian žȉla). === Noun === dell m (plural dej, definite delli, definite plural dejtë) (anatomy) tendon sinew ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “dell”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980 Newmark, Leonard (1999), “dell”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3], Oxford: Oxford University Press == Cornish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Conjunction === dell (triggers soft mutation) as, how ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === “dell” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek. == Maltese == === Etymology === Inherited from Arabic ظِلّ (ẓill). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɛll/ Rhymes: -ɛll === Noun === dell m (plural dellijiet or dliel) shade, shadow == Manx == === Verb === dell (verbal noun dellal) to negotiate, deal, trade, traffic === Mutation === == Middle English == === Noun === dell alternative form of delle == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *dalljā, from Proto-Germanic *daljō (“a hollow”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dell/, [deɫ] Rhymes: -ell === Noun === dell f or n or m dell, vale ==== Declension ==== Feminine Strong ō-stem: Masculine/Neuter Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: delle, dell, delEnglish: dellScots: dell === References === == Vietnamese == === Etymology === From the company name Dell, which has the similar pronunciation. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˨˩˦] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˦˥] Phonetic spelling: đéo === Adverb === dell (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of đéo. == Yola == === Preposition === dell alternative form of del === 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 17