dell

See also: Dell, Dëll, and dell'

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle English delle, del, from Old English dell (small dale), from Proto-Germanic *daljō (a hollow, abyss), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *dalą (valley, dale), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰol-, *dʰel- (an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity). Cognate with Dutch del (a dell), German Delle (a hollow).

Noun

dell (plural dells)

  1. A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.[1]
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Etymology 2

Origin obscure. Originally thieves' cant. Compare Dutch del (trollop, floozie). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

dell (plural dells)

  1. (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
    • Ben Jonson
      Sweet doxies and dells
Derived terms

References

  1. Brown, Lesley (1993) The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles, Oxford [Eng.]: Clarendon, →ISBN

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *daislā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-slo (compare Latin fīlum, Lithuanian gýsla, Serbo-Croatian žȉla).

Noun

dell m (indefinite plural dej)

  1. (anatomy) tendon
  2. sinew

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ظِلّ (ẓill).

Noun

dell m

  1. shade

Manx

Verb

dell (verbal noun dellal)

  1. to negotiate, deal, trade, traffic

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
dellghellnell
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Noun

dell

  1. Alternative form of delle

Westrobothnian

Preposition

dell

  1. Alternative form of dill
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