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• /ˈdiːl/
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• [ˈdɪi̯l]
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• South-Asia: /ˈɖiːl/
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From Middle English dele (“plank”), from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“plank, board”); cognate with Old English þille. Doublet of thill.

From Old English dæl (“valley”), corresponding to modern dale.

From Middle English del, dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-West Germanic *daili, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dh(h1)-oy-lo- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Scots dele (“part, portion”), West Frisian diel (“part, share”), Dutch deel (“part, share, portion”), German Teil (“part, portion, section”), Danish, Slovene, and Swedish del (“part”), Icelandic deila (“division, contention”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (dails, “portion”). Related to Old English dāl (“portion”). More at dole.

From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhail- (“part, watershed”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ).

379 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: елов (elov) — made of deal
• Bulgarian: чамов (čamov) — made of deal
• Finnish: lankku- — made of deal
• Hungarian: fenyő- — made of deal
• Hungarian: fenyőfa — made of deal
• Finnish: osa — division, share
• French: part — division, share
• German: Anteil — division, share
• German: Portion — division, share
• Hungarian: részesedés — division, share
• Hungarian: osztályrész — division, share
• Italian: parte — division, share
• Italian: porzione — division, share
• Malagasy: anjara — division, share
• Portuguese: porção — division, share
• Portuguese: parte — division, share
• Russian: разда́ча (razdáča) — division, share
• Russian: распределе́ние (raspredelénije) — division, share
• Serbo-Croatian: у́дио — division, share
• Serbo-Croatian: údio — division, share
• Sinhalese: ගනුදෙනුව (ganudenuwa) — division, share
• Spanish: reparto — division, share
• Spanish: parte — division, share
• Bulgarian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — large number or amount or extent
• Finnish: suuri määrä — large number or amount or extent
• Finnish: paljon — large number or amount or extent
• Galician: cantidade — large number or amount or extent
• German: Menge — large number or amount or extent
• Hungarian: rengeteg — large number or amount or extent
• Italian: dose — large number or amount or extent
• Italian: quantità — large number or amount or extent
• Italian: tot — large number or amount or extent
• Portuguese: porção — large number or amount or extent
• Russian: ку́ча (kúča) — large number or amount or extent
• Russian: у́йма (újma) — large number or amount or extent
• Russian: диль (dilʹ) — large number or amount or extent
• Serbo-Croatian: количѝна — large number or amount or extent
• Serbo-Croatian: količìna — large number or amount or extent
• Finnish: jakaminen — act of dealing or sharing out
• Hungarian: bánásmód — act of dealing or sharing out
• Hungarian: elbánás — act of dealing or sharing out
• Bulgarian: разда́ване (razdávane) — distribution of cards
• Esperanto: disdono — distribution of cards
• Finnish: jako — distribution of cards
• Finnish: työt — distribution of cards
• French: pli — distribution of cards
• French: donne — distribution of cards
• Hungarian: osztás — distribution of cards
• Hungarian: leosztás — distribution of cards
• Hungarian: lapjárás — distribution of cards
• Irish: lámhdhéanamh — distribution of cards
• Irish: déanamh — distribution of cards
• Polish: rozdanie — distribution of cards
• Portuguese: mão — distribution of cards
• Russian: сда́ча (sdáča) — distribution of cards
• Spanish: reparto — distribution of cards
• Swedish: giv — distribution of cards
• Turkish: el — distribution of cards
• Amharic: መገበያየት (mägäbäyayät) — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Belarusian: уго́да (uhóda) — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Bulgarian: сде́лка (sdélka) — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Chinese Mandarin: 交易 (jiāoyì) — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Czech: obchod — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Finnish: kauppa — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Finnish: diili — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• French: marché — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Galician: transacción — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• German: Handel — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• German: Deal — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Hebrew: עִסְקָה ('iská) — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Hindi: लेन-देन (len-den) — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Hungarian: ügylet — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Hungarian: üzlet — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Japanese: 取引 (torihiki) — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Korean: 거래 (georae) — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Polish: transakcja — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Polish: interes — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Polish: sprzedaż — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Portuguese: transação — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Russian: сде́лка (sdélka) — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Spanish: negocio — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Swedish: affär — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Swedish: transaktion — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Ukrainian: уго́да (uhóda) — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Urdu: لین دین (len den) — instance of buying or selling — see also transaction
• Belarusian: уго́да (uhóda) — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Belarusian: здзе́лка (zdzjélka) — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Chinese Mandarin: 交易 (jiāoyì) — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Finnish: erikoistarjous — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Hungarian: alku — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Hungarian: ajánlat — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Hungarian: akció — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Hungarian: potya vétel — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Japanese: お得 (otoku) — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Korean: 거래 (georae) — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Polish: deal — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Polish: dil — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Polish: ugoda — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Russian: сде́лка (sdélka) — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-iomlaid — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Spanish: promoción — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Spanish: oferta — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Ukrainian: уго́да (uhóda) — transaction offered which is financially beneficial
• Arabic: اِتِّفَاقِيَّة (ittifāqiyya) — agreement, arrangement
• Belarusian: уго́да (uhóda) — agreement, arrangement
• Belarusian: здзе́лка (zdzjélka) — agreement, arrangement
• Catalan: tracte — agreement, arrangement
• Chinese Mandarin: 合約 /合约 (héyuē) — agreement, arrangement
• Chinese Mandarin: 合同 (hétóng) — agreement, arrangement
• Finnish: sopimus — agreement, arrangement
• Finnish: diili — agreement, arrangement
• French: contrat — agreement, arrangement
• French: accord — agreement, arrangement
• Galician: acordo — agreement, arrangement
• Galician: trato — agreement, arrangement
• Galician: avinza — agreement, arrangement
• Georgian: გარიგება (garigeba) — agreement, arrangement
• Georgian: შეთანხმება (šetanxmeba) — agreement, arrangement
• German: Pakt — agreement, arrangement
• German: Abkommen — agreement, arrangement
• German: Abmachung — agreement, arrangement
• German: Abschluss — agreement, arrangement
• German: Handel — agreement, arrangement
• German: Deal — agreement, arrangement
• Hebrew: עִסְקָה ('isqá) — agreement, arrangement
• Hebrew: דִּיל (dil) — agreement, arrangement
• Hungarian: egyezség — agreement, arrangement
• Hungarian: megegyezés — agreement, arrangement
• Hungarian: megállapodás — agreement, arrangement
• Italian: contratto — agreement, arrangement
• Japanese: 合意 (gōi) — agreement, arrangement
• Korean: 합의 (habui) — agreement, arrangement
• Malayalam: കരാർ (karāṟ) — agreement, arrangement
• Malayalam: വ്യവസ്ഥ (vyavastha) — agreement, arrangement
• Dari: تَوَافُق (tawāfuq) — agreement, arrangement
• Iranian Persian: تَوافُق (tavâfoġ) — agreement, arrangement
• Polish: porozumienie — agreement, arrangement
• Polish: układ — agreement, arrangement
• Polish: kontrakt — agreement, arrangement
• Polish: umowa — agreement, arrangement
• Portuguese: acordo — agreement, arrangement
• Russian: сде́лка (sdélka) — agreement, arrangement
• Russian: угово́р (ugovór) — agreement, arrangement
• Russian: догово́р (dogovór) — agreement, arrangement
• Russian: соглаше́ние (soglašénije) — agreement, arrangement
• Spanish: acuerdo — agreement, arrangement
• Spanish: arreglín — agreement, arrangement
• Spanish: venencia — agreement, arrangement
• Spanish: trato — agreement, arrangement
• Swedish: kontrakt — agreement, arrangement
• Swedish: pakt — agreement, arrangement
• Swedish: uppgörelse — agreement, arrangement
• Turkish: anlaşma — agreement, arrangement
• Ukrainian: уго́да (uhóda) — agreement, arrangement
• Belarusian: спра́ва (správa) — informal: situation, occasion, event
• Finnish: juttu — informal: situation, occasion, event
• Finnish: homma — informal: situation, occasion, event
• German: Sache — informal: situation, occasion, event
• Hungarian: helyzet — informal: situation, occasion, event
• Hungarian: ábra — informal: situation, occasion, event
• Romanian: treabă — informal: situation, occasion, event
• Romanian: fază — informal: situation, occasion, event
• Russian: де́ло (délo) — informal: situation, occasion, event
• Ukrainian: спра́ва (správa) — informal: situation, occasion, event
• Finnish: juttu — informal: unspecified or unidentified object
• French: truc — informal: unspecified or unidentified object
• German: Teil — informal: unspecified or unidentified object
• Hungarian: cucc — informal: unspecified or unidentified object
• Hungarian: cuccos — informal: unspecified or unidentified object
• Hungarian: holmi — informal: unspecified or unidentified object
• Hungarian: izé — informal: unspecified or unidentified object
• Romanian: treabă — informal: unspecified or unidentified object
• Romanian: chestie — informal: unspecified or unidentified object
• Russian: шту́ка (štúka) — informal: unspecified or unidentified object
• Russian: штуко́вина (štukóvina) — informal: unspecified or unidentified object
• Bulgarian: чам (čam) — wood that is easy to saw
• Finnish: lankku — wood that is easy to saw
• German: Bohle — wood that is easy to saw
• Hungarian: fenyődeszka — wood that is easy to saw
• Hungarian: puhafa — wood that is easy to saw
• Bulgarian: чамова дъска (čamova dǎska) — plank of softwood
• Finnish: lankku — plank of softwood
• German: Planke — plank of softwood
• Hungarian: palló — plank of softwood
• Hungarian: deszka — plank of softwood
• Bulgarian: раздавам (razdavam) — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Bulgarian: разпределям (razpredeljam) — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Catalan: repartir — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Czech: rozdělit — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Dutch: uitdelen — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Esperanto: disdoni — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Finnish: jakaa — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Galician: repartir — to give out as one’s portion or share
• German: austeilen — to give out as one’s portion or share
• German: verteilen — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Greek: μοιράζω (moirázo) — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Hebrew: חָלַק (ẖaláq) — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Hebrew: חִלֵּק (ẖillléq) — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Hungarian: szétoszt — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Hungarian: eloszt — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Italian: ripartire — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Māori: tohatoha — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Māori: tu(w)ha — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Māori: tu(w)hatu(w)ha — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Māori: tiritiri — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Portuguese: dividir — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Portuguese: repartir — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Russian: раздава́ть (razdavátʹ) — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Russian: распределя́ть (raspredeljátʹ) — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Spanish: repartir — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Spanish: distribuir — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Swedish: dela — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Ukrainian: роздава́ти (rozdaváty) — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Ukrainian: розподіля́ти (rozpodiljáty) — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Yiddish: טיילן (teyln) — to give out as one’s portion or share
• Bulgarian: разпределям (razpredeljam) — to administer in portions
• Dutch: verdelen — to administer in portions
• Finnish: jakaa — to administer in portions
• German: austeilen — to administer in portions
• German: erteilen — to administer in portions
• German: zuteilen — to administer in portions
• Hungarian: ad — to administer in portions
• Hungarian: adagol — to administer in portions
• Hungarian: mér — to administer in portions
• Hungarian: sújt — to administer in portions
• Italian: assegnare — to administer in portions
• Macedonian: дели (deli) — to administer in portions
• Māori: whakainati — to administer in portions
• Portuguese: lidar — to administer in portions
• Russian: распределя́ть (raspredeljátʹ) — to administer in portions
• Russian: наноси́ть (nanosítʹ) — to administer in portions
• Spanish: repartir — to administer in portions
• Spanish: asignar — to administer in portions
• Spanish: asestar — to administer in portions
• Swedish: dela — to administer in portions
• German: zuteilen — To take action with regard to someone or something.
• Māori: mea — To take action with regard to someone or something.
• Armenian: բաժանել (bažanel) — to distribute (cards)
• Bulgarian: раздавам (razdavam) — to distribute (cards)
• Catalan: repartir — to distribute (cards)
• Chinese Mandarin: 發牌 /发牌 (fāpái) — to distribute (cards)
• Czech: rozdat — to distribute (cards)
• Dutch: delen — to distribute (cards)
• Esperanto: disdoni — to distribute (cards)
• Finnish: jakaa — to distribute (cards)
• French: distribuer — to distribute (cards)
• Galician: dar — to distribute (cards)
• Galician: repartir — to distribute (cards)
• German: austeilen — to distribute (cards)
• German: geben — to distribute (cards)
• German: ausgeben — to distribute (cards)
• Greek: μοιράζω (moirázo) — to distribute (cards)
• Hungarian: oszt — to distribute (cards)
• Italian: distribuire — to distribute (cards)
• Italian: dare — to distribute (cards)
• Khmer: ចែកបៀ (caek biə) — to distribute (cards)
• Khmer: បោះមេ (bɑh mee) — to distribute (cards)
• Khmer: ចែក (caek) — to distribute (cards)
• Māori: whiuwhiu — to distribute (cards)
• Māori: tohatoha — to distribute (cards)
• Mongolian: тарааж өгөх (taraaž ögöx) — to distribute (cards)
• Mongolian: хуваах (xuvaax) — to distribute (cards)
• Norwegian: dele ut — to distribute (cards)
• Northwestern Ojibwa: onin — to distribute (cards)
• Portuguese: dar — to distribute (cards)
• Romanian: împărți — to distribute (cards)
• Russian: раздава́ть (razdavátʹ) — to distribute (cards)
• Russian: сдава́ть (sdavátʹ) — to distribute (cards)
• Spanish: repartir — to distribute (cards)
• Swedish: ge — to distribute (cards)
• Thai: แจกไพ่ — to distribute (cards)
• Tibetan: སྤྲད (sprad) — to distribute (cards)
• Turkish: dağıtmak — to distribute (cards)
• Vietnamese: chia bài — to distribute (cards)
• Finnish: syöttää — baseball slang: to pitch — see also pitch
• Spanish: lanzar — baseball slang: to pitch — see also pitch
• Turkish: atmak — baseball slang: to pitch — see also pitch
• Finnish: käydä kauppaa — to have dealings or business
• Galician: tratar — to have dealings or business
• German: sich widmen — to have dealings or business
• German: handeln — to have dealings or business
• Italian: dedicarsi — to have dealings or business
• Italian: occuparsi — to have dealings or business
• Portuguese: lidar — to have dealings or business
• Scottish Gaelic: dèilig — to have dealings or business
• Spanish: dedicarse — to have dealings or business
• Ottoman Turkish: صاتمق (satmak) — to have dealings or business
• Finnish: toimia — to take action; to act
• French: agir — to take action; to act
• German: handeln — to take action; to act
• Italian: comportarsi — to take action; to act
• Bulgarian: търгувам (tǎrguvam) — to trade
• Catalan: comerciar — to trade
• Catalan: vendre — to trade
• Catalan: comprar — to trade
• Czech: obchodovat — to trade
• Dutch: handelen — to trade
• Finnish: käydä kauppaa — to trade
• French: faire le commerce — to trade
• Galician: tratar — to trade
• Galician: comerciar — to trade
• German: handeln — to trade
• Ancient Greek: ἐμπορεύομαι (emporeúomai) — to trade
• Hungarian: kereskedik — to trade
• Hungarian: üzletel — to trade
• Italian: commerciare — to trade
• Japanese: 取引する (torihiki suru) — to trade
• Portuguese: trabalhar — to trade
• Russian: торгова́ть (torgovátʹ) — to trade
• Scottish Gaelic: dèilig — to trade
• Spanish: comerciar — to trade
• Spanish: mercadear — to trade
• Spanish: platear — to trade
• Swedish: sälja — to trade
• Ukrainian: торгува́ти (torhuváty) — to trade
• Czech: prodávat — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Dutch: dealen — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Finnish: trokata — to sell (illicit drugs)
• French: charbonner — to sell (illicit drugs)
• German: dealen — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Hungarian: árul — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Italian: trafficare — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Italian: spacciare — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Portuguese: traficar — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Russian: сбыва́ть (sbyvátʹ) — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Russian: толка́ть (tolkátʹ) — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Russian: бары́жить (barýžitʹ) — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Russian: ба́нчить (bánčitʹ) — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèilig — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Spanish: vender drogas — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Spanish: traficar — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Swedish: langa — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Swedish: sälja — to sell (illicit drugs)
• Bulgarian: имам работа с (imam rabota s) — to be concerned with
• Catalan: tractar — to be concerned with
• Czech: pojednávat — to be concerned with
• Dutch: te maken hebben met — to be concerned with
• Esperanto: pritrakti — to be concerned with
• Finnish: käsitellä — to be concerned with
• German: handeln — to be concerned with
• German: behandeln — to be concerned with
• German: abhandeln — to be concerned with
• Hungarian: foglalkozik — to be concerned with
• Italian: trattare — to be concerned with
• Italian: comportarsi — to be concerned with
• Portuguese: lidar — to be concerned with
• Scottish Gaelic: dèilig — to be concerned with
• Spanish: tratar — to be concerned with
• Swedish: handla — to be concerned with
• Bulgarian: справям се (spravjam se) — to handle, manage
• Chinese Mandarin: 對付 /对付 (duìfu) — to handle, manage
• Czech: jednat — to handle, manage
• Dutch: behandelen — to handle, manage
• Dutch: regelen — to handle, manage
• Finnish: hoitaa — to handle, manage
• French: faire face (à) — to handle, manage
• French: traiter (avec) — to handle, manage
• Georgian: გამკლავება (gamḳlaveba) — to handle, manage
• German: behandeln — to handle, manage
• German: umgehen (mit) — to handle, manage
• Hungarian: kezel — to handle, manage
• Hungarian: megbirkózik — to handle, manage
• Hungarian: beletörődik — to handle, manage
• Hungarian: feldolgoz — to handle, manage
• Italian: maneggiare — to handle, manage
• Italian: occuparsi — to handle, manage
• Japanese: 対処する (taisho suru) — to handle, manage
• Japanese: 扱う (atsukau) — to handle, manage
• Polish: radzić sobie — to handle, manage
• Portuguese: lidar — to handle, manage
• Russian: име́ть де́ло с (imétʹ délo s) — to handle, manage
• Russian: справля́ться (spravljátʹsja) — to handle, manage
• Russian: спра́виться с (správitʹsja s) — to handle, manage
• Scottish Gaelic: dèilig — to handle, manage
• Spanish: manejar — to handle, manage
• Spanish: ocuparse — to handle, manage
• Spanish: lidiar — to handle, manage
• Ukrainian: ма́ти спра́ву (máty správu) — to handle, manage
• Ukrainian: ві́дати (vídaty) — to handle, manage