name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
dell
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/dɛl/
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dĕl
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CMU ARPABET: D EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
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name
Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Faribault County, Minnesota.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Benton County, Missouri.
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.
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noun
Meaning 6
A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow.
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noun
Meaning 7
A young woman; a wench.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 8
a small wooded hollow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dingle
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Broader terms: hollow, holler
History
Etymology
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.
Origin obscure. Originally thieves' cant. Possibly from dell (valley). Compare Dutch del (“trollop, floozie”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: (zalesněné) údolíčko — sunken area of ground
- Dutch: inzinking — sunken area of ground
- German: Senke — sunken area of ground
- Hungarian: völgy — sunken area of ground
- Icelandic: laut — sunken area of ground
- Irish: fothair — sunken area of ground
- Spanish: depresión — sunken area of ground
- Swedish: svacka — sunken area of ground