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• /ˈdɛltə/
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• [ˈdɛɫtə]
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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), borrowed from a Phoenician word for "door", ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dalt-. Doublet of dalet. * (river): from the triangular shape of the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ * (USSF): from the delta wing, symbol of the USSF, a triangular wing, shaped like the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دِلْتَا (diltā) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Arabic: دِلْتَا (deltā) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Asturian: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Bulgarian: де́лта (délta) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Catalan: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Chinese Mandarin: 德爾塔 /德尔塔 (dé'ěrtǎ) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Czech: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Danish: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Dutch: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Esperanto: delto — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Finnish: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• French: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Galician: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• German: Delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Greek: δέλτα (délta) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Ancient Greek: δέλτα (délta) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Hebrew: דֶּלְתָּא (délta) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Hindi: डेल्टा (ḍelṭā) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Hungarian: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Icelandic: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Interlingua: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Japanese: デルタ (deruta) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Korean: 델타 (delta) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Latvian: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Malay: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Māori: tēira — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Marathi: डेल्टा (ḍelṭā) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Norwegian Bokmål: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Norwegian Nynorsk: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Polish: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Portuguese: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Romanian: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Russian: де́льта (dɛ́lʹta) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Slovene: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Spanish: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Swedish: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Tagalog: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Thai: เดลตา (deel-dtâa) — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Turkish: delta — fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet
• Albanian: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Arabic: دِلْتَا (diltā) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Armenian: դելտա (delta) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Asturian: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Azerbaijani: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Basque: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Belarusian: дэ́льта (délʹta) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Central Bikol: sabang — landform at the mouth of a river
• Bulgarian: де́лта (délta) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Catalan: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Cherokee: ᏧᏩᏓᎶᎣᏒᎯ (tsuwadaloosvhi) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Chinese Mandarin: 三角洲 (sānjiǎozhōu) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Czech: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Danish: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Dutch: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Esperanto: delto — landform at the mouth of a river
• Estonian: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Finnish: suisto — landform at the mouth of a river
• French: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• West-Frisian: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Galician: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Georgian: დელტა (delṭa) — landform at the mouth of a river
• German: Delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Greek: δέλτα (délta) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Ancient Greek: δέλτα (délta) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Gujarati: મુખત્રિકોણ (mukhatrikoṇ) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Hebrew: דלתה (delta) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Hindi: मुखत्रिकोण (mukhatrikoṇ) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Hindi: त्रिभुज (tribhuj) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Hindi: तिकोन (tikon) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Hungarian: deltatorkolat — landform at the mouth of a river
• Hungarian: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Indonesian: kuala — landform at the mouth of a river
• Japanese: 三角州 (sankakusu) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Kazakh: атырау (atyrau) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Korean: 삼각주 (samgakju) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Latvian: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Lithuanian: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Macedonian: делта (delta) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Māori: pūwaiwaha — landform at the mouth of a river
• Norwegian Bokmål: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Norwegian Nynorsk: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Persian: دلتا (dêlta) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Polish: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Portuguese: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Romanian: deltă — landform at the mouth of a river
• Russian: де́льта (dɛ́lʹta) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Serbo-Croatian: делта — landform at the mouth of a river
• Serbo-Croatian: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Sindhi: ٽِڪور (ṭikor) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Slovak: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Slovene: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Spanish: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Swedish: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Tagalog: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Tagalog: sabangan — landform at the mouth of a river
• Thai: ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยม (din-dɔɔn-sǎam-lìiam) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Thai: สามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ํา (sǎam-lìiam-bpàak-mɛ̂ɛ-náam) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Thai: ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ํา (din-dɔɔn-sǎam-lìiam-bpàak-mɛ̂ɛ-náam) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Turkish: delta — landform at the mouth of a river
• Ukrainian: де́льта (délʹta) — landform at the mouth of a river
• Vietnamese: châu thổ — landform at the mouth of a river
• Bulgarian: делта (delta) — mathematical symbol Δ
• Dutch: delta — mathematical symbol Δ
• Esperanto: delto — mathematical symbol Δ
• Finnish: delta — mathematical symbol Δ
• French: delta — mathematical symbol Δ
• German: Delta — mathematical symbol Δ
• Greek: δέλτα (délta) — mathematical symbol Δ
• Hindi: डेल्टा (ḍelṭā) — mathematical symbol Δ
• Marathi: डेल्टा (ḍelṭā) — mathematical symbol Δ
• Polish: delta — mathematical symbol Δ
• Romanian: delta — mathematical symbol Δ
• Russian: де́льта (dɛ́lʹta) — mathematical symbol Δ
• Thai: เดลตา (deel-dtâa) — mathematical symbol Δ
• Finnish: erotus — computing: small but noticeable effect
• Finnish: muutos — computing: small but noticeable effect
• Finnish: delta — computing: small but noticeable effect
• Russian: дельта (delʹta) — computing: small but noticeable effect
• Finnish: muutos — computing: set of differences between two versions of a file
• Russian: дельта (delʹta) — computing: set of differences between two versions of a file
• Russian: разница (raznica) — computing: set of differences between two versions of a file
• Russian: различия (različija) — computing: set of differences between two versions of a file
• Finnish: keskuskulma — surveying: angle at the center of a circular arc
• Bulgarian: делта (delta) — electric connection of a three-phase system
• Finnish: kolmio — electric connection of a three-phase system
• Finnish: delta — electric connection of a three-phase system
• Irish: triantán — electric connection of a three-phase system
• Polish: trójkąt — electric connection of a three-phase system