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Translingual

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Noun

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delta

Alternative letter-case form of Delta of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

[edit] Ancient Greek alphabet

← gamma		→ epsilon
Δ δ Ancient Greek: δέλτα
Wikipedia article on delta

delta on Wikipedia

Etymology

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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

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈdɛltə/, [ˈdɛɫtə]
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛltə

Noun

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delta (plural deltas)

The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water. Nile Delta
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
(mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference". ΔV - "delta vee"(change in velocity, used in rocketry and orbital mechanics)
(finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
(chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
(computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file. When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas.
(computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon. This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta.
(surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
(electricity, often attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system. delta winding; delta connection; delta current
(US, military, U.S. Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
(astronomy) a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation.
(physics) one of four baryons consisting of up and down quarks with a combined spin of 3/2: Δ++ (uuu), Δ+ (uud), Δ0 (udd), or Δ− (ddd)
(medicine) Ellipsis of delta variant (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus).

Synonyms

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(USSF): garrison (a support wing equivalent)

Hypernyms

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(measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)
(particle physics): baryon; resonance

Derived terms

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antidelta
correlation delta
delta acid
delta arrowhead
delta blues
delta cell
delta connection
deltacoronavirus
Delta County
deltacron
delta decay
delta female
deltaform
delta glider
delta hinge
deltaic
delta iron
deltal
delta male
delta metal
delta particle
delta ray
delta-sigma converter
delta strain
deltate
delta test
delta-v
delta variant
delta wing
deltic
Dirac delta
Dirac delta function
hepatitis delta virus
inverted river delta
Kronecker delta
lava delta
nondelta
prodelta
sigma-delta converter
stimulus delta
subdelta
theta-delta

Related terms

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deltoid

Translations

[edit] fourth letter of modern Greek alphabet

Arabic: دِلْتَا (ar) f (diltā), دِلْتَا (ar) f (deltā)
Asturian: delta (ast) f
Bulgarian: де́лта f (délta)
Catalan: delta (ca) f
Chinese: Mandarin: 德爾塔 / 德尔塔 (zh) (dé'ěrtǎ)
Czech: delta (cs)
Danish: delta (da) n
Dutch: delta (nl) m or f
Esperanto: delto (eo)
Finnish: delta (fi)
French: delta (fr) m
Galician: delta (gl) m
German: Delta (de) n
Greek: δέλτα (el) n (délta) Ancient: δέλτα n (délta)
Hebrew: דֶּלְתָּא (he) f (délta)
Hindi: डेल्टा (hi) m (ḍelṭā)
Hungarian: delta (hu)
Icelandic: delta (is) n
Interlingua: delta
Japanese: デルタ (ja) (deruta)
Korean: 델타 (ko) (delta)
Latvian: delta (lv) f
Malay: delta
Maori: tēira
Marathi: डेल्टा n (ḍelṭā)
Norwegian: Bokmål: delta (no) m Nynorsk: delta m
Polish: delta (pl) f
Portuguese: delta (pt) m
Romanian: delta (ro) m
Russian: де́льта (ru) f (dɛ́lʹta)
Slovene: delta (sl) f
Spanish: delta (es) f
Swedish: delta (sv) n
Tagalog: delta
Thai: เดลตา (deel-dtâa)
Turkish: delta (tr)

landform at the mouth of a river

Albanian: delta
Arabic: دِلْتَا (ar) f (diltā)
Armenian: դելտա (hy) (delta)
Asturian: delta (ast) m
Azerbaijani: delta
Basque: delta (eu)
Belarusian: дэ́льта (be) f (délʹta)
Bikol Central: sabang (bcl)
Bulgarian: де́лта f (délta)
Catalan: delta (ca) f
Cherokee: ᏧᏩᏓᎶᎣᏒᎯ (tsuwadaloosvhi)
Chinese: Mandarin: 三角洲 (zh) (sānjiǎozhōu)
Czech: delta (cs) f
Danish: delta (da) n
Dutch: delta (nl) m or f
Esperanto: delto (eo)
Estonian: delta (et)
Finnish: suisto (fi)
French: delta (fr)
Galician: delta (gl) m
Georgian: დელტა (delṭa)
German: Delta (de) n
Greek: δέλτα (el) n (délta) Ancient: δέλτα n (délta)
Gujarati: મુખત્રિકોણ (mukhatrikoṇ)
Hebrew: דלתה f (delta)
Hindi: मुखत्रिकोण (mukhatrikoṇ), त्रिभुज (hi) m (tribhuj), तिकोन (hi) (tikon)
Hungarian: deltatorkolat (hu), delta (hu)
Indonesian: kuala (id)
Japanese: 三角州 (ja) (さんかくす, sankakusu)
Kazakh: атырау (atyrau)
Korean: 삼각주(三角洲) (ko) (samgakju)
Latvian: delta (lv) f
Lithuanian: delta (lt) f
Macedonian: делта f (delta)
Maori: pūwaiwaha
Norwegian: Bokmål: delta (no) n Nynorsk: delta n
Persian: دلتا (fa) (dêlta)
Polish: delta (pl) f
Portuguese: delta (pt) m
Romanian: deltă (ro) f
Russian: де́льта (ru) f (dɛ́lʹta)
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: делта f Roman: delta (sh) f
Sindhi: ٽِڪور (sd) (ṭikor) (Tikor)
Slovak: delta f
Slovene: delta (sl) f
Spanish: delta (es) m
Swedish: delta (sv) n
Tagalog: delta, sabangan
Thai: ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยม (th) (din-dɔɔn-sǎam-lìiam), สามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำ (sǎam-lìiam-bpàak-mɛ̂ɛ-náam), ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำ (din-dɔɔn-sǎam-lìiam-bpàak-mɛ̂ɛ-náam)
Turkish: delta (tr)
Ukrainian: де́льта (uk) f (délʹta)
Vietnamese: châu thổ (vi)
West Frisian: delta c

mathematical symbol Δ

Bulgarian: делта f (delta)
Dutch: delta (nl) f
Esperanto: delto (eo)
Finnish: delta (fi)
French: delta (fr) m
German: Delta (de) n
Greek: δέλτα (el) n (délta)
Hindi: डेल्टा (hi) m (ḍelṭā)
Marathi: डेल्टा (ḍelṭā)
Polish: delta (pl) f
Romanian: delta (ro) m
Russian: де́льта (ru) f (dɛ́lʹta)
Thai: เดลตา (deel-dtâa)

computing: small but noticeable effect

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: erotus (fi), muutos (fi), delta (fi)

computing: set of differences between two versions of a file

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: muutos (fi)

surveying: angle at the center of a circular arc

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: keskuskulma

electric connection of a three-phase system

Bulgarian: делта f (delta)
Finnish: kolmio (fi), delta (fi)
Irish: triantán (ga) m
Polish: trójkąt (pl) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations. Translations to be checked

Icelandic: (please verify) delta (is) n (1), (please verify) ós m (2), (please verify) árós m (2)
Interlingua: (please verify) delta (1, 2, 3)
Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) ušće n
Sindhi: (please verify) ٽِڪور (sd) f (ṭikor) (2), (please verify) ڊيلٽا f (ḍelṭā) (1,3,4)
Slovene: (please verify) delta (sl) f (1, 2)
Vietnamese: (please verify) châu thổ (vi)

Verb

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delta (third-person singular simple present deltas, present participle deltaing, simple past and past participle deltaed)

(cryptography) To calculate the differences between the characters in an enciphered text and the characters a fixed number of positions previous.
- 2007, B. J. Copeland, “Tunny and Colossus: Breaking the Lorenz Schlüsselzusatz traffic”, in Karl de Leeuw, Jan Bergstra, editors, The History of Information Security: A Comprehensive Handbook, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 458:Turingery worked on deltaed key to produce the deltaed contribution of the chi-wheels. Turing's discovery that delta-ing would reveal information otherwise hidden was essential to the developments that followed.
(computing) To compare two versions of the same file in order to determine where they differ (where a programmer has made edits).
- 1992, Israel Silverberg, Source File Management With SCCS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 166:The primary function of this command is to delta the product version file (if it has been retrieved for edit). However, prior to deltaing the product version file, the work source tree is searched to verify that no other source files are still waiting to be deltaed.

Anagrams

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atled, Tedla, lated, Adlet, dealt, dalet, adlet, taled

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

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delta f (plural deltes)

delta (Greek letter)

Noun

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delta m (plural deltes)

delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɛl.tə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈdel.ta]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Noun

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delta f (plural deltes)

delta; the Greek letter Δ (lowercase δ)
(geography) a delta

Derived terms

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metall delta

Czech

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Δδ	Previous:	gama
Δδ	Next:	epsilon

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈdɛlta]

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), which is probably of Semitic origin.[1]

Noun

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delta n (indeclinable)

Delta (Greek letter Δ)
(physics) kind of rays consisting of secondary electrons with enough energy to escape a significant distance away from the primary radiation beam and produce further ionization (delta ray)

Adjective

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delta (indeclinable)

having the shape of the Greek letter Δ delta křídlo ― delta wing

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta). Originally used for the delta of the Nile, because its forked shape resembled the Greek letter Δ. The word is probably of Semitic origin.[1]

Noun

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delta f (relational adjective deltový)

(geography) delta (forked mouth of a river)

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	delta	delty
genitive	delty	delt
dative	deltě	deltám
accusative	deltu	delty
vocative	delto	delty
locative	deltě	deltách
instrumental	deltou	deltami

References

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↑ 1.0 1.1 Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “delta”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 137

Anagrams

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datel
datle

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:floddeltaWikipedia da

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

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delta n (singular definite deltaet, plural indefinite deltaer)

a river delta
delta (the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, Δ, δ.)

Declension

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neutergender	singular		plural
neutergender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	delta	deltaet	deltaer	deltaerne
genitive	deltas	deltaets	deltaers	deltaernes

References

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“delta” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:deltaWikipedia nl

Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta). Doublet of dalet.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.taː/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

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delta f (plural delta's, diminutive deltaatje n)

the Greek letter delta
a river delta, a network of one or more rivers and tributaries pouring out into a larger body of water Synonym: rivierdelta

Hypernyms

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mond
monding
riviermond
riviermonding

Coordinate terms

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estuarium

Derived terms

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deltagebied
Deltagebied
Deltaplan
Deltawerk
rivierdelta

Finnish

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Δδ	Previous:	gamma
Δδ	Next:	epsilon

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:deltaWikipedia fi

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈdelt(ː)ɑ/, [ˈde̞l̪t̪(ː)ɑ̝]
Rhymes: -eltɑ
Syllabification(key): del‧ta
Hyphenation(key): del‧ta

Noun

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delta

delta (Greek letter)

Declension

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Inflection of delta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		delta	deltat
genitive		deltan	deltojen
partitive		deltaa	deltoja
illative		deltaan	deltoihin
singular	plural
nominative		delta	deltat
accusative	nom.	delta	deltat
accusative	gen.	deltan	deltat
genitive		deltan	deltojendeltainrare
partitive		deltaa	deltoja
inessive		deltassa	deltoissa
elative		deltasta	deltoista
illative		deltaan	deltoihin
adessive		deltalla	deltoilla
ablative		deltalta	deltoilta
allative		deltalle	deltoille
essive		deltana	deltoina
translative		deltaksi	deltoiksi
abessive		deltatta	deltoitta
instructive		—	deltoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of delta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
singular	plural
nominative		deltani	deltani
accusative	nom.	deltani	deltani
accusative	gen.	deltani	deltani
genitive		deltani	deltojenideltainirare
partitive		deltaani	deltojani
inessive		deltassani	deltoissani
elative		deltastani	deltoistani
illative		deltaani	deltoihini
adessive		deltallani	deltoillani
ablative		deltaltani	deltoiltani
allative		deltalleni	deltoilleni
essive		deltanani	deltoinani
translative		deltakseni	deltoikseni
abessive		deltattani	deltoittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	deltoineni

second-person singular possessor
singular	plural
nominative		deltasi	deltasi
accusative	nom.	deltasi	deltasi
accusative	gen.	deltasi	deltasi
genitive		deltasi	deltojesideltaisirare
partitive		deltaasi	deltojasi
inessive		deltassasi	deltoissasi
elative		deltastasi	deltoistasi
illative		deltaasi	deltoihisi
adessive		deltallasi	deltoillasi
ablative		deltaltasi	deltoiltasi
allative		deltallesi	deltoillesi
essive		deltanasi	deltoinasi
translative		deltaksesi	deltoiksesi
abessive		deltattasi	deltoittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	deltoinesi

first-person plural possessor
singular	plural
nominative		deltamme	deltamme
accusative	nom.	deltamme	deltamme
accusative	gen.	deltamme	deltamme
genitive		deltamme	deltojemmedeltaimmerare
partitive		deltaamme	deltojamme
inessive		deltassamme	deltoissamme
elative		deltastamme	deltoistamme
illative		deltaamme	deltoihimme
adessive		deltallamme	deltoillamme
ablative		deltaltamme	deltoiltamme
allative		deltallemme	deltoillemme
essive		deltanamme	deltoinamme
translative		deltaksemme	deltoiksemme
abessive		deltattamme	deltoittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	deltoinemme

second-person plural possessor
singular	plural
nominative		deltanne	deltanne
accusative	nom.	deltanne	deltanne
accusative	gen.	deltanne	deltanne
genitive		deltanne	deltojennedeltainnerare
partitive		deltaanne	deltojanne
inessive		deltassanne	deltoissanne
elative		deltastanne	deltoistanne
illative		deltaanne	deltoihinne
adessive		deltallanne	deltoillanne
ablative		deltaltanne	deltoiltanne
allative		deltallenne	deltoillenne
essive		deltananne	deltoinanne
translative		deltaksenne	deltoiksenne
abessive		deltattanne	deltoittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	deltoinenne

third-person possessor
singular	plural
nominative		deltansa	deltansa
accusative	nom.	deltansa	deltansa
accusative	gen.	deltansa	deltansa
genitive		deltansa	deltojensadeltainsarare
partitive		deltaansa	deltojaandeltojansa
inessive		deltassaandeltassansa	deltoissaandeltoissansa
elative		deltastaandeltastansa	deltoistaandeltoistansa
illative		deltaansa	deltoihinsa
adessive		deltallaandeltallansa	deltoillaandeltoillansa
ablative		deltaltaandeltaltansa	deltoiltaandeltoiltansa
allative		deltalleendeltallensa	deltoilleendeltoillensa
essive		deltanaandeltanansa	deltoinaandeltoinansa
translative		deltakseendeltaksensa	deltoikseendeltoiksensa
abessive		deltattaandeltattansa	deltoittaandeltoittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	deltoineendeltoinensa

Derived terms

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deltafunktio
deltalihas
deltasiipi

Anagrams

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dalet

French

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /dɛl.ta/
Audio: (file)
Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)

Noun

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delta m (plural delta or deltas)

delta (Greek letter)

Noun

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delta m (plural deltas)

delta (geographical feature) Hypernym: embouchure

Galician

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

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delta m (plural deltas)

delta (Greek letter)
delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈdɛltɒ]
Hyphenation: del‧ta
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

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delta (plural delták)

delta (Greek letter)
delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	delta	delták
accusative	deltát	deltákat
dative	deltának	deltáknak
instrumental	deltával	deltákkal
causal-final	deltáért	deltákért
translative	deltává	deltákká
terminative	deltáig	deltákig
essive-formal	deltaként	deltákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	deltában	deltákban
superessive	deltán	deltákon
adessive	deltánál	deltáknál
illative	deltába	deltákba
sublative	deltára	deltákra
allative	deltához	deltákhoz
elative	deltából	deltákból
delative	deltáról	deltákról
ablative	deltától	deltáktól
non-attributivepossessive – singular	deltáé	deltáké
non-attributivepossessive – plural	deltáéi	deltákéi

Possessive forms of delta

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	deltám	deltáim
2nd person sing.	deltád	deltáid
3rd person sing.	deltája	deltái
1st person plural	deltánk	deltáink
2nd person plural	deltátok	deltáitok
3rd person plural	deltájuk	deltáik

Icelandic

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Noun

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delta f (genitive singular deltu, nominative plural deltur) ordelta n (genitive singular delta, nominative plural deltu)

delta (Greek letter)

Declension

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singular		plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	delta	deltan	deltur	delturnar
accusative	deltu	deltuna	deltur	delturnar
dative	deltu	deltunni	deltum	deltunum
genitive	deltu	deltunnar	delta	deltanna

Declension of delta (neuter)

singular		plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	delta	deltað	deltu	deltun
accusative	delta	deltað	deltu	deltun
dative	delta	deltanu	deltum	deltunum
genitive	delta	deltans	delta	deltanna

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:deltaWikipedia id

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈdɛlta]
Hyphenation: dèl‧ta

Noun

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delta

delta,
1. the fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ
2. (geography) a landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:deltaWikipedia it

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.ta/
Rhymes: -ɛlta
Hyphenation: dèl‧ta

Noun

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delta m (invariable)

delta (all senses)

Derived terms

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ala a delta
deltaplano

Anagrams

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dalet

Latvian

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Noun

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delta f (4th declension)

delta (Greek letter)
delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Declension

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singular(vienskaitlis)	plural(daudzskaitlis)
nominative	delta	deltas
genitive	deltas	deltu
dative	deltai	deltām
accusative	deltu	deltas
instrumental	deltu	deltām
locative	deltā	deltās
vocative	delta	deltas

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:deltaWikipedia no

Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

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delta m (definite singular deltaen, indefinite plural deltaer, definite plural deltaene)

the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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delta n (definite singular deltaet, indefinite plural delta or deltaer, definite plural deltaene)

a river delta

Derived terms

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elvedelta

Etymology 3

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From del (“part”) + ta (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something; to partake in something.

Verb

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delta (imperative delta, present tense deltar, passive deltas, simple past deltok, past participle deltatt, present participle deltakende)

to participate; to partake

Related terms

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deltagelse, deltakelse
deltager, deltaker

References

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“delta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From del (“part”) + ta (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something.

Alternative forms

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deltaka, deltake (long forms)

Verb

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delta (present tense deltek or deltar, past tense deltok, past participle delteke or deltatt, passive infinitive delteken, present participle deltakande, imperative delta)

to participate

Related terms

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deltakar

Etymology 2

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:deltaWikipedia nn

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

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delta m (definite singular deltaen, indefinite plural deltaer or deltaar, definite plural deltaene or deltaane)

the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)

Etymology 3

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:ElvedeltaWikipedia nn

A specialized use of delta (Etymology 2).

Noun

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delta n (definite singular deltaet, indefinite plural delta, definite plural deltaa)

a river delta

Derived terms

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elvedelta

References

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“delta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:deltaWikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), from Phoenician 𐤃 (d /⁠dalet⁠/).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.ta/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛlta
Syllabification: del‧ta

Noun

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delta f

delta (Greek letter Δ, δ)
(mathematics, colloquial) discriminant Synonym: wyróżnik
(geography) delta (landform at the mouth of a river)
(aeronautics) delta wing

Declension

[edit] Declension of delta

singular	plural
nominative	delta	delty
genitive	delty	delt
dative	delcie	deltom
accusative	deltę	delty
instrumental	deltą	deltami
locative	delcie	deltach
vocative	delto	delty

Derived terms

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deltowy

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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(Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛw.tɐ/ [ˈdɛʊ̯.tɐ]

(Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛw.tɐ/ [ˈdɛʊ̯.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛw.ta/ [ˈdɛʊ̯.ta]

(Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.tɐ/ [ˈdɛɫ.tɐ]

Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

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delta m (plural deltas)

delta (Greek letter)
delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Derived terms

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asa-delta

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /dêlta/
Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

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dȅlta f (Cyrillic spelling де̏лта)

delta, the Greek letter Δ, δ

Declension

[edit] Declension of delta

singular	plural
nominative	dȅlta	delte
genitive	delte	dȇltā
dative	delti	deltama
accusative	deltu	delte
vocative	delto	delte
locative	delti	deltama
instrumental	deltom	deltama

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈdelta/ [ˈd̪el̪.t̪a]
Rhymes: -elta
Syllabification: del‧ta

Noun

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delta f (plural deltas)

Greek letter delta

Derived terms

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ala delta

Noun

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delta m (plural deltas)

(geography) a delta

Related terms

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deltaico

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English delta.

Pronunciation

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Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

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delta class IX (plural delta class X)

delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

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delta n

the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)
a river delta

Declension

[edit] Declension of delta

nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	delta	deltas
singular	definite	deltat	deltats
plural	indefinite	deltan	deltans
plural	definite	deltana	deltanas

Etymology 2

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From del (“part”) +‎ ta(ga) (“take”), i.e. to take part in something. Compare English partake.

Alternative forms

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deltaga (dated)

Pronunciation

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Audio: (file)

Verb

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delta (present deltar, preterite deltog, supine deltagit, imperative delta)

to participate, to take part delta i en demonstrationparticipate in a demonstration (protest march)
1. to attend Han deltog i mötetHe attended (took part in) the meeting

Conjugation

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active		passive
infinitive	delta		—
supine	deltagit		—
imperative	delta		—
imper. plural1	deltan		—
present	past	present	past
indicative	deltar	deltog	—	—
ind. plural1	delta	deltogo	—	—
subjunctive2	delta	deltoge	—	—
present participle		deltagande
past participle		—

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

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deltagare

References

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delta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
delta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
delta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

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delat, talde

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