della
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See also: Della
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from Danish dille, from Latin dēlīrium.
Noun
[edit]della f (genitive singular dellu, nominative plural dellur)
- nonsense
- Synonyms: bull, þvaður, þvættingur
- fad, passionate interest
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “della” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From di + la, ultimately derived from Vulgar Latin dē illa.
Contraction
[edit]della
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Contraction
[edit]della f sg
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of dela.
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- d'ella (obsolete)
Contraction
[edit]della f (plural dellas, masculine dello, masculine plural dellos)
- (obsolete) (contraction of de and ella) of the
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:
- El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino.
- The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun.
Further reading
[edit]- “dello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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