delta

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Noun

delta

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

English

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

delta on Wikipedia

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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.
(electrical, 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) Short for delta variant. (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus)

Synonyms

(USSF): garrison (a support wing equivalent)

Hypernyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

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) (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 f (délʹta)
Vietnamese: đồng bằng (vi) (垌平)
West Frisian: delta c

mathematical symbol Δ

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

Finnish: erotus (fi), muutos (fi), delta (fi)

computing: set of differences between two versions of a file

Finnish: muutos (fi)

surveying: angle at the center of a circular arc

Finnish: keskuskulma

electric connection

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 (2), ^{(please verify)} ڊيلٽا f (1,3,4)
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} delta (sl) f (1, 2)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} châu thổ (vi)

Verb

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

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

Asturian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta f (plural deltes)

delta (Greek letter)

Noun

delta m (plural deltes)

delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

delta f (plural deltes)

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

Derived terms

metall delta

Czech

Greek letter
Δδ	Previous:	gama
Δδ	Next:	epsilon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdɛlta]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

delta (indeclinable)

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

Etymology 2

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

delta f (related adjective deltový)

(geography) delta (forked mouth of a river)

Declension

Declension of delta (hard feminine)

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

References

↑ ^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

datel
datle

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

floddelta

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta n (singular definite deltaet, plural indefinite deltaer)

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

Declension

Declension of delta

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	delta	deltaet	deltaer	deltaerne
genitive	deltas	deltaets	deltaers	deltaernes

References

“delta” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

delta

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Coordinate terms

estuarium

Derived terms

Finnish

Greek letter
Δδ	Previous:	gamma
Δδ	Next:	epsilon

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

delta

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

delta

delta (Greek letter)

Declension

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	deltojen deltain ^rare
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	deltojeni deltaini ^rare
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	deltojesi deltaisi ^rare
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	deltojemme deltaimme ^rare
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	deltojenne deltainne ^rare
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	deltojensa deltainsa ^rare
partitive		deltaansa	deltojaan deltojansa
inessive		deltassaan deltassansa	deltoissaan deltoissansa
elative		deltastaan deltastansa	deltoistaan deltoistansa
illative		deltaansa	deltoihinsa
adessive		deltallaan deltallansa	deltoillaan deltoillansa
ablative		deltaltaan deltaltansa	deltoiltaan deltoiltansa
allative		deltalleen deltallensa	deltoilleen deltoillensa
essive		deltanaan deltanansa	deltoinaan deltoinansa
translative		deltakseen deltaksensa	deltoikseen deltoiksensa
abessive		deltattaan deltattansa	deltoittaan deltoittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	deltoineen deltoinensa

Derived terms

Anagrams

dalet

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛl.ta/
Audio: (file)

Noun

delta m (plural delta or deltas)

delta (Greek letter)

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

delta (geographical feature)
Hypernym: embouchure

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

delta (plural delták)

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	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-attributive possessive - singular	deltáé	deltáké
non-attributive possessive - 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

Noun

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

delta (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of delta (feminine)

	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

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

delta

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Delta

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

delta m (invariable)

delta (all senses)

Derived terms

Anagrams

dalet

Latvian

Noun

delta f (4th declension)

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

Declension

Declension of delta (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	delta	deltas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	deltu	deltas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	deltas	deltu
dative (datīvs)	deltai	deltām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	deltu	deltām
locative (lokatīvs)	deltā	deltās
vocative (vokatīvs)	delta	deltas

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

delta

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

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

the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)

Etymology 2

Noun

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

a river delta

Derived terms

elvedelta

Etymology 3

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

Verb

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

to participate; to partake

Related terms

References

“delta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

deltaka, deltake (long forms)

Verb

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

deltakar

Etymology 2

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

delta

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

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

the Greek letter Δ, δ (delta)

Etymology 3

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Elvedelta

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

A specialized use of delta (Etymology 2).

Noun

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

a river delta

Derived terms

elvedelta

References

“delta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

delta

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

adjective

deltowy

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

(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

delta m (plural deltas)

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

Derived terms

asa-delta

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dêlta/
Hyphenation: del‧ta

Noun

dȅlta f (Cyrillic spelling де̏лта)

delta, the Greek letter Δ, δ

Declension

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

delta f (plural deltas)

Greek letter delta

Derived terms

ala delta

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

(geography) a delta

Related terms

deltaico

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English delta.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

delta class IX (plural delta class X)

delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Noun

delta n

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

Declension

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

deltaga (dated)

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of delta (class 6 strong)

	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	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	deltagande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

deltagare

References

Anagrams

delat, talde

[Rejzek-1] 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

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