Delft
See also: delft
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Delft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛlft/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Delft
- A city in South Holland, Netherlands known for its production of blue and white pottery.
- A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- delft
Noun
Delft (uncountable)
- A piece of blue and white earthenware produced in Delft, Netherlands.
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 39”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], OCLC 365836:
- Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess:
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
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Anagrams
- Feldt
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as delf in 1130-1157. From Middle Dutch delft, from earlier delf, derived from a hydronym derived from Middle Dutch delven (“dig, excavate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛlft/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Delft
- Rhymes: -ɛlft
Proper noun
Delft n
- Delft (a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands).
- Synonym: Kabbelgat (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Abtswoude, Klein-Delfgauw
Derived terms
- Delftenaar
- Delfts
- Delfgauw
- Delfland
- Delfshaven
- Hof van Delft
Related terms
- delven
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “delft”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN