deli
See also: délì, délǐ, Délǐ, déli, dēli, déłí, dęli, děli, dělí, Deli, and Déli
English
Etymology
Attested since 1954. Clipping of delicatessen, from German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), from French délicatesse, derived from the adjective délicat, from Latin delicatus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛli/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: Delhi
- Rhymes: -ɛli
Noun
deli (plural delis)
- (informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
- Delis usually offer a broader, fresher menu than fast food chains.
- 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:
- Part of the 'western arcade' (as it's known) is lined with delis, cafes and other shops, giving it the feeling of a bazaar.
- (informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.
Derived terms
- deli meat
Translations
shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving
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food sold at a delicatessen.
Anagrams
- Diel, IDLE, Idle, Lide, diel, eild, idle, lied
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish deli (“mad, insane”), perhaps via Serbo-Croatian dèli (“brave”).[1] Doublet of dalia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɛli]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: de‧li
- Rhymes: -li
Adjective
deli (comparative delibb, superlative legdelibb)
- (rare, literary) stalwart, athletic (figure), well-built (person)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | deli | delik |
accusative | delit | deliket |
dative | delinek | deliknek |
instrumental | delivel | delikkel |
causal-final | deliért | delikért |
translative | delivé | delikké |
terminative | deliig | delikig |
essive-formal | deliként | delikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | deliben | delikben |
superessive | delin | deliken |
adessive | delinél | deliknél |
illative | delibe | delikbe |
sublative | delire | delikre |
allative | delihez | delikhez |
elative | deliből | delikből |
delative | deliről | delikről |
ablative | delitől | deliktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular | delié | deliké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | deliéi | delikéi |
References
- deli in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- deli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- deli in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
Portuguese
Verb
deli
- inflection of delir:
- first-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
deli (Cyrillic spelling дели)
- inflection of deliti:
- third-person singular present
- second-person singular imperative
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish دلی (deli), from Proto-Turkic *tälig, *tẹ̄lbüg (“mad, stupid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛli/
Adjective
deli
- mad, insane
Declension
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Dative | deliye | delilere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | delide | delilerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | deliden | delilerden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- delice
- deli dolu
- delikanlı
- delilik
- zırdeli
Related terms
- delirmek
Descendants
- → Greek: ντελής (delís)
- → Hungarian: deli
- → Serbo-Croatian: delija
Further reading
- deli in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
Volapük
Noun
deli
- accusative singular of del
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdɛlɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdeːli/, /ˈdɛli/
Verb
deli
- second-person singular present indicative/future of dal
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
deli | ddeli | neli | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Verb
deli
- Soft mutation of teli.
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
teli | deli | nheli | theli |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |