div

div

See also: div., Div., div-, and див

Translingual

Symbol

div

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Dhivehi.

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪv/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪv

Etymology 1

Clipping of division.

Noun

div (plural divs)

1. (mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
2. (web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.

   Coordinate term: section break

3. (UK, Eton College, school slang) A division; a lesson.
4. (UK, Winchester College) division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
5. (military) A division.

Derived terms

• (web design): divitis (jargon)

Translations

a function

Etymology 2

Clipping of divergence.

Noun

div

1. (vector calculus) Divergence; a kind of differential operator.

Translations

an operator

Swedish: div (sv)

Etymology 3

Clipping of divinity.

Noun

div (uncountable)

1. (UK, uncountable, slang) Divinity, as a school subject.

Synonyms

• divvers

Etymology 4

UK, 1980s. Clipping of divvy (“a foolish person”).

Noun

div (plural divs)

1. (UK, slang) A foolish person; an idiot.
   • 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press 2012, p. 13:

     Too many commentators are quick to accuse their enemies of being evil. It's far, far more effective to point out that they're acting like divs instead.

   • 2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 145:

     To put it bluntly – without wanting to attract the ire of mental-health charities – he was a div who went schizo.

   • 2017, Shappi Khorsandi, Nina Is Not OK (page 2)

     Zoe reads a lot and isn't a div like girls as pretty as her can be.

Etymology 5

From Iranian Persian دیو‎ (div, “demon”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /daivaʰ/, “false god; demon”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás (“god, supernatural being”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Doublet of daeva and deva, and (via PIE) related to Tiw, Zeus, and deus. Compare the root *div- in divine and diva as well as *dei- in deity, deism etc.

Noun

div (plural divs)

1. Alternative form of daeva

Anagrams

• D.V.I., DVI, IDV, VDI, vid, vid.

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Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiw/

Numeral

div f (masculine form daou)

1. two

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: unan. Next: teir

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *divъ. Compare Polish dziw, Russian ди́во (dívo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟɪf]

• audio

  (file)

Noun

div m inan

1. wonder

   Alenka v říšidivů ― Alice in wonderland

Declension

Declension of div

	singular	plural
nominative	div	divy
genitive	divu	divů
dative	divu	divům
accusative	div	divy
vocative	dive	divy
locative	divu	divech
instrumental	divem	divy

Related terms

• divit se
• podivit
• udivit
• vynadivit
• odiv m
• obdiv m
• podiv m
• údiv m
• divný m
• podivín m

Further reading

• div in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• div in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• div in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Indonesian

Noun

div

1. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of divisi (“division”).

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Latgalian

Etymology

Shortened form of diveji, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Akin to Latvian divi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲif]
• Hyphenation: div

Numeral

div

1. two

Usage notes

• div and divi are invariant for any gender and case, while diveji is declined.

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

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Scots

Verb

tae div

1. (auxiliary) Form of tae dae used in the east of Scotland as an auxiliary. Nowadays most often found in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Moray, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders.

   A div agree wi ye.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دیو‎ (div), from Persian دیو‎ (div), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dîʋ/

Noun

dȉv m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏в)

1. giant

Declension

Declension of div

	singular	plural
nominative	dȉv	dìvovi
genitive	diva	divova
dative	divu	divovima
accusative	diva	divove
vocative	dive	divovi
locative	divu	divovima
instrumental	divom	divovima

Derived terms

• dìvovskī

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Swedish

Noun

div

1. div; the divergence operator

Anagrams

• vid