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delete

/dɪˈlit/dih-LEET
/dɪˈlit/dih-LEET

Meaningto wipe out

Common meaning: to remove or erase

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DAR‘tear, rend, rive’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 152, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latindēleō, dēlēre‘to wipe out’
  3. Englishdelete‘to remove or erase’ · today

dele also in: indelible

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin dēleō ‘to wipe out’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry dēleō, p. 537 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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