del

¹

[del]

1. (in names of Spanish derivation) a contraction of de and the article el:

   Estanislao del Campo.

2. (in names of Italian derivation) a contraction of di and the article il: Giovanni del Monte.

del

²

[del]

noun

Mathematics.

1. a differential operator. ∇

del.

³

abbreviation

1. delegate; delegation.

2. delete; deletion.

3. delineavit.

Del.

⁴

abbreviation

1. Delaware.

Del.

¹

abbreviation

1. Delaware

del.

²

abbreviation

1. delegate

del

³

/ dɛl /

noun

1. ∇. Also called: nabla. maths the differential operator i (∂/∂ x ) + j (∂/∂ y ) + k (∂/∂ z ), where i , j , and k are unit vectors in the x , y , and z directions

Word History and Origins

Origin of del¹

First recorded in 1900–05; short form of delta

Example Sentences

Guillermo del Toro renders this with a small sunlit vision: a hulking figure perched on a rooftop, savoring a loaf left out for the spirit the villagers imagine him to be.

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Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” isn’t a food movie by any stretch, but the moments that lodged themselves in my memory all involved nourishment — offered, stolen, shared, withheld.

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This is when del Toro shows him perched on their rooftop, legs splayed, face tipped toward the sun as he bites into one of those loaves.“And for a moment — a brief, brief moment — the world and I were at peace.”

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And again, del Toro reaches for food as the bridge.

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What lingers, though — in both del Toro’s film and Shelley’s original — are the small, luminous moments where food becomes something more than sustenance.

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