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DELF^¹

Rhymes with -ɛlf

noun

Diplôme d'étude de langue française, a French-language qualification.

delf^²

Rhymes with -ɛlf

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From Middle English delf, delve, dælf (“a quarry, clay pit, hole; an artificial watercourse, a canal, a ditch, a trench; a grave; a pitfall”), from Old English delf, ġedelf (“delving, digging”) and dælf (“that which is dug, delf, ditch”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *delbaną (“to dig”). More at delve.

noun delfs · delves · delft · delve

UK, archaic, dialectal A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile. two delves gules
alternative Alternative form of delft (“style of earthenware”). Five nothings in five plates of delf

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noun DELF

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@misc{delf_2026,
  title = {delf},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/delf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}