different between dell vs cavern

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?l, IPA^(key): /d?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English delle, del, from Old English dell (“small dale”), from Proto-Germanic *dalj? (“a hollow, abyss”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *dal? (“valley, dale”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ol-, *d?el- (“an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity”). Cognate with Dutch del (“a dell”), German Delle (“a hollow”).

Noun

dell (plural dells)

1. A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.
   • 1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50

     To this day they dwell

     In a lonely dell.

   • 1722, Thomas Tickell, Kensington Gardens

     In dells and dales, conceal'd from human sight.

Synonyms

• dale
• dingle
• vale
• valley
• See also Thesaurus:valley

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin obscure. Originally thieves' cant. Compare Dutch del (“trollop, floozie”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

dell (plural dells)

1. (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
   • 1621, Ben Jonson, The Gypsies Metamorphosed

     Sweet doxies and dells

Derived terms

• wapping dell

References

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *daisl?, from Proto-Indo-European *g??iH-slo (compare Latin f?lum, Lithuanian gýsla, Serbo-Croatian ž?la).

Noun

dell m (indefinite plural dej, definite singular delli, definite plural dejt)

1. (anatomy) tendon
2. sinew

Declension

References

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (?ill).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ll/

Noun

dell m (plural dellijiet)

1. shade, shadow

Manx

Verb

dell (verbal noun dellal)

1. to negotiate, deal, trade, traffic

Mutation

Middle English

Noun

dell

1. Alternative form of delle

Westrobothnian

Preposition

dell

1. Alternative form of dill

English

Etymology

From Middle English caverne, from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna, from cavus (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?v'?n, IPA^(key): /?kæv.?n/
• (General American) enPR: k?v'?rn, IPA^(key): /?kæv.?n/
• Rhymes: -æv?(?)n

Noun

cavern (plural caverns)

1. A large cave.
2. An underground chamber.

Derived terms

• cavernous

Translations

Verb

cavern (third-person singular simple present caverns, present participle caverning, simple past and past participle caverned)

1. (transitive) To form a cavern or deep depression in.

   catacombs caverning the hillsides

2. (transitive) To put into a cavern.

Anagrams

• Craven, carven, craven