della

See also: Della

Icelandic

Etymology

Likely from Danish dille, from Latin dēlīrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛtla]

Noun

della f (genitive singular dellu, nominative plural dellur)

1. nonsense

   Synonyms: bull, þvaður, þvættingur

2. fad, passionate interest

   Hann er með bíladellu. ― He is extremely interested in and passionate about cars.

   Hann er algjör dellukarl. ― He's the type of guy who becomes passionately interested in various activities and gadgets.

Declension

Declension of della (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	della	dellan	dellur	dellurnar
accusative	dellu	delluna	dellur	dellurnar
dative	dellu	dellunni	dellum	dellunum
genitive	dellu	dellunnar	dellna, della	dellnanna, dellanna

Further reading

• “della” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Italian

Etymology

From di +‎ la, ultimately derived from Vulgar Latin dē illa.

Contraction

della

1. contraction of di la; of the, from the

Anagrams

• dalle

Portuguese

Contraction

della f sg

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of dela

Spanish

Alternative forms

• d'ella (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeʝa/ [ˈd̪e.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeʝa/ [ˈd̪e.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdeʎa/ [ˈd̪e.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdeʃa/ [ˈd̪e.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdeʒa/ [ˈd̪e.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdea/ [ˈd̪e.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -eʝa

• Rhymes: -eʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -eʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ea (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: de‧lla

Contraction

della f (plural dellas, masculine dello, masculine plural dellos)

1. (obsolete) contraction of de +‎ ella, literally “of it”
   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, chapter I, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha [ The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha], Primera parte, Madrid: Imprenta de Juan de la Cuesta:

     El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino.

     The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for the holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun.

Further reading

• “dello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025