de l'

See also: del, Del, dél, dėl, -del, Del., dēļ, and

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /del/

Contraction

de l'

  1. (poetic) Apocopic form of de la (of the)

See also

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də l‿/

Article

de l’

  1. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
    Voudriez-vous de l’ail ?Would you like some garlic?

Usage notes

  • While English does have the partitive determiner some, the French article de l’- frequently translates to nothing at all in English; for example, the above example « Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? » could also be translated simply as “Would you like garlic?”
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.