daniel

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdænjəl/, /ˈdanjəl/

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• Rhymes: -ænjəl

daniel (plural daniels)

1. (US slang) The buttocks.
   • 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tea Don’t Do You that Way”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 85:

     He'd pull the chair out from under some dignified dowager and catch her just before she went to fall on her daniel […]

• lead-in, denial, denail, Leanid, Aldine, Denali, alined, Delina, lead in, nailed, Eiland, dienal, Delian, enlaid, inlead, lained, dealin', leadin', deal in

daniel

1. romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌴𐌻

Borrowed from Old Czech daněl, from Latin damma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ɲɛl/

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• Rhymes: -aɲɛl
• Syllabification: da‧niel
• Homophone: Daniel

daniel m animal (related adjective danieli)

1. fallow deer (any mammal of the genus Dama)

• daniel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• daniel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• daniel in PWN's encyclopedia

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaɲi̯el]

daniel m animal (female equivalent danielica or danielka, relational adjective danielí, diminutive danielik)

1. fallow deer (any member of the genus Dama)

   daniel škvrnitý ― European fallow deer (Dama dama)

• danielča

• “daniel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025