dedal

dedal

1. (US) Alternative spelling of daedal.

• addle, daled, laded

From Late Latin digitāle, from Latin digitālis (“digital”), from digitus. Doublet of dixital.

• IPA^(key): [deˈðal]

dedal m (plural dedais)

1. thimble

   Synonym: alferga

• dedaleira
• dedo
• dixital

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dedal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dedal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dedal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dedal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dedal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Spanish dedal.

dedál

1. thimble

From Late Latin digitāle, from Latin digitālis (“digital”), from digitus. By surface analysis, dedo +‎ -al. Doublet of digital.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
• Hyphenation: de‧dal

dedal m (plural dedais)

1. thimble (cap for the fingers, used in sewing to push the needle)
2. thimbleful (as much as a thimble would hold)
3. (botany) a tree, Lafoensia densiflora

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dedal.

• dedalzinho (diminutive)

• dedada
• dedo
• dígital
• dígito

Borrowed from French dédale.

dedal n (plural dedaluri)

1. maze

From Old Spanish dedal, from Late Latin digitāle, from Latin digitālis (“digital”), from digitus. Doublet of digital.

• IPA^(key): /deˈdal/ [d̪eˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: de‧dal

dedal m (plural dedales)

1. thimble

• “dedal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• didal, diral

Borrowed from Spanish dedal, from Old Spanish dedal, from Late Latin digitāle, from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dihital.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /deˈdal/ [d̪ɛˈd̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: de‧dal

dedál (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜎ᜔) (sewing)

1. thimble

• “dedal”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “dedal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018