delir

From Latin dēlēre (“to destroy”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈli]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [deˈliɾ]

delir (first-person singular present deleixo, first-person singular preterite delí, past participle delit)

1. (archaic, transitive) to destroy, to erase
2. (archaic, intransitive) to disappear
3. (reflexive) to relish (to take great pleasure in something)

• delit

• “delir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “delir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “delir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “delir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin dēlēre, with change of conjugation. Compare Spanish desleír and English delete.

• Hyphenation: de‧lir

delir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite deli, past participle delido)

1. to destroy, erase; to delete

   Synonyms: extinguir, eliminar

2. to dilute

   Synonym: diluir

• deletar

• делир (delir) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Borrowed from French délire.

• IPA^(key): [deˈlir]

delir n (plural deliruri)

1. delirium, madness; raving

• (medical): aiurare, aiureală, delirare
• (regional variants): bâiguială, bâiguire

• delira
• delirant

• “delir”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlɪt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːlɪr/, /ˈdɛlɪt/

delir

1. present indicative/future impersonal of dal

delir

1. soft mutation of telir