Dattel

Meaning

date (fruit; tree)

Concepts

date

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dates

date palm

jujube

Synonyms

Daktylus

Dattelpalme

Translations

datte

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dadel

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dattero

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dátil

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tâmara

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hurma

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χουρμάς

palmula

xurme

dàtil

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datteri

dactylus

تمور

dactylus

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈdatl̩]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: datel

Cognate with Hebrew: דֶּקֶל

In summary

From Middle High German datel, from older Italian dattilo, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, literally “finger”), a folk-etymological alteration of a Semitic word; compare Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel).