deltoid

From Latin deltoideus, which was in turn from Ancient Greek adjective δελτοειδής (deltoeidḗs). See also: δέλτα (délta), the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɫtɔɪd/

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deltoid (plural deltoids)

1. (anatomy) The deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder.

   Synonym: (slang) delt

2. (anatomy) The deltoid ligament, a triangular ligament on the human ankle.
3. (geometry) A kite (quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end).
4. (geometry) A deltoid curve (hypocycloid with three cusps).

deltoid (not comparable)

1. In the shape of the uppercase Greek letter delta (Δ); triangular.
   1. (botany, of leaves) Of a triangular or roughly triangular shape and attached to the stem via the side.
2. Of or pertaining to the deltoid muscle.

Borrowed from English deltoid.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛltojid]
• Hyphenation: del‧to‧id
• Rhymes: -id

deltoid (plural deltoidok)

1. (geometry) kite (a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive)

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	deltoid	deltoidok
accusative	deltoidot	deltoidokat
dative	deltoidnak	deltoidoknak
instrumental	deltoiddal	deltoidokkal
causal-final	deltoidért	deltoidokért
translative	deltoiddá	deltoidokká
terminative	deltoidig	deltoidokig
essive-formal	deltoidként	deltoidokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	deltoidban	deltoidokban
superessive	deltoidon	deltoidokon
adessive	deltoidnál	deltoidoknál
illative	deltoidba	deltoidokba
sublative	deltoidra	deltoidokra
allative	deltoidhoz	deltoidokhoz
elative	deltoidból	deltoidokból
delative	deltoidról	deltoidokról
ablative	deltoidtól	deltoidoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	deltoidé	deltoidoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	deltoidéi	deltoidokéi

Possessive forms of deltoid
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	deltoidom	deltoidjaim
2nd person sing.	deltoidod	deltoidjaid
3rd person sing.	deltoidja	deltoidjai
1st person plural	deltoidunk	deltoidjaink
2nd person plural	deltoidotok	deltoidjaitok
3rd person plural	deltoidjuk	deltoidjaik

• deltoid in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• deltoid in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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• IPA^(key): /dɛlˈtɔ.it/

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• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: del‧to‧id

deltoid m inan

1. (geometry) kite

   Synonym: latawiec

• deltoid in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French deltoïde.

deltoid m or n (feminine singular deltoidă, masculine plural deltoizi, feminine and neuter plural deltoide)

1. deltoid

Borrowed from French deltoïde.

• IPA^(key): [deltojid]

deltoid (definite accusative deltoidi, plural deltoidler)

1. (geometry) kite

Inflection
Nominative	deltoid
Definite accusative	deltoidi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deltoid	deltoidler
Definite accusative	deltoidi	deltoidleri
Dative	deltoide	deltoidlere
Locative	deltoidde	deltoidlerde
Ablative	deltoidden	deltoidlerden
Genitive	deltoidin	deltoidlerin