From Latin dies (“day”) + -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.əl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.əl/
• Rhymes: -aɪəl

diel (not comparable)

1. (biology) Having a 24-hour period regardless of day or night.

• diurnal
• nocturnal

• OED 2006

• IDLE, Idle, Lide, deli, eild, idle, lied

diel

1. alternative form of del

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dělъ.

• IPA^(key): /ɟɪ̯el/, [ˈɟɪ̯el]
• Rhymes: -ɪ̯el

diel m inan (relational adjective dielový, diminutive dielik or dielček)

1. division, part

diel n

1. genitive plural of dielo

“diel”, 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, 2003–2026

From Old Frisian dēl, from Proto-West Germanic *daili.

diel n (plural dielen, diminutive dieltsje)

1. part, piece, section

• “diel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011