Delphi

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Canada, UK/ˈdɛlfi/Canada, UK[ˈdɛɫfi]

proper noun

A city of ancient Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle.

OriginLatin Delphi →
CommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city of ancient Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle.
  2. rareA female given name from Ancient Greek, as well a diminutive of Delphine.
  3. A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Indiana, United States.
  4. computer languagesA programming language dialect based on Pascal.
  5. A method for obtaining consensus from a group of experts; see Delphi method in Wikipedia.

Origin

  1. LatinDelphi
  2. LatinDelphi
  3. EnglishDelphi

Borrowed from Latin Delphi.

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Translations

Ancient Greek Δελφοί
  • Δελφοί (Delphoí)city of ancient Greece
Catalan Delfos
  • Delfoscity of ancient Greece
Chinese Mandarin 德爾斐 /德尔斐
  • 德爾斐 /德尔斐 (Dé'ěrfěi)city of ancient Greece
Czech Delfy
  • Delfycity of ancient Greece
Dutch Delfi
  • Delficity of ancient Greece
Finnish Delfoi
  • Delfoicity of ancient Greece
French Delphes
  • Delphescity of ancient Greece
German Delphi
  • Delphicity of ancient Greece
Greek Δελφοί
  • Δελφοί (Delfoí)city of ancient Greece
Hebrew דלפי
  • דלפי (délfi)city of ancient Greece
Hindi डेल्फी
  • डेल्फी (ḍelphī)city of ancient Greece
Irish Deilfe
  • Deilfecity of ancient Greece
Italian Delfi
  • Delficity of ancient Greece
Persian دلفی, دلفی
  • دلفی (delfi)city of ancient Greece
  • دلفی (delfi)programming language
Polish Delfy
  • Delfycity of ancient Greece
Portuguese Delfos
  • Delfoscity of ancient Greece
Russian Де́льфы
  • Де́льфы (Délʹfy)city of ancient Greece
Spanish Delfos
  • Delfoscity of ancient Greece
Turkish Delfi
  • Delficity of ancient Greece

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Delphi

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Cite this entry
APA

Delphi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Delphi

MLA

“Delphi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Delphi. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Delphi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Delphi.

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